98 



BECK, EDMUND, member of Council, 

 death, 1891. 



BEDFORD, FRANCIS, STH DUKE OF, Presi- 

 dent, 1798 ; prize winner, 1799 ; pro- 

 posed reconstruction of Club, 1800 ; 

 President, '01 ; death, '02. 



BEDFORD, JOHN, 6ra DUKE OF, President, 

 1802 ; pays for use of rooms, '08 ; 

 resigns presidency, '13 ; offers special 

 prizes, '14; re-elected President, 

 '15; suggests dissolution of Club, 

 '17; withdraws from the Club and 

 discontinues Bedfordian prizes, '21 ; 

 wins sweepstake with Herefords, '25. 



BEDFORD, FRANCIS, gTH DUKE OF, V.P. 

 1873; President, '78; death, '91. 



BEDFORDIAN PLATE AND MEDALS, first 

 offered, 1814; discontinued, '21. 



BENNETT, JOHN, on Committee, 1798 ; 

 Steward, 1801. 



BERKSHIRE PIGS, 1884, '85. 



BERNERS, LORD, V.P. 1853 ; first annual 

 President, '60. 



BERWICK, LORD, V.P., and death, 1860. 



BLACK PIGS, 1868, '74, '84, '85, '92. 



BLOCK TEST, Stock Prize Sheet Com- 

 mittee to consider, 1892, Report of 

 committee and sub-committee, '93, 

 London Butchers' Trade Society offer 

 prizes for, '94 ; Carcase Competition 

 adopted, '95, '96, '98 ; suggested for 

 pigs, 1900 (see also Carcase Competi- 

 tion and Dead Weights). 



BORDER LEICESTER SHEEP, 1895, '96, '97, 

 1900. 



BOWEN-JONES, J., Trustee, 1895 ;V.P., '99. 



BRABANT, H.R.H., THE DUKE OF (now 

 King of the Belgians), visits Show, 

 1862. 



BRANDRETH, HUMPHREY, V. P., see Gibbs. 



BREED, classification according to, dis- 

 continued, 1817 ; again adopted, '51. 



BREED CUPS, 1879, '82, '83, '87, '91, '92, 

 '93. '94. *95 *9 6 . '97. '98 (see also 

 Premiums and Prizes). 



BREEDERS' CERTIFICATES, required, 

 1832, and for Highland cattle at 1901 

 Show, 1900. 



BREEDERS' MEDALS, Silver, 1829 ; Gold 

 Medals, best beast, best pen of sheep, 

 1830 ; Silver, '55, '65, '76, '79 ; Silver 

 abolished, 87 ; Gold for winner Queen's 

 cup, and for champion pen of pigs, 

 '94 ; gold and silver, Centenary Show, 

 '98 ; Gold for winners of Prince of 

 Wales' and Duke of York's cups, '99. 



BROWN, PROF. SIR GEORGE, C.B. ap- 

 pointed Veterinary Inspector, 1872 ; 

 to examine dentition of cattle and sheep 

 exhibited, '84, and in '85 ; report re- 

 ceived, '86. 



BUTCHER, to remain in hall all night, 

 1884. 



BUTCHERS object to conditions respect- 

 ing weights, 1800 ; medals and cups 

 to. '35; discontinued, '37; again 

 offered, '41 ; cup, '63 ; cups, '65 ; 

 discontinued, '66 ; asked to give dead 

 weights, '71. 



BYE-LAWS, considered and passed, 1863 : 

 alteration in '72, amended '85, further 

 amended, '97 ; new adopted on 

 Incorporation, 1900 (see also Articles 

 of Association). 



CAMBRIDGE, H.R.H., THE DUKE OF, 

 member 1841, visits Show, 1862, 



CAMBRIDGE, H.R.H., THE DUCHESS OF, 

 visits Show, 1862. 



CAMBRIDGE, H.R.H. PRINCESS MARY 

 OF, visits Show, 1862. 



CANADIAN CATTLE, Deputation as to 

 importation of, '92. 



CARCASE COMPETITION, Report of Com- 

 mittee, 1886 ; consideration of report 

 deferred, '87 prizes, rules and regu- 

 lations for, adopted, '95 ; sheep class 

 altered, '96 ; class for heifers and addi- 

 tional class sheep, '98 ; time, etc., of 

 sale of carcases, "99 ; champion prizes, 

 '99 ; removal of animals for slaughter, 

 '99, contribution towards new building 

 for '99, classes for pigs suggested and 

 referred to committee, 1900 (see also 

 Block Test and Dead Weights). 



CATALOGUE, Live Stock, 1861 ; Imple- 

 ment, '62 ; separate for Implements 

 discontinued, '71 ; rule as to adver- 

 tisements, '73. 



CATTLE, to be worked, 1806 ; Longhorn 

 and Shorthorn exempted, 1810; 

 Hereford, Sussex and Devon, to be 

 shown in pairs or yokes, '10; curious 

 colours, '12; classification of, accord- 

 ing to breed, discontinued, '17 ; again 

 adopted, '51, '52; Cross-breeds, '60, 

 '70 ; age of old steers limited, 75 ; 

 classes abolished, '75 ; classification 

 re-arranged, '88 ; divisions for judging 

 re-arranged, 92 ; heifers to be 

 slaughtered, '93 ; Sussex cows and 

 heifers compete together, '94 ; altera- 

 tion of steer classes for 1896 Show, 

 '95 ; small cattle, '96 ; old class for 

 steers abolished, '96 ; existing cow 

 classes abolished, '97 ; classes in- 

 stituted for polled and for horned 

 cows, '97, and for yearling Cross-bred 

 heifers, '97 ; prizes for yearling heifers, 

 Red-polled, Galloway and Welsh 

 increased, '98 ; abolition of 2j year 

 old steers, '99 ; small cattle classes 



