37 



Beet Four years old Horse. Edson Sexton, Great Barrington, 

 2d do., Thomas H. Curtiss, Great Barrington, 

 3d do.. M. B. Kline, Egremont, 

 4th do., O. Nelson, Egremont, 



Respectfully submitted, 



P. A. Russell, i 

 A. W. Kellogg. } 



EIGHTEENTH DIVISION. 



2.40 Class. — For all Horses in the County that have not trotted better than 

 2 :50 — 3 entries. 



1st premium to O. J. Brusie of Great Barrington, b. g. "Maj. Wharfield," 112 1— $70 



2d " to W. S. Barnum of Great Barrington, s. m. "Auburn Maid," 3 3 1 2— 00 



3d " to Edwin Hurlburt of Great Barrington, oh. m. "Glencoe Maid,, 2 2 3 3— 50 



Tirne-2:43^; 2:45; 2:44; 0; 2:47. 



Open County class, free to all horses owned in the County — 3 entries. 



1st premium to O. J. Brusie of Great Barrington, s. g. "Capt. Jinks," 112 1— $75 



2d " to Edwin Hurlburt of Great Barrington, b. g. "Barrington Boy," 2 2 12— 65 



3d " to W. S. Barnum of Great Barrington, s. m. "Auburn Maid," 3 3 3 3— 50 



Time -2:42; 241 J£ 2:51>£; 2:51. 



The following trials of speed were made on Friday when the weather was 

 very stormy, and the track covered with water and mud : 



2 :50 class, for all horses in the County that have never trotted better than 

 2 :50 — 3 entries. 



1st premium to A. E. Hopkins of North Adams, s. g. "Columbus," 1 l l $«o 



2d " to P. A. Russell of Great Barrington, s. g. "Lloyd, * 2 2 2— 50 



Time- 2:58%; 3:06; 3:08. 



3 minute class, for all horses in the County that have not trotted better 

 than 3 minutes — 6 entries. 



1st premium to Frank McCurdy of Great Barrington, b. m. "Dolly Varden, 

 2ft " to A. E. Hopkins of North Adams, g. g. "Macbeth," 



3d " to C. J. Merrill of Lee, b. m. "Lady Mack," 



Time— 3:09%: 3:13; 3:08^; 3:11^. 



2:37 class, (special, in place of "open to all" class which was not filled) 

 open to horses that have never trotted better than 2:37 — 3 entries. 

 1st premium to O. J. Brusie of Great Barrington, b. g. "Maj. Wharfield," 1 1 1— $100 



2d " to Edwin Hurlburt of Great Barrington, ch. m. "Glencoe Maid," 2 2 65 



3d " to W. S. Barnum of Great Barrington, b. m. "Auburn Maid," 3 3— 45 



Time— 2:47; 2:48%; 3:01 



Premiums of $5, $4. $3, $2 and$l were also given for foot racing. Karnes 

 not reported. The running match was not filled. 



David S. Draper, 



John Winthrop, J. Committee. 



Terry Barden. 



POULTRY. 



The committee on Poultry being all square men, it is but reasonable to 

 suppose they entered somewhat reluctantly into a, fowl business, but the neces- 

 sities of the case seem to demand that we should wave our usual objections to 

 foul society and associate with those who seem to love it, but after being in 

 their company for two hours we came to the same conclusion the Irishman did 

 on his arrival at Purgatory, that "he might have gone further, and fared 

 worse. 1 " It seems, by order of the society, that each male fowl is obliged to 

 have a plurality of wives, and thereby giving to the world an argument in favor 

 of polygamy ; from this code of morals your committee are obliged to dissent. 

 In the absence of any statement, we were obliged to assume that each turkey 

 did the usual amount of strutting and gobbling, that each goose yielded half a 

 pound of feathers more or less, that each duck was given to quackery, that 



