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SADLER'S YARD, Goswell Street, Show 

 held at, 1806; proprietors' contribu- 

 tion, '08 ; to give more, '34 ; Show 

 held at for last time, '38. 



SANDAY, W., Trustee, 1877; resigns, '87. 



SCARBOROUGH, EARL OF, V.P., 1838. 



SCOTCH CATTLE, 1839, '45, '52, '55, '56, 

 '70, '74, '75, '79, '82, '84, '87, '88, '89, 

 '90, '91, '92, '94, '97, '99, 1900. 



SCOTCH SHEEP, 1893. 



SCRUTINEERS, 1873. 



SEBRIGHT, SIR JOHN, V.P., 1814; de- 

 clines Presidency, '21 ; offers gold 

 medal for Southdowns, '31 ; death, '45. 



SECRETARY, 1798, i8oi,'o6, '07. '15, '26; 

 hon., '36; paid, '85. 



SECRETARY, ASSISTANT, hon. sec. to 

 appoint, 1863 ; salary increased, '73, 

 '83 ; authorized to countersign 

 cheques, "83, '84. 



SECRETARY OF STATE, acknowledges 

 vote of condolence to H.M. the Queen, 

 '96. 



SERVANTS OF EXHIBITORS, gratuity to, 

 1799, 1800, '02, '03 ; names to be 

 stated, '47 ; service for, '63 ; diploma 

 and gratuity for, '64 : to lead out own 

 animals before judges, '71 : duties, 81 : 

 to surrender tickets on leaving, '82; to 

 be in attendance for weighing animals, 

 '89; room for, '95. 



SHEEP, Gloucester, 1799 ; early maturity 

 of, 1800 ; to be unshorn, 1800 ; two 

 classes, long and short woolled, 1800 ; 

 new classes, '02 ; want of competition 

 in yearling sheep, '04 ; shorn, '19 ; 

 ear marking instituted, '26 ; gold 

 medals, '31 ; Southdowns, '34, '35 ; 

 gold medals confined to one-year old 

 classes, '41 ; to exhibitors instead of 

 breeders, '42 ; Cross-bred class, '42, 

 '47 ; feeding of, '48 ; new class, '48 ; 

 silver medals for extra stock, '55 ; 

 ages, '63 ; all judges to award cups, 

 "63 ; ear marking discontinued, '64 ; 

 Cross-bred long- wool, '68 ; Hampshire 

 and Oxford Down, '69 ; champion 

 plate for, '69 ; champion plate, 

 single sheep, discontinued, '70 ; new 

 classes for ewes, '70 ; cups for single 

 wethers. '70 ; Cross-bred class for 

 sheep with limited weight abolished, 

 '71 ; other classes abolished, '72 ; 

 Kentish, '73 ; Cross-bred, '73 ; class 

 for Ryeland, Cheviot, and Dorset 

 ewes, '74 ; wethers, '75 ; lamb classes, 

 established, '75 ; champion plate, '75 ; 

 classes for two-year olds abolished, 

 '76 ; lambs eligible for champion cup, 

 '79 i gold medal for breeder of champion 

 pen, '79 ; class for Suffolk wethers, 80 ; 



three additional judges for, '80 ; Suf- 

 folk lambs, '81 ; alteration of classes, 

 '82 ; alteration of ages and prizes, 83 ; 

 Suffolk, words " black-faced " omitted, 

 '86; classes amalgamated and prizes 

 altered, '87 ; classes instituted for 

 Devons and Long-wools, '88 ; separate 

 classes for Cheviots abolished, '88 ; 

 nine judges to award champion plate, 

 '89 ; shorn, '90 ; champion prize 

 divided, 30 short-woolled and 20 

 long-woolled, '90 ; to be shorn year of 

 exhibition, '90 ; breed cups, Kentish, 

 Suffolk and Dorset, Cheviot and 

 Mountain, '92 ; divisions for judging 

 re-arranged, '92; Cheviot classes re- 

 established, '94 ; Border Leicesters, 

 '95 ; Cheviots, '96 ; champion plates 

 increased, short-wools to 50, long- 

 wools, 30, alterations in prize list, 

 '97> "98 ; champion long-woolled cup 

 increased to ^50, '98 ; ewe classes 

 abolished, '98 ; prizes in certain lamb 

 classes reduced, and new classes 

 instituted, '99 ; excessive colouring 

 deprecated, 1900 ; lamb and wether 

 prizes transposed in some breeds, 1900 ; 

 Border Leicester cup reduced, 1900 ; 

 National Sheep Breeders' Association 

 send resolution on colouring, 1900. 



SHORTHORN CATTLE, 1806, '07, '08, '09, 

 '10, '25, '52, '69, '74, '75, '78, '82, '87, 

 '88, '92, '95, '96, '98, '99. 



SHORT-WOOLLED SHEEP, 1831, '41, '48, 

 '69, "71 ; see also Sheep. 



SHOW, duration of, reduced to 2 days, 

 1813 ; altered to 4 days, '40 ; date and 

 duration altered owing to cattle 

 plague, 1865. 



SHROPSHIRE SHEEP, 1870, '74, '75, '83, 

 "87, '90, '92, '96, '97, '99, 1900. 



SIMONDS, PROFESSOR, resigns office of 

 veterinary inspector, 1872 ; vote of 

 thanks to, and elected honorary 

 veterinary inspector, '72 ; paper on 

 dentition of pig to be reprinted, '80. 



SINCLAIR, SIR JOHN, opposes proposed 

 dissolution of club, 1817. 



SINGLE PIGS, new classes for, 1883. 



SLAUGHTERING CATTLE, instrument for, 

 1870, '72, '73 ; see Pithing. 



SMALL CATTLE, class instituted for, 1891, 

 '92 ; classes rearranged, '96, '98. 



SMALL WHITE PIGS, 1883, '84. 



SMITHFIELD CATTLE AND SHEEP SOCIETY, 

 founded 1798 ; first show and dinner, 

 "99 ; reconstituted, 1800 ; assumed 

 name Smithfield Club, '02 ; proposed 

 dissolution, '16; again urged by Duke 

 of Bedford, '21 ; without President, 

 '21 ; Council of, '62, '63, '65, '71, '72, 



