LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACING PAGE 

 THE EARL OF COVENTRY, PRESIDENT OF THE BATH AND WEST 



AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES SOCIETY IN 1880 AND AGAIN 



FROM 1914 TO PRESENT TIME .... Frontispiece 



THE YOUNG SHOWMAN ON THE THRESHOLD OF RESPONSIBILITY . 22 



THE LATE KING EDWABD VII., QUEEN ALEXANDRA, AND THE 



EARL OF CLARENDON (PRESIDENT) IN THE ST. ALBANS 



SHOW YARD IN 1896 210 



GROUP OF STEWARDS OF THE EXETER SHOW IN 1899 . . 242 

 THE OLD WHITE HART INN, BATH, WHERE THE SOCIETY'S 



FIRST DINNER WAS HELD 276 



INAUGURATION OF THE BATH SHOW IN 1912 BY THE SHOWMAN- 

 MAYOR, ACCOMPANIED BY THE MAYORESS AND THE LORD 

 MAYOR OF BRISTOL (SiR FRANK WILLS) .... 286 

 THE INAUGURATION OF THE TRURO SHOW IN 1913 . . . 286 

 THE INAUGURATION OF THE BATH SHOW (1912) .... 296 

 THE OLD SHOWMAN, GROWN GREY IN THE SERVICE . . . 322 



