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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
NOVEMBER, 1872.
REPUBLICAN. Grant and Wilson.
DEMOCRATIC. Greeley and
BOURBON DEMOCRATIC.
Bean Blossom
95
187
-
Washington.
83
120
-
Marion
31
60
Benton
57
96
Richland
269
91
Van Buren
131
57
Perry
247
111
2
Polk
57
87
1
Salt Creek
9
110
Clear Creek.
121
136
-
Indian Creek
71
116
3
Bloomington
426
218
-
Totals
1,597
1,359
5
The Presidential election of 1876 resulted as follows :
NOVEMBER, 1876.
REPUBLICAN. Hayes and
DEMOCRATIC. Tilden and Hendricks.
INDEPENDENT. Cooper and Cary.
Bean Blossom
Wheeler. 112
195
5
Washington.
83
135
16
Marion
38
37
4
Benton.
47
97
4
Richland.
290
99
6
Van Buren
158
73
5
Perry.
264
136
6
Polk.
38
109
15
Salt Creek
18
120
1
Clear Creek
130
179
10
Indian Creek
68
153
18
Bloomington.
421
226
35
Totals.
1,667
1,559
125
The county was still Republican by a substantial majority. In 1878, the result for Secretary of State was as follows : John G. Shanklin (Rep.), 1,601; Isaac S. Moore (Dem.), 1,560; Henry James (Ind.), 288. In 1880, the result for Governor was :
Albert G. Porter (Rep.), 1,770; Franklin Landers (Dem.), 1,613; Richard Gregg (Ind.), 199. In 1880, the Presidential election resulted as follows :
NOVEMBER, 1880.
REPUBLICAN. Garfield and Arthur. 108
DEMOCRATIC. Hancock and English.
INDEPENDENT. Weaver and Chambers.
Bean Blossom
182
9
Washington.
88
157
8
Marion.
57
56
3
Benton ..
51
137
12
Bloomington.
508
240
33
Richland
286
104
5
Van Buren.
159
73
13
Perry.
255
145
17
Salt Creek
26
130
2
Polk.
53
129
24
Clear Creek.
112
176
35
Indian Creek
77
153
4
Totals.
1,780
1,682
165
-
-
Brown.
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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
The county was still Republican. In 1882, the vote for Secretary of State was as follows : E. R. Hawn (Rep.), 1,751; William R. Myers (Dem.), 1,625 ; H. B. Leonard (Ind.), 144.
THE COUNTY POOR.
Monroe County has done well by her poor. The county was no sooner organized than allowances began to be made for the temporary and permanent relief of the indigent. In every township, Overseers of the Poor were appointed, whose duty was to provide for those who were help- less, and report the expense to the County Board, who allowed the same as any other county expense. It was customary, and is even yet, to bind children out to learn some industry, and upon the attainment of their ma- jority they were turned out upon the bnsy world to shift for themselves, with a new suit of clothes and $10 in money. This was true of the able- bodied. The helpless, on the contrary, were usually " farmed out," as it was called. The keeping of them was put up at auction, and he who would provide for their necessary wants for the least amount was burdened with the responsibility. It was necessary to exercise some care, or other- wise the helpless fell into rude and even cruel hands, and were half starved and clothed, that a little money might be made in their keeping. The system was bad, as it led the unscrupulous to prey upon the helplessness of the poor. It was better, however, than to permit the unfortunates to die outright. A better state of things could not be expected in the back- woods, where the best were often in want of the necessaries of life. Much temporary and even permanent relief was furnished by the town- ship, and no call made upon the County Board for reimbursement. The first order for the relief of the poor which could be found upon the records is as follows :
STATE OF INDIANA.
MONROE COUNTY, DEBTOR.
MONROE COUNTY.
To Solomon Green for an allowance for an injury sustained to his bedding in keeping, laying out and burying Louis Lee, a poor person.
February 5, 1824. DAVID SEARS,
WILLIAM MOORE, Overseers of the Poor.
After this, the settlement of the county was so rapid that the poor ex- pense began to increase. In 1827, the county paid $46.20, and in 1830, $75. Late in the thirties, the expense exceeded $200 annually. In 1836, it was $204.63. These amounts do not include the help furnished in lo- calities and not reported for county reimbursement. The total some years would no doubt approximate $500. The number of paupers continued to increase during the early portion of the thirties, until at last, in 1836, the propriety of having a county poor farm and poor house began to be talked of. A petition was presented to the County Board in November, 1836, praying that a poor farm might be bought, and in response to this, John Hite, John Owens and Jesse Davar were appointed a committee to inspect various farms with a view of purchasing. Nothing further seems to have been done until May, 1838, when another committee, consisting of John Owens, Edward Borland and John Hite, were appointed for the same purpose, the farm to cost not less than $500 nor more than $1,500, the purchase price to be paid in three annual installments. All further action
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seems to have been postponed until 1846, when another committee (Elias Abel, Henry Tanner and -), were appointed to inspect some half dozen farms that were for sale. The committee reported the following farms for sale: One owned by E. N. Elliott, five miles from Bloomington, 190 acres, price $1,000; G. H. Johnson, seven miles from Bloomington, 176 acres, cost $2,000; John Acuff, five miles from Bloomington, 120 acres, cost $900; Michael Buskirk, three and a half miles from Bloomington, 400 acres, cost $2,600; William Gray, nine miles from Bloomington, 198 acres, $1,000; Henry Rhorer, twelve miles from Bloomington, 160 acres, $1,200; James Miller, two and one-half miles from Bloomington, 160 acres at $2,000; Samuel McCalla, eight and one-half miles from Bloomington, 160 acres at $800. The farm of John Acuff was bought, and he became the first Poor Superintendent. The farm was on the Bloomington & Spencer road, on Section 13, Township 9 north, Range 2 west. Of the purchase price, $600 was to be paid when the deed was made and $300 at the end of a year. Upon the farm was an ordinary dwelling of that day, and in addition the County Board ordered the erection of a log house .. Mr. Acuff was to have the use of the farm for a year, and was paid $100 to care for all permanent paupers. The first pauper, Crazy Betsey, was taken to the asylum in June, 1846. Acuff continued Superintendent until 1849, when he was succeeded by Robert Ray. At this time the paupers numbered three. John N. York was the third Superintendent.
During the fifties, the poor expense amounted some years to nearly $3,000. As high as eight inmates were in the asylum at one time. The great burden of expense to the county, however, really fell upon the townships. Later in the fifties it became evident that a new asylum would have to be obtained to meet the wants of the county. In 1862, a new farm of 168 acres was purchased of Samuel A. Smith for $6,000. It was parts of Sections 30 and 31, Township 8 north, Range 1 west. One of the County Board, Mr. Small, protested against the purchase of this particular farm, alleging: 1, that it cost too much ; 2, the land, though good, is too rolling and exhausted; 3, scarcity of timber, especially rail timber; 4, two branches of Clear Creek run through the land, thus making it necessary to keep up several water gaps; 5, there have been better farms offered for sale. The protest of Mr. Small was of no avail, and the farm was purchased and immediate preparations were made to build thereon a poor asylum that would meet the wants of the county. The building was erected by Milburn & McPhetridge, for $1,688. It was a frame structure, about 35x75 feet, and contained nine rooms on each side. Of the purchase price, $500 was paid in cash at the outset, $500 in September of 1862, and the balance at the completion of the work in November, 1862. It seems that the judgment of Mr. Small was correct, when he stated that the farm was not the one wanted by the county, and that much better ones had been offered for sale. This fact became more and more apparent as the years passed. At last, in Decem- ber, 1865, the farm was advertised for sale and soon sold to John F. May for $9,150 .. Of this price, $1,000 was to be paid cash, $2,000 one year after date; $3,075 two years after date, and $3,075 three years after date. Mr. May became the Superintendent, he agreeing to keep the
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paupers for $2 each per week. Samuel A. Smith had preceded Mr. May as Superintendent. Immediate preparations were made to buy a new farm. In March, 1866, the County Board bought of Peter Bollenbacker six seminary lots known as the Cuff farm, about a mile and a half west of town, each lot comprising ten acres, for $3,000, the seller taking in pay- ment the note of John May for $2,000 above mentioned, the county to pay a mortgage for about the remainder held on the lots by Robert Acuff. Immediate possession was given of the farm. Mr. May, as above stated, became the Superintendent. In May, 1867, sealed proposals were called for to build a brick asylum of certain specified dimensions on this farm, the following proposals being received : William H. Owen, $6,000; Samuel A. Smith, $5,800; R. A. Fulk, $6,500; Payne, McCalla & Hooper, $6,300; Glover & Blankenship, $7,728. The proposal of Mr. Smith being considered the best was accepted, and the contract was awarded him at his bid of $5,800. This fine brick building, which was immediately erected, is yet in use. It took about two years to complete the building, however.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
So far as can be learned, the first action taken by the citizens of the county to organize a society in the interests of agriculture was in May, 1835, when the County Board having been petitioned to that effect, or- dered that 300 copies of a notice of a public meeting to be held at the court house on the last Saturday in May, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature, entitled "An act for the encouragment of agriculture," ap- proved February 7, 1835, for the purpose of organizing an agricultural society, should be printed, and the Clerk was instructed to see that they were distributed and posted, and authorized to pay for the same. This meeting was held, was well attended, and an agricultural society was or- ganized, as will be seen from the following certificate :
We, Michael Buskirk, Chairman, and Craven P. Hester, Secretary, of the agricult- ural society of Monroe County aforesaid, certify that we were elected according to law for the offices as above mentioned, and that said society has elected its officers and or- ganized itself agreeably to an act of the Legislature, entitled "An act for the encourag- ment of agriculture," approved February 7, 1835. Done on the last Saturday of May, 1835. Given under our hands June 4, 1835.
MICHAEL BUSKIRK. C. P. HESTER.
If a fair was held by this organization, such fact could not be learned by the writer. The probability is that nothing of the kind was held, or some record of it would have been discovered. In about the year 1850, however, a society was organized at the county seat and one or more fairs were held, but unfortunately no account of it can be here given. The society was abandoned after one or two fairs, and not again revived until 1855. Austin Seward was the first President of this organization, and Lewis Bollman, Secretary. The following men were the Directors : Henry Eller, Asher Labertew, Austin Seward, W. S. Stormont, Joshua Shreve, Luke Sanders, Joseph Bunger, James Givens, Edward Blakely, . Richard Moore, Willis Spencer, Monroe Houston, Thomas Payne and Lewis Bollman. The first premium list offered by this organization was as follows, in full : First annual fair of the Monroe County Agricult- ural Society, to be held at Bloomington Wednesday and Thursday, Oc- tober 10 and 11, 1855. Premium list :
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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
CLASS A-NO. 1-CATTLE.
Best Bull two years old or over .. $3 Second best Certificate
Best Bull between one and two years old
2
Second best. Certificate
Best Bull Calf. 2
Second best. Certificate
Best Cow two years old orover. 3
Second best
Certificate
Best Heifer between one and two years old. 2
Second best.
.Certificate
Best Heifer Calf. 2
Second best Certificate
CLASS A-NO. 2.
Best pair of Working Cattle. $3
Second best ... Certificate
Best fatted for beef .. 2
Second best.
Certificate
CLASS A-NO. 3.
Best Milk Cow
$3
Second best.
Certificate
Awarding Committee-L. Bollman, I. Cron, Lewis Shryer.
CLASS B-NO. 1-HORSES.
Best Stallion over three years old.
$3
Second best .. .Certificate
Best Stallion Colt between two and three years old. 2
Second best
Certificate
Best Stallion Colt between one and two years old .. 2
Second best.
Certificate
Best sucking Horse Colt. 1
Second best. Certificate
Best Mare over three years. 3
Second best
Certificate
Best Mare between two and three years ..
2
Second best.
Certificate
Best Filly Colt between one and two years. 2 Second best Certificate
Best sucking Filly 1
Second best
Certificate
Best Saddle Horse.
CLASS B-NO. 2.
$3
Second best.
Certificate
CLASS B-NO. 3.
Best Draft Horse
$3
Second best ..
Certificate
CLASS B-NO. 4.
Best pair Matched Horses.
$3
Second best ..
Certificate
Awarding Committee-Eli Worley, J. B. Shreve, John Dinsmore.
CLASS C-NO. 1-MULES AND JACKS.
Best Jack
$3
Second best Certificate
Best Jennet.
3
Second best. .Certificate
Best Span of Mules. 3 Second best Certificate Best Mule Colt. 2
Second best.
.Certificate
Awarding Committee-Hugh Campbell, James Buskirk, Peter Carmichael.
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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
CLASS D-NO. 1-LONG AND COMMON WOOLED SHEEP.
Best Buck over two years old. $2
Second best. Certificate
Best Buck under two years. 2
Second best.
Certificate
Best Buck Lamb 1
Second best.
Certificate
Best Ewe over two years old. 2
Second best ..
Certificate
Best Ewe under two years old. 2
Second best
Certificate
Best Ewe Lamb 1
Second best.
Certificate
CLASS D-NO. 2-FINE WOOLED SHEEP.
Best Buck over two years old. $2
Second best. Certificate 2
Best Buck under two years.
Second best ..
Certificate
Best Buck Lamb. 1
Second best
Certificate
Best Ewe over two years old. 2
Second best.
Certificate
Best Ewe under two years old. 2
Second best ...
Certificate
Best Ewe Lamb.
1
Second best ..
Certificate
Awarding Committee-Lewis Shryer, David Byers, Thomas Carter.
CLASS E-NO. 1-HOGS.
Best Boar over one year old ..
$3
Second best Certificate 2
Best Boar under one year old.
Second best.
CertiAcate
Best breeding Sow over one year old. 2
Second best
Certificate
Best breeding Sow under one year old. 3
Second best.
Certificate
Best pair of Shoats between six and twelve months. 2
Second best.
Certificate
Best Sow and Pigs.
2
Second best.
Certificate
Awarding Committee-Samuel Harbison, Henry Eller, David Buskirk.
CLASS F-NO. 1-POULTRY.
Best collection of Fowls. $2
Best collection of Ducks .. 2
Awarding Committee-John Orchard, John McCrea, Sol Hickman.
CLASS G-NO. 1-FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
Best Mower and Reaper, combined. $3 00
Best Thrasher and Separator. 3 00
Best Mower 2 00
Best Corn and Cob Mill. 2 00
Best Machine for gathering Ciover 3 00
Best Horse Rake .. 1 00
Best Cider Mill. 1 00
Best Cheese Press 1 00
Best Churn ...
1 00
Best Straw Cutter
1 00
Best Apple Parer
50
CLASS G-NO. 2.
Best Plow for Monroe County.
$3 00
Best Plow for sod.
2 00
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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
Best Plow for loose soil. .$2 00
Best Subsoil Plow. 2 00
Best Mattock. 1 00
Best six Hoes. 1 00
Best Log Chain 50
Best Cultivator
1 00
Best Harrow
50
CLASS G-NO. 3.
Best Farm Wagon. $2 00
Best Farm Cart. 1 00
Awarding Committee-Mr. Mckinley, Thomas Smith, Joseph Bunger.
CLASS H-NO. 1-CARRIAGES, FURNITURE, ETC.
Best Buggy .. $1 00
1 00
Best Carriage.
Best Sofa. 1 00
1 00
Best Center Table
1 00
Best Dining Table.
1 00
Best pair of Side Tables.
1 00
Best Work Stand ..
1 00
Best Secretary and Book Case 1 00
Best display of Furniture. 2 00
Awarding Committee-Joseph G. McPheeters, James Burley, Michael Helton.
CLASS I-NO. 1-LEATHER AND LEATHER MANUFACTURES.
Best Double Carriage Harness $2 00
Best Single Carriage Harness. 1 00
Best Wagon Harness 2 00
Best pair of Fine Boots. 1 00
Best pair of Coarse Boots. 1 00
Best pair of Ladies' Shoes
1 00
Best specimen of Harness Leather
1 00
Best specimen of Sole Leather.
1 00
Best specimen of Kip Leather. 1 00
Best specimen of Calf Skin Leather.
1 00
Best Man's Saddle. 1 00
Best Woman's Saddle. 1 00
Awarding Committee-John Garrison, Van Swearingin, J. W. Coffey.
CLASS K-NO. 1.
Best display of Tin Ware. $3 00
Best display of Sheet Iron Ware. 2 00
Best Stone-sawing Machine .. 2 00
Best Tomb Stone or Monument. 3 00
Awarding Committee-W. O. Fee, A. Labertew, John Campbell.
CLASS L-NO. 1-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND SEEDS.
Best ten acres of Corn $2 00
Best ten acres of Wheat 2 00
Best five acres of Rye. 1 00
Best five acres of Oats .. 1 00
Best one acre of Clover Seed. 2 00
Best one acre of Flax
1 00
Best one-half acre of Turnips
1 00
Best one-fourth acre of Potatoes 1 00
Best display of Seed Corn, Wheat, Rye, Oats, Clover Seed, Pota- toes. 2 00
Best ten pounds Butter.
1 00
Best Cheese.
50
Best Cured Ham. 50
Awarding Committee-William Millen, Benjamin Rogers, N. S. Mayfield.
CLASS M-NO. 1-DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
Best ten yards of Tow Cloth
$0 50
Best ten yards of Rag Carpet.
50
Best set of Common Chairs.
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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
Best Woolen Knit Stockings or Socks. 50
Best pound of Linen Sewing Thread. 50
Best fifteen yards of Carpet ... 1 00
Best Yarn. 50
Best Quilt. 50
Best Coat, Pants and Vest.
2 00
Best Lady's Dress.
1 00
Best Lady's Sacque.
50
Best Dress Cap. 50
Best Mantilla. 50
Best sample of useful Needlework.
1 00
Best Home-made Bread. 1 00
Awarding Committee-Miss Ellen Stone, Mrs. Paulina Hardin, Mrs. Louisa Maxwell, Mrs. Jane Fee, Miss McGinnis, Mrs. Benjamin Neeld, Mrs. Bacon.
[This committee may recommend discretionary premiums].
CLASS N-NO. 1-FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Best display of Fruits. $3 00
Best display of Garden Vegetables. 2 00
Awarding Committee-Lewis Bollman, I. W. Sanders, Milton McPhetridge.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Any person may become a member by paying $1 into the treasury.
Members will be furnished with badges, which will admit them and their wives, and children under eighteen, at all times during the fair.
Persons not members will be admitted at the following rates, tickets to be had at all times during the fair:
Terms of admission per day, each individual, 20 cents; each horse and buggy, 20 cents ; single horse, 10 cents; each carriage, or wagon, and two horses, 25 cents; chil- dren under ten years of age, free. All subject to the rules of the fair ground.
All competitors must first become members of the society.
Persons employed for the purpose, and wearing appropriate badges, will be on the ground and in readiness to receive the articles intended for exhibition in the several de- partments.
Exhibitors are required to have their articles entered on the books at the business office before they are placed within the inclosure. On the entry of the articles and animals, cards will be furnished with the number and class as entered at the office, which are to be placed on the animal or article to be exhibited. No article shall be removed be- fore the close of the exhibition without the permission of some members of the Ex- ecutive Committee. Every exhibitor should have his articles on the ground and arranged in their places by 10 o'clock of the day they are to be exhibited.
JUDGES.
The Judges are requested to report themselves on their arrival at the office of the Executive Committee, on the grounds. The Judges will mee; at the said office at 10 o'clock on each day of exhibi ion, when their names will be called, vacancies supplied, and they will then enter upon their duties. They are requested to make their reports to the Secretary at the business office as early as practicable each evening.
INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES.
The Judges on animals will have regard to the symmetry, early maturity, size and general characteristics of the breeds which they judge. They will make proper allow- ance for age and other circumstances of the character and condition of the animals. They are expressly required not to give any encouragement to over-fed animals.
A premium will not be awarded when the animal or article is not worthy, though there be no competition.
REPORTS.
The Judges (especially those on animals) will be expected to give the reasons for their decisions, embracing the valuable and admirable qualities of the animals, or articles, to which premiums are awarded.
This fair was held as advertised, and was highly successful. A further account cannot be given. The receipts and expenditures for the following year (1856) were as follows :
25
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HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY.
RECEIPTS.
Money in treasury from last year.
$115 45
Received for badges. 260 00
Received for tickets.
155 75
Total.
$533 20
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Thomas Rawlings, for lumber
$410 00
Paid hands, for building fence
102 80
Paid H. Coe, for printing.
27 00
Paid W. Fee, for nails.
12 70
Paid Orchard, for posts.
1 00
Paid A. Helton & Son, for rope.
3 00
Paid Balle, for work ...
6 50
Paid H. Eller, for superintending the work. and work done by him ......
25 00
Paid Orchard, for board of Eller.
6 75
Total
$594 75
533 20
Debt on work, etc .. $61 55
L. BOLLMAN, Secretary.
The early fairs were all held just east of Bloomington, on the land of Mr. Dunn, where a small yard was leased and inclosed. The limits of the yard would not permit of racing. Annual fairs were held until the war, when they were abandoned, but were again renewed in 1868, and continued with a few interregnums until a few years ago, when they be- came defunct. The later fairs were held on the new ground, west of town. The officers of the society in 1859 were as follows, with the rates of admission : John McCrea, President; Ezra Perring, Vice President ; Thomas Smith, Treasurer; James Small, Secretary; Pressley Buckner, James H. Waugh, John Dinsmore, George A. Buskirk, George Eller, W. S. Stormont, M. L. Snodgrass, Board of Managers. Terms of Ad- mission-Each individual per day, 25 cents ; each horse and buggy per day, 50 cents ; each horse per day, 25 cents; each two horses and car- riage or wagon per day, $1.
A very popular organization was the Equestrian Fair, established in 1857. It was a district organization, as will be seen by the following programme:
Open to the World-Second annual fair of the Union Equestrian Society, composed of Lawrence, Monroe and Owen Counties, to be held at the District Fair Grounds, near Gosport, Ind .. on Thursday and Friday, the 21st and 22d days of October next, 1858. The exhibition grounds, containing thirteen acres, are the most beautiful in the State, well fenced in, with two good wells of water within the inclosure, and a splendid track for gaited horses-three times around for one mile. Two hundred and sixty-five dollars in cash premiums ! So bring on all of your fine saddle, harness and match horses. The premiums are worth competing for. A magnificent premium will be awarded to the best and second best female equestrian. Also to the best male equestrian. Young ladies and gentlemen from every section are invited to be present and make an exhibition of their proficiency in the art of horse management and equestrian merit. Certainly no art is more desirable than that of complete horsemanship, and every young lady and gentleman in our proud Hoosier State should possess some just claim to proficiency in the art. Come on, then ; if you cannot make the display that your friends can, come and do your best, which is laudable.
This fair was for many years very popular. It was held alternately at Gosport, Bloomington and Bedford, and possibly elsewhere. A Miss Jackson for many years took the first premium as lady rider, in spite of all
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opposers. The following shows a portion of the premiums paid at Bloom- ington in 1868.
Equestrian Fair-To be held on the Woodland Time Track, near Bloomington, Ind., on Wednesday and Thursday, November 11 and 12, 1868. The following premiums are offered : For the best lady rider, $15; second best lady rider, $10; best gentleman rider, $10 ; second best gentleman rider, $5; best boy rider under fifteen years, $5; second best boy rider under fifteen years, $3; best girl rider under fifteen years, $5; second best girl rider under fifteen years, $3; fastest pacing gelding or mare, $25 ; second fastest pacing gelding or mare, $5; best buggy horse, mare or gelding, $10; second best buggy horse, mare or gelding, $5; best saddle horse, mare or gelding, three distinct gaits, $10; second best saddle horse, mare or gelding, three distinct gaits, $5; best pair trained horses, mares or geldings, $10; second best pair trained horses, mares or geld- ings, $5; fastest pacing stallion, any age, $25; second fastest pacing stallion, any age, $10; fastest trotting horse, mare or gelding, $25 ; second fastest trotting horse, mare or gelding, $10. Sweepstakes on trotting and pacing : Fastest pacing horse. mare or gelding, $50; second fastest pacing horse or gelding, $25. Four entries to be made, three horses to start.
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