riiOCEEDlNGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS. OO 



gow. He subiiiitled tlu! followiui,' rotation, not us coiniiiittiiij; tlie Society to any 

 given circuit, or even to visiting tliesu two places every si.xth year, but merely to .sliow 

 how the jnoposed motion, il adopted, ndglit be carried out. 



1. Aberdeen. 7. Inverness. 13. Perth. 



Stirling. 14. Kelso. 



Edinburgh. 15. EdinlMirgli. 



Aberdeen. 16. Inverness. 



I)undrie.s. 17. Stirling. 



Glasgow. 18. Glasgow. 



Mr Martin sn]>ported his proposal on the following ground.s, viz. : — (1.) That having 

 a show every third year in either of the metropolitan ox central districts woiild lie 

 more convenient to the members as a whole than the present arrangement. (2.) That 

 while it increased the number of these central shows (Edinburgh and Glasgow) by 

 having one or other of them every third year instead of every Iburtli year as at i>resent, 

 the proposed rotation only postjioned the show one year in each of the other districts, 

 as the Society would visit them once in nine years instead of as now in eight. Mem- 

 bers in outlying districts would therefore be more than compensated for one year's 

 delay in local visits by the increased number of central shows with their greater con- 

 venience and economy. (3.) That the residt financially to the Society from shows held 

 in Edinburgh anil Glasgow is always so satisfactory that if it was found undesirable 

 to attemi)t to raise the voluntary assessment in these districts once in the si.K years (or 

 ■with two years' shorter interval than at present) every alternative show there might be 

 held free of local contribution without any danger of the funds of the Society having to 

 be drawn upon, those central shows always being sources of large revenue rather than 

 of e.xpenditun^ The other districts could not reasonaljly conjplain of this arrangement 

 seeing the very dilferent pecuniary result to the Society from shows held in outlying 

 towns, seeing also that they would oidy be assessed once in nine years instead of in 

 eight as now, and that they wouM only be ealled upon to contribute when a show wa.s 

 being held in their district. If, however, a difticulty was still foimd to e.xist through 

 the feeling of other counties, it might be overcome by assessing for every show, but in 

 varying jjroportions— say in Edinburgh or Glasgow once in six years, 20s. per £1000 ; 

 in the other districts once in nine years, 30s. per £1000. (4.) That any other towns 

 found s\utablc might occasionally be substituted for those named in their respective 

 districts, if the Directors considered this desirable. Also, that the change into the 

 new rotation, if adopted, should not take place at once, but be worked gradually, so 

 as to tit into the present one, without injustice to any particular district f the 

 Directors always having in view as the ultimate arrangement, a show in one of the two 

 great centres every third, with a northern and a southern one in the two intervening 

 years. 



After some further conversation, principally in regard to the difficulty that miglit 

 arise as to the voluntary local assessment if any change was made, it was moved by 

 Mr Campbell-Sw[xton of Kinmierghame, and seconded by Mr Mylnk, Niddrie Mains, 

 that the present rotation of I'astricts be adhered to. 



It was then moved as an amendment by Mr Martin, yr. of Auchendennau, and 

 seconded by Mr Howatsdn of Dornel, that alterations be made so that Edinburgh and 

 Glasgow are more frefjuently visited tlian tlie other districts. 

 On the motion being put it was carried by 10 to 6. 



The following voted for the motion— Sir Alexander .Tardine, Sir Kenneth S. :Mac- 

 kenzie, Messrs Dundas, Gibson, Gillon, MoUison, Mylne, Campbell-Swinton, Smith, 

 and Walker. And the following were in favour of the amendment— ^dessrs Cunning- 

 ham, Heudrie, Howatson, Martin, Murray, and Balston. 

 The report was adopted. 



Discovery ok False Hair on a Prize Filly.— The Secretary laid before the 

 meeting correspondence with Mr David Kiddell, Blackhall. He had received tlie 

 followmg certificates by Professor Williams and Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, Bart. : 

 "Showyard, Perth, 31st July 1879. — 1 have examined Clydesdale mare, St). 519, ajid 

 found that she has false hair on her forelegs. Hair enclosed. — (Signed) W. Williams. 

 [ was present at the above examination. — (Signed) Alex. M. Mackenzie, member of 

 Local Committee." A correspondence followed between himself and Mr Riddell. which 

 he laid on the table. The last letter which he was ordered to write to Mr Kiddell wa.s 

 in these terms : — 



" 10th December 1879. — Dear Sir, — The directors have again had the case of fal?e 

 hair on your filly's (No. 519) legs at Perth Show before them. I am direcred to inti- 

 mate to you that they are not satisfied with your explanation, and that they have no 

 doubt that false hair was fixed into the filly's legs. As, however, this was not dis- 

 covered till after the judging, and as it is possilde that the false hair may not have 

 been inserted till after the judging was over, the directors, after long deliberation, 

 have determined not to put the regulations of the general shows in force against yon 



