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Secretary Field presented communications from M. L. Butter¬ 
field, of Waukesha, and Dr. T. J. Freeman, of Milwaukee, relative 
to silver medals. 
The board requested the Secretary to have a medal engraved and 
sent to the former and to pay the latter the difference in price be¬ 
tween the large and small medals. 
Committee appointed on the communication of the Racine Silver- 
Plate Company, reported that in their judgment, it would be ad¬ 
visable to offer certain premiums in silver-plate instead of money, 
the person to whom such award was made to have the privilege of 
making such selection as he or she might desire. 
The report was adopted as the sense of the board. 
Communication of John S. and Ira Rowell was presented by their 
counsel and referred to Messrs. Mitchell, Kingston, and Dean, who 
after duly considering the subject matter thereof, made the follow¬ 
ing report w ith a request that the Secretary send a copy to the 
Messrs. Rowell. 
Report adopted. 
To the Executive Board of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society: 
The committee to whom tvas referred the claim of John S. 
Rowell and Ira Rowell for first money in the “free for all” purse 
for their mare “ Badger Girl,” with the accompanying affidavits of 
A. M. NcNaughten and W. M. Ormand, patrol-judges, and Roy 
Bush, driver of said mare, respectfully report as follows: 
The claim of the owners of “ Badger Girl ” for first money in 
the “free for all ” purse, seems to rest upon a question of fact and 
not upon any error made by the judges in the stand, under the 
“National Trotting Rules” given for their guidance, whether the 
leading horse, phii? Sheridan, ran enough to warrant his set¬ 
ting back, or ruling out, thereby giving first money to Bad¬ 
ger Girl was a question of fact which the judges in the staftid con¬ 
cluded upon from their own observation, coupled with the report 
of the patrol-judges . Of this question of fact the judges in the 
stand were the final arbitrators, and it is the opinion of the com¬ 
mittee that it is not in the province of the board to go behind 
their decision in this particular. The board is referred, in this con¬ 
nection, to rules 26, 27, and 28 of the National Trotting Associa¬ 
tion. 
In the matter of protest, the national rules sa}': 
“ Protests 
