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best breeding pony under 14 hands, and three years after 15/- was offered 

 in prizes for butter. The following year there were eight entries for this 

 prize, and at the same show a prize was offered for the best Hackney. 

 Hurdle leaping was a " draw " when first started in 1875, and in 

 18S6 the horse classes were for field, road or harness ; ponies ; and 

 a driving class. The show continued to be held alternately at Appleby 

 and Kirkby Stephen till 1890, after which date the two towns formed 

 separate societies, and held their shows independent of each other. 

 The first Appleby Show was held on August nth, 1891, and the first 

 Kirkby Stephen Show on the 24th of September following. 



ENTRIES. Appleby and Ky. Stephen. Appleby. Kirkby Stephen. 



1890. 1892. 1909. 1892. 



Cattle 71 42 48 63 



Horses Agricultural | 



Light 

 Sheep 



Pigs 



Butter and eggs 

 Cheese and Bread 

 Dressed fowls and Crops 



} - iZ] 



171 126 



56 163 142 106 



9 7—9 



II 20 19 21 



— — 50 4 



— —37 



Total entries .. .. 240 475 433 336 



In 1911 the Appleby Society offered upwards of £200 and gold 

 Coronation medals for prizes. 



At the Kirkby Stephen Show, in 1910, £108 15s. 6d. was paid 

 in cash prizes, together with special prizes to the value of £5 14s. 6d., 

 and the emiount taken at the gate was £31 los. gd. The Society had 

 a balance of £10 17s. 5d. in hand at the year end. The show is held 

 in the Hills Bottom. 



The Penrith Agricultural Society was founded in 1836 for the 

 East and West Wards of Westmorland and East Cumberland. From 

 the first there were no classes for longhorned cattle, but prizes were 

 offered for the best crop of turnips and seeds. In 1840 the horse 

 classes were : Agricultural and Coaching ; sheep : Leicesters, Black- 

 faced and Herdwicks. Prizes were given for length of service, men 

 and women ; implements, seeds and roots, potato-oats, swedes and 

 yellow bullock turnips, carrots and mangel-wurzel ; there were also 

 the usual sweepstakes. In 1846 the Society became the Cumberland 



