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For the third race, open to all horses, best three in five, to har- 

 ness, owner to drive to road wagon, Henry Nay, of Boston, entered 

 b. m. Lady Norfolk ; Alden Bartlett, Jamaica Plain, brown g. Bis- 

 niark ; J. N. Bicklbrd, b. g. Mark Twain ; R. H.Davis, b. g.Knox 

 Colt ; C. A. Mackintosh, West Roxbnry, brown g. Athenian ; J. 

 N. Ayres, Boston Highlands, b. m, Nell}^ ; Wni. Claig, South Wey- 

 mouth, br. g. Dexter ; H. A. Thomas, b. s. Shakespeare. Mark 

 Twain won the Society cup, valued at $30 ; Bismarck the second 

 prize of $15, and Dexter the third prize of $10. 



A wheelbarrow and bag race were among the features of the 

 afternoon, and the exhibition was brought to a successful termina- 

 tion at about 6 o'clock. 



Although the Societ}' was deprived of the presence of the Presi- 

 dent, who was detained at home in consequence of the sudden 

 death, on the morning of the exhibition, of his venerable father, 

 yet his place was well supplied l)y the father of the Society, the 

 Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, who has never ceased to manifest the 

 warmest interest in the Society, and whose presence was doubly 

 welcome on the present occasion. The warm reception accorded 

 to him, and the hearty and enthusiastic manner in which the re- 

 marks of the orator, referring to him, were received, attested in 

 the most unmistakable terms to the deep respect and regard enter- 

 tained for him by all the members of the Society. 



The onerous and responsible duties of Chief Marshal were never 

 better performed than on this occasion by Capt. Thomas Decatur, 

 of Jamaica Plain, who, on the second day, was assisted by the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen as aids : — Messrs. H. A. Darling, of n3'de Park, 

 and John Newcomb, Augustus Wright, C. E. Fenncr and W. B. 

 Fenner, of Boston Highlands. 



The best of order prevailed during the entire exhibition, and the 

 police duty was well performed by a detachment of the State 

 Police under Officer B. P. Eldridge, of Dorchester, assisted by the 

 police force of Hyde Park. 



