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us to establish the claim except the bare entiy "full 

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We would here say that we felt extreme delicacy in 

 ruling out the animals referred to, but felt in duty 

 bound so to do, with the vote of your Society in view. 

 For with the best of intent on the part of the contrib- 

 utor, unless he can substantiate his claim of purity of 

 blood, by a carefully kept record of pedigrees, how can 

 we or any one else know whether the animal in ques- 

 tion is of the race claimed or with a sprinkling of some 

 other blood of very different form and characteristics, 

 whereby the breeder will surely, sooner or later, be 

 disappointed with his calves, they showing other than 

 the points of a thoroughbred of the claimed race ? and 

 would state that if the restriction is too severe the rules 

 whereby your future Committee is to be governed must 

 be made more lenient, a course which we would not be 

 understood as recommending by any means. For in th ese 

 modern days when breeders are forming associations to 

 guard against spurious pedigrees, and the demand of 

 the public is for well authenticated pedigreed animals, 

 this Society should be slow to aid either designing or 

 undesigning parties in palming off animals with doubtful 

 pedigrees, as thoroughbreds. 



The following is the award of your Committee : 



BULLS. 



1st, to A. 0. Cummins of Millbury, for his Bull Major, 

 five months old. $5,00 



2d, to Joseph Upton of Fitchburg, for his bull 



Red Rover, fifteen months old, 3,00 



The fine young bull Prince of Wales, (No. 4275 Am. 



Herd Book,) owned by A. O. Cummins, of Millbury, 



Would have been, in the minds of your Committee, 



