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l8O2 It was required that beasts shall have had no cake, except in the 

 year 1802, and that the whole of the food consumed from Oct. ist to 

 Nov. 30th be certified. 



Heifers were excluded from competing. Only cows that had had 

 three calves and had calved either in 1801 or 1802 were qualified. The 

 time when dried of milk was to be certified. 



Separate prizes were offered for two-year-old and shearling sheep. 



Resolved, that for 1803, the prize be for the best fat pig, and the 

 most satisfactory register of its food. The pig to be weighed at six 

 months old, and both the sort and quantity of food registered till the 

 age of nine months, and so on, each three months. 



The title of SMITHFIELD CATTLE AND SHEEP CLUB first occurs in the 

 minutes December 8th, 1802, and from that time it is styled the 

 SMITHFIELD CLUB. 



Francis, Duke of Bedford, the President, died. 



John, Duke of Bedford, was elected President, Dec. 8th, 1802. 



The number of members of the Club was extended to 100. 



Placards were placed over each animal, stating breed, age, etc. A 

 guinea was paid this year to the exhibitors' servants in charge of first 

 prize animals. 



Resolved, that premiums offered be printed in handbills, twelve 

 sent to each member for posting up in market towns in their neigh- 

 bourhoods. 



That no premium be adjudged in any class if the stock exhibited 

 have not merit in the opinion of the Judges. 



1803 Resolved, that it be a condition of the prizes to be offered next year 

 (1804), that no beast shall have been put to fatten previous to the ist 

 of January. 



Several animals were disqualified, in consequence of the certificates 

 not giving the requisite details as to mode of feeding. 



That only one pen of sheep be allowed in a class, or two beasts 

 in any one class, by any candidate. 



That no stock be admitted without certificates delivered with them, 

 sealed up and directed to the Judges. 



That one guinea be paid to the servants of ist prize animals. 



IoO4 Several prizes were withheld, in consequence of no returns of dead- 

 weights having been sent in. The prizes were not paid until the re- 

 turns of dead-weight were produced. 



It was resolved to appoint a person in future to attend at the killing 

 and weighing of prize stock, who shall report the results to the Club. 

 Mr. King, Junr., appointed. 



The President, in his speech at the dinner, regretted the want of 

 competition in bringing yearling sheep to maturity. 



The number of members was increased to 120. 



The Show was held in the Swan Yard. 



Class added with view to encourage the system of fattening on grass 

 and hay. 



