LONDON SHOW, 189:3. 159 



The Show was aiidoubtedly a great success, the attendance 

 of the members and the pubHc being so large on three of the 

 four days of the Show, that the grand stand accommodation 

 was taxed to its utmost capacity, and many subscribers arriving 

 somewhat late in the afternoon were unable to obtain seats. 

 This, combined with the inadequate accommodation for the 

 ever-increasing number of entries, has led the Joint Horse 

 Show Committee to fully consider the whole question with the 

 possibility of keeping the judging within the prescribed times, 

 and giving the members an opportunity of witnessing a full 

 parade of the exhibits. 



It was felt that the Show could not go on under the 

 existing combined arrangement, and that one or more of the 

 Societies concerned must withdraw. The outcome of several 

 meetings resolved itself into the separation (after nine 

 combined Shows) of the Hackney Horse Society and the 

 Hunters' Improvement Society, the former taking the week 

 usually occupied jointly by the two Societies, while this 

 Society will devote a third week to its own Show, at which 

 the Eoyal Commission on Horse-Breeding will offer their 

 Queen's Premiums. Each Society will therefore have its own 

 Show, able to do what was impossible under the old conditions 

 viz, to develop and improve it, and therefore in a better 

 position to forward the interests of the two breeds in which 

 they are severally interested. 



In thus separating this Society can look back with 

 pleasure to the sincere and harmonious feeling which has 

 always actuated the joint efforts of the two Societies in the 

 administration of their Joint Show, contributing not only to 

 its present success, but also to the encouragement and promo- 

 tion of Horse-Breeding. 



To the Stewards, Mr. J. B. Ellis, Major G. C. Eicardo 

 and Mr. Fi;ank Usher, the sincere thanks of the Society are 

 due for the able manner in which they grappled with and 

 overcame the difficulties of the large Show. 



