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On Thursday forenoon, the Ploughing and Drawing Matches 

 took place, and the afternoon was devoted to the examination of 

 contributions by the several committees and to trotting on the 

 course. 



On Friday, the first performance was the cavalcade of all horses 

 on exhibition on the track. At 12 o'clock m. a procession was 

 formed under the direction of Lieut W. B. Fenner of Roxbury, 

 Chief Marshal, which, preceded by the Sharon Band, marched to 

 the tent, when after prayer by Rev. A. K. Teele, D.D., of Milton, 

 Chaplain of the Day, the President of the Society, Col. Henry S. 

 Russell of Milton, invited the company to partake of an excellent 

 and substantial dinner prepared by L. E. Reed of Boston, at the 

 close of which the orator of the occasion, Col. Theodore Lyman 

 of Brookline, was introduced to the audience and delivered the 

 address, which will be found in full in the opening pages of this 

 volume. Brief addresses were also made by Col. Marshall P. Wil- 

 der of Dorchester, the Honorary President of the Society ; Judge 

 Edmund H. Bennett of Taunton, delegate from the State Board of 

 Agriculture ; Edward L. Pierce, Esq., of Milton, and Hon. Rich- 

 ard Goodman of Lenox ; after which the proceedings in the tent 

 were brought to a close and the company adjourned to the track. 



The races on the course began at 2 o'clock p.m., under the di- 

 rection of the Judges, Alden Bartlett of West Roxbury, William 

 E. Angier of Milton, and J. Freeman Ellis of Stoughton, and 

 were carried through, notwithstanding the showers which continued 

 to fall during the afternoon. 



During the interval of the races, the famous stallion Smuggler 

 was driven around the track much to the satisfaction of the large 

 crowd of spectators. During the afternoon the Hyde Park Fire 

 Department visited the grounds in the course of their annual 

 parade. Good order prevailed during the entire exhibition, which 

 gave promise of being one of the best ever held by the Society. 

 But rain during a portion of each day, ending in a pouring 

 storm on the second, kept away many visitors, and occasioned 

 much discomfort to all those Who were present. 



The duties of Chief Marshal were admirably performed by 

 Lieut. W. B. Fenner of the Roxbury Horse Guards, assisted by 

 Orderly Sergants C. E. Fox, and A. W. Carleton, and Coporals F. 

 H. Gobs and John Bleiler, all of the same corps. 



