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account of the whole exhibition has been contributed to the last 

 number of the ' Journal ' by Mr. Milward, the Senior Steward of 

 Live Stock, with the assistance of his colleagues. 



The smallness of the Horse Show at Hull, as compared with 

 the anticipations which had been formed of the number of entries 

 which the Society would be justified in expecting, coupled with 

 the admitted scarcity of the supply of horses in proportion to 

 the demand throughout the country, has induced the Council to 

 take into consideration the whole question of its list of prizes for 

 Horses, as offered at the Annual Country JNIeetings. Hitherto 

 the Society's prize-list has been limited to classes for breeding 

 animals, and conditions having reference to their productiveness 

 have been attached to all prizes offered by the Society. These 

 prizes have up to the present time been supplemented by others, 

 offered by Local Committees, County Agricultural Societies, or 

 individual donors, generally for Mares and Geldings in various 

 Hunting and Hackney classes. Notwithstanding the great 

 liberality, and sometiines profuseness, with which these prizes 

 have been offered year by year, the system has not been favour- 

 able to the Society's Horse Show, the scheme of these supple- 

 mentary prizes having varied very much from one year to another, 

 and occasionally the conditions attached to their offer have varied 

 essentially from those generally recognized by the Society. Under 

 these circumstances the Council have determined in future to 

 offer prizes for all classes of Horses which a farmer may be sup- 

 posed to have in his possession, either for breeding purposes or 

 as the product of his stud. 



At the Bedford Meeting next year the amount offered by the 

 Society as prizes for Horses Avill be increased to the extent of 

 about 600/. ; and prizes will be offered for Norfolk and Suffolk 

 Polled and for Sussex Cattle in place of those offered' at Hull for 

 Ayrshires and Galloways. The Council have decided to con- 

 tinue the prizes for Border Leicester Sheep for another year ; but 

 the prizes for Cheviot, Blackfaced, and Mountain Sheep have 

 been omitted from the Bedford Prize-sheet. 



The Council have decided to add the following rules to those 

 previously published with the Stock Prize-sheet : 



" The Council reserves to itself the right of determining all disputed cases 

 as to qualification, &c., and the decision of the Council shall be final in 

 all respects. 



