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STATE AGKICULTURAL SOCIETY- 
The following horses were entered and came on the course. 
D. Harver of Monroe, sorrel mare “ Prairie LillyF. Bradley of Fall 
River, sorrel stallion “ Twenty Cents J. R. Hunter of Clinton, Rock coun¬ 
ty, a sorrel gelding. There were two other entries, but they were withdrawn 
before the race. The gelding drew the pole, “Prairie Lilly” the second 
place and “Twenty Cents” the outside. 
For the first heat the horses got off the first time they scored, getting a 
beautiful start. The first mile was run in two minutes, the mare keeping 
ahead through the mile and the stallion second and “ Prairie Lily ” keeping 
the lead till the home stretch. On the home stretch the race was very close 
and was won by “ Twenty Cents ” by the throat latch. Time for the heat 
3.66, the sorrel gelding being distanced. This was the closest race ever 
known on the track. 
For the second heat the horses got off well, “Prairie Lilly’’leading off and 
keeping the lead the first mile which’was made in 2.02; on the second mile 
“ Prairie Lilly ” kept her lead to the last quaarter post, where “Twenty 
Cents,” with a fine burst of speed, passedRer, winning the Tace by a length. 
Time 2.63f. 
The first prize was taken by “ Twenty Cents” and the second by “ Prairie 
Lilly.” 
ME. flint’s address IN THE EVENING. 
The assembly chamber was filled at the appointed hour P. M.) with a 
discriminating audience of farmers and citizens, to listen to the address of 
Hon. C. L. Flint, of Massachusetts, a gray-haired, dark-eyed, pleasant-look- 
ing man, with a good voice—the subject “ Concentration of Labor on the 
Farm.” 
Mr. Flint spoke without manuscript, and he treated his theme exhaustively, 
as w^as to be anticipated from one of the first agricultural authors and 
highest agricultural authorities in America. Since the publication of his 
admirable work on “Dairy Farming,” he has been in wide demand wherever 
farmers have assembled. 
[For synopsis of this address see subsequejit pages.] 
ARRIVAL OF GEN. SHERIDAN. 
The gallant Lieutenant-General of the army, who won so many laurels in 
the east and the west during the war, the hero of Winchester and Five 
Forks, arrived here from Chicago at 11.25 P. M. He was met at the depot 
with carriages by Secretary Hoyt of the agricultural society, Gov. Fairchild, 
Secretary Allen, Bank Comptroller Rusk, and an escort of a company of 
veteran soldiers belonging to the G. A. R., and a large number of citizens. 
He was greeted with heavy cheers as he stepped on the platform and escorted 
by the G. A. R. with lighted torches to the music of the Madison brass band, 
taken to the Vilas House, where quarters were provided for him. 
He was accompanied by Major General Wesley Mefritt, one of the dashing 
cavalry leaders of the war, the successor of General Sheridan in the com¬ 
mand of his corps, and by Brig. Gen. A. Forsythe, of his staff. 
