quantity, not price, should ever be his aim." He laid stress 

 on the necessity of not doing the slightest injury to the 

 public, but on the contrary, the doing of a great and decided 

 good to them. 



"This," he continued, " we have in our power, and I 

 trust we shall show it in the effects of our institution ; for it 

 will be of essential service to prove what breeds of cattle 

 they are which give most food for man, from given quantities 

 of food for animals. This is an object worthy of any Society; 

 and this object, I trust, will be effected by the unremitted 

 zeal, enlightened views, and active exertions of this 

 Society." 



The five subsequent Shows were also held in the Dolphin 

 Yard, and it was during this time (1802) that the young 

 Society lost its first President, Francis, Duke of Bedford, 

 whose place was taken by his brother, John, Duke of Bedford. 

 It also changed its name to that which it now holds. As 

 early as the year 1800 the President had made a proposition 

 that the Society should be re-constituted, and the deter- 

 mination to establish it as a permanent Club was carried, 

 but it was not until 1802 that the title of the " Smithfield 

 Club " became its permanent designation. At first the 

 proposal was to limit the Club to fifty members, these were 

 afterwards (1802) increased to 100, to 120 in 1804, and 

 finally in 1805 its membership became unlimited as to 

 numbers. 



In the same year, 1805, the Show was held at Dixon's 

 Repository, Barbican, and shortly afterwards came the 

 resignation of the Club's first Secretary and Treasurer, 

 Arthur Young, Esq., who had been identified with its 

 working from the commencement. It is no small distinction 

 that the Club had succeeded in its earliest days in securing 

 the services of men of proved experience and ability, and 

 Mr. Young had already, as the first Secretary of the 

 Agricultural Board, held for years a strong and recognized 

 position in Agricultural circles. Mr. John Farey succeeded 

 to the office of Secretary, and Mr. Paul Giblett became 

 Treasurer. 



In 1806 the Show was removed to more commodious 

 premises in Mr. Sadler's Yard, Sadler's Wells, Goswell 

 Street, where it continued to be held until 1838. For 

 several years the Club's record was one of steady progress. 

 The Agricultural organs of the day had begun to give full 

 accounts of its proceedings, and the attractiveness of the 

 Shows was beginning to draw the general public, the 



