The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-24

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SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
GROUNDS THE U. S. AGRICULTURAL Socury
Boston, Tuesday, Oct. 23-P NJ. !
The third annual exhibition of the United States Agri
cultural Society opened ut ten O'Clock this morning.
Gore Block Green street in the presence Of delegates
from fifteen twenty States and 1t includes greater
show Of cattle and horses than has given pre-
viously in the world.
At ten O'Clock the Honorable Marshall p. Wider Of
Massachusetts President Of the society appeared On
Judges stand, and said
FuIow-CmzESs-T have the pleasure to announce that
the third annual exhibition OF the United States Agrcu
tnra Society open and will continue during the week
The Band will give the customary salute and the caval
cade will move while the Band plays the national air
cavacade then formed, headed by the Chief Mar
hal General Tyler and several Of his aids There we're
three hundred horses in the cavacade in
ness, led and under The saddle, There were
fine matched pairs. The quite inspiring
The great area was well filed in every part. The pro-
ces sion and curious. The weather was
delicious. There we're great many pretty women,
and any quantity Of American flags.
At II O'Clock the stations were exhibited and there
trot in harness for speed for which the following
named horses were entered:--
North Horse owned by by...,....Mr North
Morgan Empire. re.............. James H. Chamberlain
Boston Boy. Adams Carpenter
Ithan Allen. ........................O s. Rowe
oiack HAWK h. Wayne
Sockbridge Morgan ................ John Bullard
plack Hawk Chief. .Edrar Hil
Black Hawk Chief trotted half mile in one minute
twenty four seconds, which the best time made.
The breeding and fllies were then exhibited
The mares seemed to have all the pride Of m aterny
and the colts gamboled In all the exubcrance OF youth
At three o'clock there trial of speed for horses
that had trotted for money driven by persons who
had never drove for money-6rst premium, two hun
dred dollars; second, hundred. The Judges were
Navid I@avtt Lewis B. Brown and Anson Livingston Of
New York. Paran Stevens, Of Boston; and r. H. Libby,
cf Bangor, Me. Twenty horses were entered for this
the most extraordinary that took place in this
country. The horses mostly Black Hawk and
Morgan stock with here and there The race
was in harness, ana they sent off at standing
start for single dash Of one mile. There about
hye thousand spectators including the leading turfmcn
here and elsewhere with great number Of ladies In the
amphitheatre The affair seemed cross between
horse race and an eai,ipn Of hippodrome stud. Tie
following Is list Of The entricsChestnut gelding by
John Smith, Of New Bedford bay mare Eastern Maid
by NJ Thompson, of Maine; bay geiding Medley Mes
senger by J. d. Iawton; Tppo, by Mr. Boyden
invincible, by i. A. Martini Tom Hyer, by John J.
Powers; Paley colt, by f. Perley; sorreI Elder
Weaver Of Bangor, by Geo stearns; black Jenny
Lind, by n. W. Tleston chestnut Lady Lawrence,
by Jackson Nichols bay geding Lexington by y. s. Ben.
jamin; chestnut geding Magnolia by William Spring.
stead; sorrel geding Horace Felton, by James Murphy
gray geding Gray Eagle, by A. Farrar Of Maine brown
the Norton, by b. b. French sorrel geldng Yer
mont Boy, by the Mcssrs Gilman, OF Montpelier, VI.
gray gelding White Mountain Morgan, by Robbins 4
Comins; brown geldng Rockland by W. g. Berry, Of
Maine; Young Ripton, by Mr. Barnard Wild Eyre, byJ.
W. Sawyer
They made handsome deld. There was some DIM
Guilty in getting them OF and lots drawn for The
front rank, the track being wide enough only for FIVE
wagons. After false start they went of very well
together amid the shouts OF the crowd The John Smith
horse took the lead and troted the first half mile In 20
and the second in 1:s5. He this heat nas easy
az rolling of log" and could have done il ten
seconds quicker If be had been pressed. The horses
then sent of in parties of Each party
had dash Of one mile. The John Smith horse led the
party again going his mile in 2s2 lie very closely
pressed by White Mountain Morgan. They were both
square ,rot,ers and full Of Ere In the secona eve
mont Boy the victor going his mile in 2;i0 'easy
enough" The Smith horse had heretofore been the
ayoiie of the dcke public but his paed before
the Vermont Boy, and IL whispered that the Smith
animal had trotted for money fresh lot Of five
now brought up and Lexington ahead beating
Young Rpton by about hafa neck In 2i2 In the fourth
trial Mr. Rands Gray Eagle In 251 distancing Lady
lawrence.
The horses that had made the best time--John smith
Vermont Boy, Rockland White Mountain Morgan and
LexDgton-were brought up for a final trial. Yer
mont Boy beat the party, and went In 2:3s John smith
was second and the others all in a bunch in the
dark. It getting pretty cold, and the people wen,
home.
The judges decision was reserved TO investigate some
charges against the winners. There be doubt
that the Smith horse and Vermont Boy entitled
the money. The lasted three hours and there
any quantity Of outside fun AZ o'clock The flags
struck, and the first days proceedings were over
The attendance very large all day. The city Is
crowded with strangers. The show is very good one
much superior to any previously given BY this society
which was established In Washington, .. G., 10
1852, and at Springfield, Massachusetts,, in 1854
great convention OF horses held under
it's auspices The success Of this the hrst thing Of the
kind ever done In this country, was beyond al
precedent. Everything done upon the most liberal
scale the show very ane In every respect and
not only netted good 10 Its ofgnators but dii
great deal Of good by directing the attention Of breeders
70 several important facts connected With the raising
horses in this country. Perhaps Of them led
20 believe that possible find good read horse
without drop Of Morgan, Black Hawk Mes-euger
blood in his veins At Springfield, Ohio, Buckley
friends had chance 70 show what they could 10 IN the
way OF stock and, although there we're not - many ne
fast horses exhibition a the Massachusetts, eriib
ton y Il was seen BY contrast that the best IA
miles may be ruined BY too much breeding In aDd in,
while the democratic breeds Of horses being improy
ed BY judcious crossing with highly cultivated stock.
great many people sy cvi ,omof 10 these erhib.
tons and the use n them. They cannot see
Why men wil spend their time AL money In raising hne
stock for which they do not always gin credit Bat he
country b benefited, and beef an mutton i In
creased In quantity ten fold and much improved in qua
ty by the lessons have taken the soe. hava
received from England, where has been the fashon 1
gentlemen oiesure and opuence 10 cultivate ne stock
and rs much attention 70 the habit. of snrna their
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