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Three year old Colts. 

 Four entries. — First premium of $5 to B. F. Shumway of 

 Medfield. 



Second premium of $3 to Jesse Farrington of Dedliam. 

 Third premium of $2 to C. D. Monroe of Wrentham. 



Two year old Colts. 



Four entries. — First premium of $5 to Wm. B. Bacon of West 

 Roxbury. 



Second premium of $3 to D. D. Hamant of Medfield. 



Third premium of $2 to James Deane of Dedham, for " Brown 

 Colt." 



One year old Colts. 



First premium of $5 to Calvin Richards of Dover. 



Second premium of $3 to John S. Eldridge of Canton. 



Third premium $2 to Otis Johnson of Sharon. 



S. J. Capen of Dorchester, offered a mare and colt well worthy 

 of diploma ; he also offered one brown mare and colt, for exhibi- 

 tion only. 



Blood 3Iares aiid Stock. 



First premium of $7 and diploma to, Joseph H. BilUngs of 

 West Roxbury, for his marc and colt, three-fourths Trustee. 



First premium of $5 and diploma, to S. J. Capen of Dorches- 

 ter, for his one year old Trustee and Messenger. 



First premium of $3 and diploma, to Joshua W^ilkins of Dor- 

 chester, for his two year old colt. 



In the Society's Transactions published for 1858, it was stated 

 by the Committee on Horses that a larger number of entries of 

 horses for exhibition were made that year than on any former 

 year, and this fact was considered by them as good evidence of 

 an increased and growing interest among owners and breeders of 

 horses throughout the county ; and for the purpose of stimulating 

 that interest in their report, they made certain suggestions in 

 regard to additional premiums and a further classification of the 

 horses, a part of which have been adopted by the Society ; others 

 no less important in the opinion of the Committee, failed to gain 

 its approval. 



The present year we find the number of entries somewhat dimin- 

 ished, and in certain quarters some dissatisfaction among our con- 

 tributors, and with a wish to meet their views, the attention of the 

 Society is again called to the suggestions made on page 79 of the 

 Society's Transactions of 1858. We are still of the opinion that 

 the experiment should be made of offering premium for trials of 

 speed, and in justification of our views w-e appeal to the public 

 sentiment of the age in which we live — an age of progress — rapid 

 progress — progress in all the departments of our social system. 

 Our poHtical, educational, mechanical and clerical machinery is 



