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were devoted to cattle, and the third day to horses. 

 The breeds included in the classes for cattle (bulls, 

 cows, heifers and oxen) were Durham, Holderness, 

 Ayrshire, Devon, and any other breed. There were 

 only two breeds of sheep recognised Leicestershire 

 and South Down. The only class of horse in the list 

 is " draught stallion." There was also a class for 

 Spanish asses as sires. The prizes varied from a silver 

 medal, or 5 to 3, and no entry fee was charged. One 

 of the rules was that " The oxen must not have been 

 fed on distillery wash or grains, and when all other 

 circumstances admit of it a preference must be given 

 to the lot which has been fattened upon the most 

 wholesome and least expensive food." The show was 

 a great success. The number and excellence of the 

 cattle far exceeded the expectations of the committee, 

 who expressed themselves as "sanguine enough to think" 

 that the exhibition " has laid the foundation of much 

 useful improvement." 



In the prize list for 1832, the classes for cattle 

 embrace the longhorned breed, the shorthorned breed, 

 Herefords, and any other breed, and a section was 

 introduced " for promoting the breed of poultry in 

 favour of the cottager." No money prizes were offered 

 except for poultry. A new section also appears for "imple- 

 ments of husbandry." Lectures on agricultural chemistry 

 and botany were to form a feature of the show. 



In 1834 there was a sweepstake of two sovereigns 

 in each fat cattle class, the names of the subscribers to 

 which were J. L. W. Naper, Robert Holmes, Robert 

 La Touche, and George Garnett. This arrangement 

 was not repeated at subsequent shows. 



In 1837 the committee suggested that, "under 

 existing circumstances, and the extraordinary scarcity and 

 high prices of provender," no show should be held ; 



