ABSTRACT OF REPORTS. 
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Robert Kershaw, Whitewater, exhibited a fine-looking two 
year old mare, and a good two months old colt, Morgan blood. 
The colt was large and well-built, and showed his blood. 
Hans Alverson, of Whitewater, showed a fine looking two 
year old mare, weight 975, and two fine suckling colts, sired 
by Duroc, very handsome. 
Wm. Kinney showed the handsomest colt on the ground, 
or that we ever saw. He was sired by Duroc, and is good evi¬ 
dence of his superior qualities as a stock horse. 
Besides the horses above mentioned, there were a large num¬ 
ber on the ground of which we could learn nothing. The crowd 
was great, and the arrangements for obtaining information very 
imperfect. In fact, we did not, by any means, expect to see 
so large an attendance, and had not made preparations for the 
crowd that came. 
The Address by Prof. Hoyt was listened to with earnest at¬ 
tention by the audience, and greeted at the close with tremen¬ 
dous applause. 
The thing in order, after the address, was the trot for the 
purse of $25, open for all horses that had never trotted for a 
purse. There were four entries: 
S. Ellis, of Palmyra, entered r. m., “Blueskin.” 
J. Orr, of Whitewater, entered b. g., “Ben Bolt.” 
Thos. Peck, of Koshkonong, sor. g., “Greenhorn.” 
D. Sherman, of Geneva, g. m., “Gray Lucy.” 
After an exciting contest and lots of fun, “Blueskin” won 
the race and the money in 301 1-2—tolerably good time for a 
green horse. 
The owners of “Blueskin,” Messrs. Ellis & Avery, of Pal¬ 
myra, had written a challenge, but which was withdrawn before 
it was read. Mr. C. E. Curtice, however, read it on call, 
from the stand, and Mr. McKenzie announced, from the same 
place, that if it was intended as a challenge, he was ready to 
accept it, and would name “ Black Weasel.” The challenge 
was as follows: 
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