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Northumberland Agricultural Society. 



Peterborough Agricultural Society. 



Pytchley Hunt Show. 



Ross Horse Improvement Society. 



Royal Manchester, Liverpool and N. Lancashire Agri. Society. 



Sherborne and South of England Horse Show. 



Shropshire and West Midland Agricultural Society. 



Suffolk Agricultural Society. 



Tunbridge Wells and S. E. Counties Agricultural Society. 



Lhaited Counties Hunters' Society. 



It is gratifying to state that the Committee of the Lechlade 

 Horse Show, in thanking the Hunters' Improvement Society 

 for the Gold Medal awarded to the Hunter Brood Mare 

 " Lismore," at their recent Show, intimated their wish to 

 become Members, and reported that since this Society's Medal 

 was offei-ed, the farmers in their district " were more particular 

 as to what they bred from." 



The contributions of the Hunters' Improvement Society 

 under this year's scheme will be £150 as against £119 in 1891. 



The Council have resolved to continue in 1893 the offer of i893. 

 the Society's Medal under similar conditions, viz. : — 



" At all Agricultural Shows or Horse Shows held in the 

 United Kingdom in 1893, where £25 is given in Prizes to 

 Brood Mares in Hunter Classes, a Gold Medal, or, if preferred, 

 a Bronze Medal and £5, may be given to the best Hunter 

 Brood Mare, in foal to or with foal at foot by a Thoroughbred 

 Horse or Eegistered Hunter Sire. In the event of an in-foal 

 Mare receiving the award, the Society will not forward the 

 Medal till a certificate of foaling has been lodged with the 

 Secretary." 



Towards the 1892 Show the Council made a grant of £625, 1892 Show. 

 and the Horse Show Committee, after paying the Premiums to 

 Exhibitors and Breeders, &c., had expended £546 7s. The 

 Judges who officiated — Mr. John Cooper and Mr. T. H. 

 Hutchinson — were invited to give a short report on the 

 exhibits which came before them, and it is issued to Members 

 in this volume together with a statistical statement con- 

 veying details of importance and interest. 



At their April meeting the Council appointed a Special Special 

 Committee, on the motion of Mr. C. W- Tindall, " To con- Committee. 



