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7 he Doncaster Show, 1912. 



On Thursday, the General Meeting of Governors and 

 Members of the Society was held in the large tent at noon. 

 In opening the proceedings, Lord Middleton remarked that 

 they met together that day under perhaps the most remarkable 

 circumstances that had occurred in the history of the Society — 

 he referred to the closing of sections of the Show owing to the 

 outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease. In these outbreaks, his 

 Lordship said, immediate and stringent steps had to be taken, 

 and it was the best and only course that could have been 

 taken under the circumstances. (A full report of the 

 proceedings at the General Meeting is given on pp. xxvii to 

 xxxii). 



An entirely new departure in the Society's Showyard was 

 the exhibition of the National Terrier Club, which was opened 

 on Thursday, and continued on the following day. 



The total attendance on Thui'sday was 18,91-4. On Friday, 

 the first shilling day, the numbers reached 39,254. On the 

 last day, Saturday, only 19,814 persons paid for admission. 

 The daily attendances at different hours with figures for 

 previous Shows are given in the tables below. 



Comparative statements of entries will also be found on pp. 

 181 and 182. 



(1) Admissions by Payment at Doncaster, 1912. 



(2) Total daily admissions at the 1912 Show, compared with 

 tlie 2)revious six Shows and the Doncaster Show o/1891. 



1 Derby, 1906— Only one Half-crown day. 



