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allowed for each race making a total of $5,600.00 distributed in purse money 

 at each fair. The sum of $/»., 959.05 was also reimbursed to the fair for pay- 

 ment for race officials and stable and track maintenance. 



The Committee consists of five men who are appointed annually by 

 the Governor before the first of April. Two of the members must be familiar 

 •with Standardbred Breeding. One is a member of the Massachusetts Fairs 

 Association and one a member of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau. The Committee 

 appoints its own Chairman and Clerk. 



The Committee met four times and held one hearing. The hearing was 

 to establish Rules and Regulations, fees, etc. for conducting the Massachusetts 

 Standardbred Agricultural Fair State Races. 



The administration of the program is carried out under the direction 

 of the Commissioner and the Board of Agriculture with aid from the Standardbred 

 Breeding Fund Committee. Dennis Flynn and John V. Porter of the Department bf 

 Agricult\ire were selected to carry out direct administration of the program. 



The following number of horses were nominated for the races: 

 28 yearlings, 43 two year olds and 36 three year olds. Of this group, seventy- 

 nine horses were eligible to race and there were twenty horses that raced at 

 each fair for a total of sixty horses. 



