A FARRIERY SCHOOL 



work of the school. The school, which the Society 

 carried on for the Somerset County Council, 

 moved from place to place, and at the conclusion 

 of each course of instruction a competition of 

 the students was held. The wide influence the 

 school exercised may be inferred from the fact 

 that during its career from 1895 to 1901 inclusive, 

 it visited eighty centres, whilst 453 smiths went 

 through courses of instruction. 



The success of the school was largely due to 

 the keen interest taken in it by the Society's 

 steward, the late Lord Wynford, who visited the 

 various schools from time to time and addressed 

 the classes. He brought to the work a genuine 

 enthusiasm for it, expert knowledge and experience, 

 and a straightforwardness of purpose, which 

 specially appealed to the class of workers with 

 whom he had to deal. I travelled many miles 

 with him when we were following the school about, 

 and this companionship inspired in me a real 

 regard for his high qualities and a deep sense of a 

 personal loss when he was called hence. 



By far the most gorgeous and flamboyant pro- 

 cession that ever entered the Bath and West 

 show yard was seen at the Society's St. Albans 

 meeting, when the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of 

 London paid a State visit to the show. As a 

 display of gold lace, cocked hats and silk stockings 

 it was unsurpassable, whilst the august dignity 

 of deportment of all concerned left nothing to 

 be desired. The trio of equipages were in splen- 

 dour on a par with those occupying them, and 

 the horseflesh was worthy of the occasion. The 

 entourage of the party of English and foreign 



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