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H18T0KY OF 11 KU K F i; 1) C^\ T T L li 



OCCUFANT (1902) OF THE 

 COURT OF NOKB. 



gninoas ($t;ori) in ordor thai a tlvo-o-uiuoa 

 ($V'5) nieilal might ho given lo the hvoi'dors ni 

 the animals iu eaeh of tlie li\e in-oposeil ehisses. 

 These were suhsequentiv stvled tlie "Beil^ 

 fordian" plate ami medals. The Ouke of 

 Bedford was requested to continue president; 

 Lord Somerville, Sir Jolm S. Sebright, Ivirt., 

 ('. Oallis Western. Esq.. U. P., afterwards Lord 

 Western. Tlios. MelHsli, Ksq., were elected vice- 

 presidents, ilr. Thomas, of Bond street, was 



consulted respect- 

 ing a die with a 

 jiroiile of tlu' 

 Duke of Bedford, 

 for the Bedford- 

 laii inedals, and 

 suhsequently a die 

 was engraved by 

 j\lr. .los. Porter 

 of Fleet street, 

 frmii the original 

 model for a bust 

 by Mr. NoUekens. 

 Mr. Thomas un- 

 dertook to have_ 

 suitable articles of 

 EinvARn FARR. PRESENT pi^^c on vicw for 



the successful can- 

 didates to choose 

 from. It was ordered that the certiiieates be 

 delivered to the secretary eight days before the 

 show. 



1815. The Duke of Bedford was again elect- 

 ed president. JMr. Farey was elected treasurer 

 as well as secretary, with -10 guineas salary. 

 The rule requiring the dead-weights of animals 

 was rescinded. Re^iolvi'd. That no animal once 

 shown be e.xhihiled again except as extra stock. 

 181G. Arthur Young, Esq., resigned being 

 a member of the club. The finances were in so 

 bad a state that the president proposed that 

 the club should not oiler any prizes next year. 

 1817. The classihcation of cattle according 

 to breed was discontinued. No prizes wore of- 

 fered this year out of the, club's funds, only 

 the Bedfordian plate and medals, value iTi 

 guineas. Nevertheless, the judges reported fa- 

 vorably of the show. '^J''he Duke of Bedford 

 suggested "whether the ends for wbicli tlu' club 

 was associated were not sufficiently answered;" 

 but in case the club should judge otherwise, he 

 expressed his readiness to continue the Bedfoi-d- 

 ian premiums. Sir John Sinclair having ex- 

 pressed his anxious hope that the club should 

 continue its useful exertions in this time of 

 agricultural depression, it, was resolved: 



"That it is tJie opinion of this meeting that 

 great advantages have accrued t(t the landetl 



interi'sts and the comnuniity in general from 

 the cxertuuis of this club, whuli have tended 

 n;atenallv to increase the supply of animal lood 

 of superior quality to meet our greatly increased 

 |Hq)iilatioii and coiisiiinptioii. That the late 

 exluhifions, ami tlu' present oiii' in [larticular. 

 slu)«' that till' iniprovi'iiiciits in live stock are 

 \el in siiccessriil progress as to the essential 

 points of disposition to fatten, early maturity, 

 and consequent cliea[)ness of production, and 

 that further and greater lienelits may he ren- 

 deied to the cominunity by the ciuitinnancc ol' 

 these exertions; under these impressions it is 

 the decided opinion of this meeting that the 

 (lull should continue and receive the utmost 

 support from its meiiiliers." 



181S. The prizes olfered out of the club's 

 funds amounted to .LT)0 without classilication 

 as to breed of cattle, hut with conditions as to 

 weight only. 'J''he Bedfordian premiums were 

 also offered as before. 



/u',s-()/r('(/. That one steward retwe cadi yt'ar. 

 That the judges be taken in rotation friuii the 

 list, of names vvbicli shall hv deteriiiined im at 

 the meetings of the club. 



That in future there be three judges of cat- 

 tle, and three of sheep and pigs, to lie chosen 

 from the following lists, \iz. : 



Exjicrienccd breeders and graziers of cattle; 

 experienced breeders and graziers of long 

 wools; exfierienced breeders and graziers of 

 short wools; experienced butchers in or near 

 Loudon. 



I'hat the stewards supply, as heretofori', any 

 vacancy that may occur h\ non-attendanci'. 



1819. That no exhibitor be allowed next 

 year to gain a prize in the same class in which 

 he has gained one this year, nor in future lo 

 win in the same class an\ two coiiseculive vears 



(11<;M. 



^Mlat. tlu' sheep be sluu'ii before the judges 

 award the prizi's. 



.\ class fiu- cows was re-iiistiliifed, the same 

 as in the vi'ar lSir>. 



The secretary reported the ilealli of Lord 

 Soincrville, a vit'e-}iresident id' the club, and 

 one of its original members. 



N. B>. — From the prize sheet for 181!) it, ap- 

 pears that an exhibitor was allowed to enter 

 two beasts in the same class, hut where two 

 prizes were olfered lie was luily allowed to gain 

 one. 



1820. Mr. Sadler was allowi-d to charge non- 

 members for the standing i-oom for imple- 

 ments. 



Sir doseph Banks, one of the original niem- 

 hers and [iromoters, died. 



1821. December C, 1821. A letter was re- 



