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CALVES RAISED BY HAND. 



1st, to Reuben Vose, of Winchendon. $5,00 



2d, to N. B. & J. P. Reed, of Princeton, 2,00 



2d, to James H. Laws, of Westminster, 1,00 



TRAINED CALVES. 



1st, to Paul M. Mirick, of Princeton. 2,00 



2d, to N. B. & J. P. Reed, of Princeton, 2,00 



For Committee, 



E. GRAHAM, Chairman, 



STALLIONS. 



The Committee on Stallions having attended to their 

 duty make the following report : 



We find entered for exhibition only two stallions which 

 produced specimens of their stock, although eleven 

 were entered and exhibited, which we believe was the 

 largest number entered for a number of years. Your 

 Committee regret that so few produced specimens of 

 the stock of their horses, for we believe that this is the 

 only sure basis upon which to decide the true value of 

 the stock horse, the qualities of stallions have been too 

 often based upon the having had a good parentage, 

 having rarely if ever themselves sired a good colt ; 

 therefore we see the necessity of strictly adhering to 

 the rules of the Society by exhibiting specimens of the 

 horse in order to judge correctly of his blood and true 

 value as a stock horse. We believe the time has 

 passed to talk of importing stallions from foreign coun- 

 tries ; it is believed that as good horses are raised in 

 this country as there is in any part of the world. Your 



