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The Spring's sweet influence Lord was Thine, 



Its mild, refreshing showers ; 

 Thou gav'st the ripening suns to shine, 



And summer's golden hours. 



Thy quickening life, forever near, 



Matured the swelling grain ; 

 The bounteous harvest crowns the year, 

 / And plenty fills the plain. 



With thankful hearts we trace Thy way 



Through all our smiling vales : 

 Thou by whose love, nor night nor day. 



Seed-time nor harvest, fails ! 



Appropriate and felicitous speeches in response to sentiments 

 were then made by Mr. Hubbard of Brimfield, the delegate 

 from the State Board of Agriculture, President Clarke of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, President Hyde of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Rev. Messrs. Thompson 

 and Hill, the orator and chaplain of the day, and Mr. Witherell 

 of the " Boston Cultivator," after which the exercises at the 

 table were closed and the company adjourned to the horse- 

 track, when the trotting for purses took place as follows : — 



The first race of the afternoon was for trotting horses, for a 

 purse of $125, best two in three, to harness. The following 

 were entered : By D. W. Beckler of Roxbury, br. m. Panchon ; 

 by Daniel Bigley of Cambridge, ch. m. Fannie ; by Geo. P. Floyd 

 of Quincy, s. m. Carrie. Fanchon won the first heat easily in 

 2.47| ; Fannie won the second. On the second heat Fanchon 

 came in first in 2.53| ; Carrie, second. Fanchon, therefore, 

 took the $100 prize and Carrie the $25 prize. 



The second race was for a purse of $50, best two in three, to 

 harness. The following entered: By J. R. Gay of Stoughton, 

 b. g. No name ; by D. W. Beckler of Roxbury, b. m. Alice ; by 

 Charles Record of Weymouth, b. g. No name. The Weymouth 

 horse won the race in two straight heats, in 2.50 ; 2.55. Alice 

 was withdrawn on the second heat. 



The third race was for running horses for a purse of $30, 

 best two in three to saddle. The following were entered : By 

 Richard Holmes of Roxbury, b. g. Troubadour ; by A. B. Em- 

 mons of Quincy, b. g. Mischief; by E. A. Wheeler of Medfield, 

 b. g. Thoroughbred. The race was characterized by that anima- 



