^^ DRAUGHT HORSES AND MULES, 



policy would lead our farmers to bestow more attention 

 towards improving the breed of draught horses. 



Your Committee were unanimous in their opinion 

 that horses and mules should not be entered in the same 

 class. The only pair of mules entered were those of 

 Dr. Jabez Fisher, which though small, performed very 

 well indeed ; but your Committee could not have felt it 

 their duty to award them a premium had they drawn 

 the same weight equally well with a more valuable pair 

 of horses. At the trial, the weight drawn was two 

 thousand pounds of stone on a drag, the distance about 

 two hundred feet, itp kill. The same load was drawn 

 by both double and single teams. We respectfully 

 suo-n-est whether it would not be well for each of those 

 who compete for a premium to choose the load and the 

 manner in which it is to be drawn. In that case no 

 person could complain that his team was overloaded or 

 forced to work at a disadvantage. There were seven 

 double teams and four single teams entered. Two only 

 of the single teams which were entered were permitted 

 to draw by their owners. Mr. Martin Clifford's gray 

 horse, though not entered for a premium, drew the load 

 with admirable steadiness and perfect ease, and is as 

 good a draught horse as we have seen this many a day. 



The following premiums were awarded : 



DOUBLE TEAMS. 



1st, to Mclntire & Cushing, of Fitchburg, $6,00 



2d, to John Brooks, Jr., of Princeton, 4,00 



SINGLE TEAMS. 



1st, to John M. Stewart, of Princeton, 5,00 



2d, to Mclntire & Cushing, of Fitchburg, , 3,00 



ALBERT S. INGALLS, 



For the Committee^ 



