82 Committees and Premiums for 18t0. 



All horses in this division except trained horses must have been owned by 

 the competitor within tho limits of the county during the three months next 

 preceding the Fair. 



SEVENTEENTH DIVISION. — COUNTY TROTTING HORSES AND FOOT RACE. 



Committee — David S. Draper, Great Barringtou ; Ralph Little, Shef- 

 field ; William O. Curtiss, Lenox ; George II. Huntington, Becket ; Dr. 

 Samuel C. Parsons, Sandisfield. 

 For the best Trotting Horse, $75 00 



2d " " ' " 40 00 



3d « " ' " 25 00 



The trials of speed for these three premiums will take place on Friday at 



2 p m., barring "Comet" and "Sir William," unless both enter and start ; 



mile heats — best 3 in 5 in harness, time of each heat not to exceed 2:55. 



For the best pair of Matched Trotting Horses, $40 00 



2d " " " " " 20 00 



For the best Trotting Stallion, 20 00 



2d " " " 10 00 



Mile heats, — best 3 in 5, in harness. 



For the best Trotting Horse never having trotted for a purse, 



or in public inside of three minutes, $30 00 



2d best do 20 00 



3d " •' 15 00 



4th " " 10 00 



Mile heats, — best 3 in 5, — in harness. 



All horses in this division must have been owned by the competitor with- 

 in the limits of the county during the three months next preceding the Fair. 



The above premiums are offered by the Society from funds independent 

 of the bounty of the state, and competitors in either of the above classes 

 must pay an entry fee of 10 per cent., and will be governed by the regula- 

 tions substantially the same as those adopted by the National Horse Fairs, 

 so far as applicable hereto. 



The rules of the Fashion Course in regard to weight and distancing will 

 be adopted when deemed expedient. 



Other qualities besides speed are also to be considered in making the 

 awards. The Committee may withhold premiums where manifestly unde- 

 served. 



For Foot Race, five premiums, best time in two half mile heats, $5, 4, 

 3. 2. 1. 



POULTRY 



Committee.— Marshall W T arner, Stockbridge ; Parley A. Russell, Great 

 Harrington ; Egbert B. Garfield Monterey. 

 For the best Trio of Turkeys, three premiums, $3, 2, 1. 

 For the best Trio of Geese, three premiums, $3, 2. 1. 



