secretary's report. 9 



At 3 o'clock, the Trustees held a meeting in the Secretary's 

 tent, and the subject of offering premiums for the speed of 

 horses, was discussed by gentlemen present. Members as well as 

 Trustees, and the latter voted that the Committee of Arran'^^e- 

 ments be instructed to offer Premiums for the Fastest Horses 

 to-morrow afternoon. 



Wednesday, the second day of the exhibition, opened with a 

 high wind, which raised clouds of dust on the grounds, making 

 it very uncomfortable until the middle of the forenoon, when the 

 gale abated. After this the day was quite passable to the throngs 

 of spectators arriving by carriages and cars, to the number of 

 seven or eight thousand. 



This day was mainly devoted to Horses, and much disappoint- 

 ment was expressed, that the Neat Stock, Sheep, SAvine and 

 Poultry had been removed from the pens the night previous, and 

 I would respectfully suggest that in our future exhibitions, we 

 continue the show of these animals until its close. 



The dinner hour brought large numbers to the tent, but many 

 were disappointed in not being able to get tickets, the sale of 

 which had been closed for the want of material^ the number 

 exceeding the preparation. 



After dinner, the address, which is published in our Trans- 

 actions, was dehvered by Geo. E. Towne, Esq., of Eitchburg, 

 Remarks were made by the President, by Hon. Thomas Billings 

 of Lunenburg, and by John Johnson, Jr., Esq., of Framingham, 

 both members of the State Board of Agriculture. 



Another friendly game of Base ball came off this afternoon, 

 between the Star Club of Greenfield, and the Rollstone Club of 

 Fitchburg, the former of whom won the game. 



The receipts for the two days, amounted to over Nineteen 

 Hundred Dollars^ triumphantly sustaining those who had long 

 felt that with land enough to show cattle and horses, we would 

 be sure of success. 



L. H. BRADFORD, Secretary. 



