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MARES AND COLTS. 



His horse Roebuck was excluded from consideration 

 by the Committee, not having any stock present, as 

 required by the rules of the Society. 



THREE-YEAR-OLDS. 



1st, to Win. L. Brown, of Lunenburg, for his 



Hambletonian Tippoo, $4,00 



2d, to Geo. W. Towne, of Westminster, 2,00 



TWO-YEAR-OLDS. 



1st, to John M. Forristall, of Winchendon, for 



his Patchen colt, $4,00 



JAMES O. PARKER, Chairman. 



MARES AND COLTS. 



Your Committee on mares and colts have attended 

 to the duties assigned them. They found that of 

 mares fourteen, and colts twelve, were entered for 

 exhibition. Many were well worthy of the attention 

 and consideration of your Committee. We feel a 

 degree of pride in being a Committee on the most 

 noble and important of the animal family, and we are 

 of the opinion that a few hints in relation to the 

 breeding and rearing of the Horse, might be profitable 

 to some at least who engage in this enterprise. Every 

 one who would grow a good crop of grain, will in the 

 first place see that he obtains the best of seed ; sec- 

 ondly, he selects the best piece of ground he has on 

 his farm, well adapted to the kind of grain he wishes 

 to raise, and when the proper time in the season 



