LONDON SHOW, 1892. 137 



The Council prepared a liberal piize-list for the young 



stock divided into the preceding seven Classes. 



In each of the mare and fillv Classes five premiums of Breeders' 



Premiums. 

 £15 were offered, and in each of the gelding and colt Classes 



five premiums of £10, but it must not be inferred that Brood 

 Mares were omitted from participating in the prize money 

 given by the Society, as, provided they were registered in the 

 Prize Bccord or entered for registry in Volume 5 on or before 

 February 1st, 1892, they were awarded £5 through the success 

 of their produce (colts and fillies) without the risk incidental 

 to their exhibition at a time that is considered to be in- 

 jurious to their breeding prospects. 



The amount of money offered was therefore : — 



Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4.— 20 Premiums of £15 £300 Amon.it 



' ' of 



Classes 5, 6 and 7. — 15 Premiums of £10 150 Premiums 



Breeders' Premiums 175 



£625 



As compared with :— 1889 1890 1891 



£300 £420 £415 



And Silver Medals. 



The Council recognised the importance of the represen- Hunter 



,.,»,...„, Brood 



tations made to them as to the risk of brmgmg m-foal mares Mares, 



to London at the time of year, and they deemed it desirable 



that premiums and medals for Hunter Brood Mares should be 



offered during the summer at the Country Shows. With this 



view the Society's scheme was last 3'ear put in operation when 



over £119 17s. was distributed. This year's offer has secured 



the co-operation of twenty-eight County and Agricultural 



Societies, and the contribution by the Hunters' Improvement 



Society will not be less than £150. 



The money offered for Hunter Brood mares at Local 



Shows, together with the premiums to breeders at the 



Society's Show, amounts to £325 as against £307 in 1891. 



