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LONDON SHOW, 1893. 



Local 

 Scheme of 

 Premiums 

 and Medals 



class for Hunter Sires (not Thoroughbred), registered or eligible 

 for registry in the Society's Eecord, under the following rules: — 



A Half-bred Stallion may be accepted for registry as a Hunter 

 Sire on the following conditions : — 



(1) Provided he has won races under Jockey Club rules, or open races 

 under Grand National rules, or 



(2) Provided his only half-bi-ed strain comes directly through an 

 ancestor which has won races under Jockey Club rules, or open 

 races under Grand National rules : or 



(3) Provided his only half-bred strain comes directly through a 

 stallion that has sired, or through a mare that has bred, winners 

 of races under Jockey Club rules, or open races under Grand 

 National rules. 



Any of these Hunter Sires approved by the Judges, after 

 veterinary examination, would receive the Society's Silver 

 Medal. 



The privileges assured to Thoroughbred Sires in the award 

 of the Society's Gold Medal at Country Shows are also extended 

 to them, and mares with foals by Eegistered. Hunter Sires are 

 now eligible to compete. 



The scheme of premiums and medals for Hunter Brood 

 Mares at Country Shows grows apace each year, and make 

 annually a greater demand on the Society's funds, having 

 increased during the three years of its existence in the 

 following manner : — 



These figures speak for themselves, and show how fully this 

 section of the Society's efforts is appreciated, and though 

 the increasing applications bear heavily on the Society's 

 financial resources, the Council are keenly alive to two great 

 benefits accruing from the existence of the scheme — firstly, the 

 award of these prizes to Hunter Brood Mares at their own 

 local Shows obviates the risk and danger incidental to their 



