FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Thrailkill, Frances Marie, OSU Ed.D.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol The Midland Company (MLAN)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [_] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 7000 Midland Boulevard	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year February 14, 2003
(Street) Amelia, Ohio 45102-2607		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (mm/dd/yy)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (mm/dd/yy)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (mm/dd/yy)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (mm/dd/yy)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock								0

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Table II —Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.Title of Derivative Security
(Instr.3)

2. Conversion
or Exercise
Price of
Derivative
Security

3. Transaction
Date
(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A.
Deemed
Execution
Date if
any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Transaction Code Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative
Securities Acquired (A) or
Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying
Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of
Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)

9.Number of
Deriv-
ative
Secur-
ities
Bene-
ficially
Owned
Follow-
ing
Reported
Trans-
action(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of
Indirect
Benefi-
cial
Owner-
ship
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date
Exercisable

Expiration
Date

Title

Amount or
Number
of Shares

Stock Option

$16.594

2/15/01

2/15/11

Common Stock

3,000(1)

3,000

Stock Option

$20.78

2/1/02

1/31/12

Common Stock

2,200

Stock Option

$17.23

2/14/03

2,700

2/14/03

2/13/13

Common Stock

2,700

Explanation of Responses:

(1)The number of shares for which the reporting person has options in Table II were increased as the result of a two-for-one stock split effective July 17, 2002. Shareholders of record on July 8, 2002 were issued one new share of stock for each share held.

**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	/s/Lori Birkenhauer **Signature of Lori Birkenhauer as Attorney-in-Fact for Frances Marie Thrailkill, OSU Ed.D.	2/18/03 Date
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