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mend, will suggest a scale of points by which to determine 

 the merits of our native stock, and that it will be -adopted by 

 us. Then everybody, competitors as well as committees, 

 would have something to guide them. Now one man re- 

 gards ihe color and shape of the horns, another the setting 

 on of the tail, another the shape of the head, one a coarse 

 large framed animal, another a small compact one, and 

 there are as many different principles, real or imaginary, 

 which govern man in making up their judgment, as there 

 are judges. In general now, if a man attends to the con- 

 dition of his animal, has him as fat as possible, he is sure of a 

 premium. These remarks are made generally, without any 

 intention of applying them to the animals exhibited this 

 year, for they were not so deserving of any such censure, as 

 oftentimes has been the case in previous years. They are 

 made simply because an evil exists which ought to be 

 remedied, and attention is called to the subject with the 

 hope that the remedy will be applied. 



T. E. Payson, Chairman. 



STALLIONS. 



The committee report^ 



That there was no animal of this class entitled, in their opin- 

 ion, to the first premium. 



They recommend that there be awarded to William Peters, 

 of Andover, for " Anglo Saxon," three years old, the second 

 premium of 10, andthat there be allowed mileage, according to 

 the rules of the Society, to Stephen J. Chase, of Byfield. 



Joseph F. Clark, Chairman. 



