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and foals offered for premium, and award the premiums as fol- 

 lows : — 



The first premium, of $15, to E. & A. W. Mansfield, of Pea- 

 body ; second premium, of $10, to Chas. 0. Beede, of Lynn ; 

 third premium, of $8, to J. H. Preble, of Lynn. 



C. H. Gould, A. B. Woodis, George P. Wilkins, M. B. Mer- 

 rill — Committee. 



FAMILY HORSES. 



The Committee on Family Horses met on the Fair grounds 

 at the time appointed, and having attended to their duty would 

 submit the following report to the Society. 



There were seven horses of this class presented for our ex- 

 amination, not one of their owners having complied strictly 

 with the plain and necessary rules of the society. But in jus- 

 tice to the animals presented, as well as their owners, the com- 

 mittee, after very careful examination, awarded the following 

 premiums : — 



H. M. George, East Saugus, first premium, $15. 



John Grout, of Danvers, second premium, $10. 



Daniel G. Todd, of Rowley, third premium, $8. 



In concluding this report, your Committee would make a 

 few suggestions which, if regarded by competitors for premi- 

 ums in this class of horses, would prevent much disappoint- 

 ment among the owners of these animals, and save the com- 

 mittees much useless labor. 



First, the family horse should be perfectly sound, from end 

 to end, and free from all habits or tricks that would render 

 him unsafe for any adult member of the family to use for all 

 family purposes. 



Second, he should be of fair size, not weighing less than a 

 thousand pounds nor more than eleven hundred pounds. 



Third, and in order to secure that development and culture 

 necessary in a family horse, the animal should not be less than 

 six years old, (eight would be better) nor more than ten or 



