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342 GEORGE H. HIMES Moores, B. E. Stewart, Lucien Heath, and Thomas T. Eyre—were appointed to correspond with the officers of the Clackamas County Agricultural Society and ascertain whether that society would grant as favorable terms as had been submitted by Lane and Yamhill counties; if not, then the committee were instructed to locate the State Fair at the Yamhill County Fair Grounds. The date of the fair was set for the first Tuesday in October, to run four days.

A favorable reply having been received from the Clackamas County Agricultural Society by the committee having the matter in charge, the board of managers, at its meeting on June 6, 1861, decided to hold the fair at or near Oregon City. At this time the premium list was adopted, of which the following is a condensation:

—Cattle.—1—Short Horns; 2—Devons; 3—Herefords; 4—Ayreshires; 5—Alderneys; 6—Graded cattle (cross breeds); 7—Working oxen; 8—Fat cattle; 9—Sweepstakes. Premiums, $459.00. (Exhibitors of animals in Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 must furnish satisfactory evidence of age and pedigree. The judges will exclude over-fat animals, should such be exhibited, the object of the society being to encourage animals suited to breeding purposes. Competitors for No. 8 must file with the secretary affidavits stating the age of the animal, time, manner, kind, quantity and cost of feeding, and all expenses connected with the fattening.)

—Horses.—No. 10—Horses of all work. (The "horse of all work" should be 15 hands; quick, lively ears; broad between the eyes; round barrel; short loins; well up in the shoulder; deep chested; square quarters; flat legs; short between knee and pastern, and hock and pastern; hind legs well under him; speed equal to eight miles an hour on the road; and at least three miles on the plow; with sufficient blood to insure spirit and endurance; and no horse in this or any other class shall be allowed to compete for a premium unless he be sound.) No. 11—Draft horses; No. 12—Thoroughbreds; No. 13—Roadsters; No. 14—Colts, without reference to blood; No. 15—Matched carriage horses, 16 hands or over; No. 16—Matched carriage horses, 16 hands or under; No. 17—Matched roadsters, with reference to speed; No. 18—Speed; No. 19—Speed and bottom; No. 20—Mares and colts; No. 21—Jacks and mules. (The exhibitor who, on the first