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GENERAL MEETING AT CHESTER. 



Scheme in 

 1894. 



Railway 

 Rates. 



Shropshire and West Midland Agricultural Society. 



Taunton and West of England Horse Show. 



Tunbridge Wells and South-Eastern Counties Agricultural Society. 



United Counties Hunters' Society. 



Warwickshire Agricultural Society. 



Yorkshire Agricultural Society. 



The Society's Gold Medal will in 1894 be offered under 

 the followiDg conditions : — 



(1) At all Agricultural Shows or Horse Shows (which become Annual 



Members of the Hunters' Improvement Society), held in the 

 United Kingdom in 189i, where k25 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 Brood Mare, in 

 foal to or witli foal at foot by a Thoroughbred Horse, or 

 Registered Hunter Sire. 



(2) ]Mares which have previously been awarded the Society's Medal, 



and ]\Iares which have previously won a Hunters' Improvement 

 Society's Premium as a Brood !Mare to be ineligible for this 

 Medal. 



(3) In the event of the Medal being awarded to a Mare, entered as 



■' in foal to a Thoroughbred Horse, or Registered Hunter Sire," 

 the Society shall not forward the Medal till a Certificate of 

 foaling has been lodged with the Secretary. 



(4) If any of the Prize Mares are disqualified owing to their having 



previously won the Hunters' Improvement Society's Medal or 

 Premiums, it shall then be awarded to the next in order, 

 provided she takes one of the Prizes or First Reserve. 



In response to the invitation of the Eoyal Agricultural 

 Society, two Eepresentatives of the Society — Dr. Bond and 

 Major- General Fryer — attended the Deputation to the 

 Eailway Clearing House on May 11th, asking the Eailway 

 Companies to revert to the old system of free conveyance for 

 men travelling in charge of Live Stock to and from Agricultural 

 Shows. The result was most satisfactory, as the Eailway 

 Managers conceded the point asked for, and stated that the 

 old arrangement would be restored, this decision taking 

 immediate effect. 



By Order of the Council, 



A. B. CHAELTON. 



May, 1893. 



