HORSE* FOR SPEED. 33 



HORSES FOR SX^EED. 



Report of the Committee on Horses for Speed : 



By vote of the Trustees of the Worcester Nortli Agricultural Soci- 

 ety, Five Hundred Dollars ($500) was placed at the disposal of a 

 Committee consisting of E. T. Miles, Jabez Fisher, Joseph Cushino-, 

 Abel 3[arshall, Francis Buttrick and L. P. Gomee, to be used in offer- 

 ing inducements to noted horses to be present on the second day of the 

 Sixtcentli Annual Fair. 



At a meeting of this Committee prior to the time of holding the Fair, 

 the sum above named was divided and offered as premiums in trials of 

 Speed, as follows : 



One premium of S25. $10 to the second best Horse. 

 50. 15 " 

 75. 20 " 

 " . ■' 150. 35 '^ 



:li){). 50 " " " 



The condition of the offer of those premiums was an entrance fee for 

 ten per cent., and not less than three to enter and two to start for 

 each ])remium. 



These conditions were fully complied with, as will be seen by the 

 following statement of the entries : 



For the premium of $25, $10 to second best Horse, there were 

 three entries, viz : 



V. Barber entered '•' Fanny Fern." 



J. Fabyan " "Tom." 



D.A. Upton " ''Black Ralph." 



Black Ralph won the race and is entitled to the premium for the 

 best horse. Fanny Fern was declared the second best in the race and 

 entitled to the premium of $10, offered for the second best horse. 



For the premium of $50, $15 to second best horse, there were five 

 entries, as follows : 



S. Hayes entered " Cassius." 



S. J. M. Weston entered •' Commodore Nutfc." 



C. Ordway entered "Eli." 



Geo. M. Smith entered " 3faj. Henderson." 



The judges declared Commodore Nutt winner of the race, with Cas- 

 sius, second, and these two horses named are entitled to the premium 

 of Fifty Dollars ($50) divided as offered. 



