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HISTOEY OF HEBEFOED CATTLE 



any person who has been expelled from any 

 agricultural society, or otherwise disqualified 

 from exhibiting stock at any agricultural show 

 in consequence of having been proved to have 

 exhibited stock with a false certificate, shall be 

 exhibited at the shows of the Smithfield Club, 

 provided:, that if the person so disqualified or 

 expelled shall have taken any legal proceedings 

 in consequence of such expulsion or disqualifi- 

 cation and a court of law shall have decided 

 in his favor, the case may be submitted to the 

 club, who shall have the right to determine 

 whether the above rule shall apply to his case." 



1843. Humphrey Gibbs (H. Brandreth) re- 

 signed the office of honorary secretary. 



B. T. Brandreth Gibbs elected honorary sec- 

 retary. 



Her Majesty, the Queen, and Prince Albert 

 honored the club by visiting the show Decem- 

 ber 13. 



Earl Spencer, the Duke of Eichmond, and 

 B. T. Brandreth Gibbs were elected trustees. 



HEREFORD HIGH TOWN IN 1850, SHOWING THE OLD 



MARKET HOUSE. 

 (From an old print.) 



Resolved, That in future a separate gold 

 medal be offered for the best cow or heifer in 

 the classes. 



That no member who is more than one year 

 in arrears of his annual subscription shall enjoy 

 any of the privileges of the members of the 

 Smithfield Club. 



Lord Weston, a vice-president, died. 



1845. The Earl Spencer died, having been 

 president of the club twenty years, (fl 68) 



His Grace, the Duke of Eichmond, K. G., 

 was elected president. 



On the motion of Philip Pusey, Esq., P. M., 

 the following resolution was unanimously 

 passed : 



"That we desire to record our lasting grati- 

 tude to the late Earl Spencer for his long exer- 



tions in the service of the Smithfield Club, 

 which were neither interrupted by the discharge 

 of more arduous duties nor damped by the re- 

 tirement from public life or by the advance of 

 years; and also to express our affectionate ven- 

 eration for his manly and noble character." 



Resolved, That for the future, in the sheep 

 classes which are restricted to weights, live- 

 weights be substituted for dead-weights. 



Lord Portman was elected a trustee, in the 

 room of the late Earl Spencer. 



A class for Scotch, Welsh and Irish cattle 

 was re-established for next year. It was deter- 

 1 mined to offer a gold medal for the best pen of 

 pigs in the classes. 



Sir John S. Sebright, Bart., vice-president, 

 died. 



Earl Spencer elected vice-president. 



1840. J. M. Cripps, Esq., a vice-president, 

 died. 



Resolved, That in future all restrictions as 

 to feeding in the oxen and steer classes be done 

 away with. 



That in future non-members pay a fee of a 

 guinea to the funds of the club to entitle them 

 to exhibit. 



That in future the judges be not made ac- 

 quainted with the kind of food on which the 

 animals have been fed. 



That disqualified animals be removed from 

 the yard before the public exhibition. 



That in future the cross-bred sheep be judged 

 by the short- wooled judges. 



That in future no return of dead-weights be 

 required from the exhibitors or the butchers. 



1848. Resolved, That the restrictions on the 

 feeding of sheep be done away with. 



- That the judges be not made acquainted with 

 the traveling of the animals to the show. 



That a new class be formed for short-wooled 

 sheep, not Southdowns. 



1849. Resolved, That in future exhibitors 

 of stock be admitted to a private view of the 

 show, viz., between eight and ten o'clock in the 

 evening of the day of adjudication, provided 

 the judges have signed their awards. 



Thomas Gibbs, Esq., the father of the club, 

 died. 



1850. Her Majesty the Queen, and his Eoyal 

 Highness, the Prince Albert, again honored the 

 club by visiting the show. 



Full power was delegated to the president to 

 admit the royal family of this or other coun- 

 tries at whatever time he may consider expe- 

 dient. 



Resolved, "That, the club being anxious to 

 evince and perpetuate its feelings of respect to- 

 ward the Duke of Eichmond, the president de- 



