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little driviiio; horse, bat for obvious reasons was not deemed 

 by your committee as entitled to the first premium ; under 

 the circumstances we gave him the second premium. Mr, 

 II. H. Hale of Bradford showed us a very promising young 

 horse of good blood and well trained, but being a little out 

 of condition did not show his best qualities. Your com- 

 mittee were of the opinion that this horse is better adapted 

 to the track than to the road, and yet we thought his road 

 qualities entitled iiim to the third premium. 



In concluding our report your committee would say that 

 this being the first year that the society has offered premi- 

 ums for gentlemen's driving horses, the requirements for 

 this class of horses were not fully understood by horse 

 owners, hence we would say, a horse may be a first class 

 family horse and be entitled to a first premium in that 

 class, but not worthy of notice in this class : or a horse 

 may stand at the head of his class as a trotter but not 

 worth a penny as a road horse. Our ideal of a gentleman's 

 driving horse is first, good size, weighing not less than a 

 thousand pounds; he should be built up strong and firm, 

 capable of great endurance ; he should be high mettled, 

 full of courage, ready to take the bit and without asking, 

 leave twelve aiiiles of the road behind him every hour for 

 four consecutive hours. It is not necessary that he should be 

 handsome, nor entirely safe for family use, nor sure to pull 

 at a load every time, nor to show you a two-twenty gait on 

 the track ; all or any of these qualities would add to his 

 value if he has the other requisites for speed and endur- 

 ance. There are more than one hundred horses in Essex 

 county that are capable of taking the first premium as 

 gentleman's driving horses, and we hope to see several of 

 them at our next annual cattle show. All of which is 

 most respectfully submitted, 



0. S. Butler, M. C. Andrews, M. B. Merrill. — Committee. 



