214 
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
WHITEWATER HORSE SHOW. 
From the Whitewater Register. 
On Saturday, the 10th instant, the First Horse-Show ever 
held in this State, came off in this village, on the grounds of 
the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Club, and notwithstanding the 
insufficient notice, and the fact, consequent thereupon, that but 
few, comparatively, knew anything concerning it, the attend¬ 
ance was very large, and the show of stock highly creditable. 
We saw people present from every part of the county, and 
from some towns in Jefferson and Rock the representation was 
very gratifying. Our friend Watt, of the Jeffersonian , ex¬ 
hibited his good-looking and good-natured physiognomy in our 
sanctum at an early hour, and soon after, Hotchkiss, of the 
Elkhorn Independent , reported himself. Prof. Hoyt, of the 
Wisconsin Farmer , who had consented to read an essay on the 
importance of paying attention to the Breeding of the Horse, 
etc., was on the ground in good season, and at 10 o’clock the 
town began to fill up with the farmers from the neighborhood, 
bringing in as nice looking horses as can be shown in any coun¬ 
ty in the State of Wisconsin. 
The main object of the meeting being the improvement of 
our stock of Horses, a Committee of three gentlemen were ap¬ 
pointed on the ground, to examine such Stallions as might be 
exhibited, and to report in such manner as they saw proper con¬ 
cerning them. But as no Premiums were to be awarded, and 
as very little time was given the Committee, their Report is 
necessarily brief. We herewith subjoin that 
REPORT. 
The Committee appointed to examine the several Stock Hor¬ 
ses exhibited on the ground at the Wisconsin Horse Show, at 
Whitewater, on the 10th day of July, 1853, would report, that 
