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Id Division — Pairs of Draught Horses. — 1st premium of $7 to 

 Liitlier Eaton, Dedliam, bay Morgans, 2,350 lbs., seven years old. 



2(1 premium of 15 to Thomas Hartney, Dedham, bay Morgans, 

 2,300 lbs., six years old. 



Society's dii)loma to "Walter Baker & Co., Dorchester, for their 

 sorrel and chestnut horses, 2,600 lbs., seven and eight years. 



Messrs. Baker & Co. had on the grounds two pairs, harnessed to 

 their heavy wagon, making a s|)lendid team, worthy of the fame of 

 those noted manufacturers. Mr. Naun had a mate for his Pennsyl- 

 vania mare, weighing 1,625 lbs., making a pair to delight the eyes of 

 the lover of that class of horses. 



For the Committee, 



S. G. WILLIAMS. 



H. S. CLARK, Asst. Chairman. 



Trotting Horses. 



Report of the trial for the several purses offered by the Norfolk 

 Agricultural Society, at Readvillc, during the days of the Annual 

 Fair, September 23d and 24th, A. D. 1869. 



For the one hundred and fifty dollar purse, divided, viz. : first, 

 $75 ; second, $50 ; third, $25. Horses to be owned in the county, 

 and have never trotted better than 2.45. Two entries. 



A. W. Nash, of Weymouth, en. s. g. " Weymouth Boy," .22111 

 Richard Holmes, of Roxbarv, en. s. g. " John Roraer," .112 2 2 



Time, 2.51, 2.51^, 2.4% 2.53^, 3.03. 



Alden Bartlett, Jamaica Plain, 

 James Shaw, Rouse's Point, N. Y., 

 Joseph E. Hall, Dorchester, 



Judges. 



For the fifty dollar purse, divided, viz. : first, $25 ; second, f 15 ; 

 third, $10. Open to gentlemen's driving horses, that have never 

 trotted for money, and never known to have trotted better than 

 three minutes. Owners to drive. Eight entries. 



W. L. White, of Mansfield, en. blk. m. " Fannie," . .12 2 11 

 Lewis Wight, of Needham, en. b. g. " Phil Sheridan," .21142 



Isaac Farwell, of Needham, en. s. m. " Gentle Nellie," .56533 

 John E White, of iMilton, en. b. g. " Drew," . . .33324 

 H. Beckwith, of Jamaica Plain, en. b. m. " Gipsey," . .454* 

 Jefferson Pratt, of Dorchester, en. g. g. " Jeff," . • .64* 

 William E. Coffin, of Dorchester, en. b. g. " Scotchman," ,87* 

 Eugene Batchelder, of Dover, en. br. m. " Nettie," . . 7 * 

 Time, 2.52, 2.54, 2.48f , 3.04^, 3.03^. 



Alden Bartlett, 

 James Shaw, 

 Jos. E. Hall, 



Judges. 



For the seventy-five dollar purse, — double teams, — divided, viz.: 

 first, $50; second, $25. Owned in the county by one man sixty 

 days at least before the Fair. Two entries. 



B. F Brown, of Dorchester, en. br. g. " Shawmut" and mate, .12 1 

 R. Holmes, of Roxbury, en. s. g. " Tombolin " and mate, . .21 



Time, 3.091, 3.08J, 3.12. 



* Withdrew. 



