2i6 WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE. 1800— 1900 



butcher's meat was enlarged, prizes being offered for the best carcase of a 

 fat heifer, cow, Southdown, Leicester, Black- faced or Fell sheep, and calf. 

 At the autumn show in the same year the classes were for the best 

 bull, heifer, and cow. Sheep — Leicesters, 51 entries, Southdowns 

 20 entries, Shropshires i entry and Fell breed. F. C. EUison was 

 appointed secretary in i860, and in 1862 the first live stock fat 

 show was held in Whitwell & Bushers' new warehouse near the 

 railway station, where it continued to be held till 1873. This 

 show was always a great success, and in 1870 dressed poultry and roots 

 were added. In 1874, as WTiitwell's premises were not available, the 

 show of live fat cattle had to be discontinued, but the Society offered 

 prizes for the best carcase of meat ; this was the last fat show held 

 under the auspices of the Society. In 1875 Hetherington's Auction 

 Mart held a fat cattle show and sale, and it has continued with the 

 auction companies ever since. Up to this time the Society was 

 responsible for the spring stallion show, the ploughing competition, the 

 autumn show, and the live fat stock show at Christmas. The ploughing 

 competitions were discontinued in 1868. 



In 1862 £35 was taken at the gate, at which show for the first 

 time two judges and an umpire were appointed for each section of 

 stock : horses, cattle, and sheep and pigs. The principal Shorthorn 

 winners this year were Scott of Greenhead, W. E. Maude, Simm of 

 Watercrook, and Morton of Skelsmergh. In Leicester sheep, of which 

 there were 74 entries in 5 classes, the winners were G. Browne, F. C. 

 Ellison, Scott, and J. Wakefield. Southdowns were shown in 5 classes 

 with 18 entries, Mrs. Howard and F. C. Ellison were the winners ; 

 for Shropshires there were 22 entries in 4 classes, and for the Fell breed 

 of sheep 26 entries in 5 classes. In 1863 there was a class started for 

 hunters to leap over hurdles and brush, and in the following year, 

 1864, the day, Saturday, on which the show had been held since its 

 inauguration, was changed to Wednesday, and in the same year two 

 classes were made for Homed Crag sheep. The prize for the best 

 permanent grass was won by Rowland Parker of Moss End, turnips 

 or mangel-wurzels, John Scott of Greenhead ; best managed farm, 

 Wm. Handley, Low Bleaze, and that for the best stock of store cattle, 

 to J. Todd, of Laverock Bridge — there were no prizes for butter, and 

 only one for cheese this year, which brought three entries. In the 



