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their successors to the Jionorary secretary prt^ 

 \'iouslv to tlu' aniuial notice paper lieiiig' sent 

 to the uieniliers, pnoi' to the animal meeting; 

 and that no member shall be considered eligible 

 to be appointed unless he shall have lieen three 

 years a member of the vh\h. 



A testimonial of plate was presentetl to B. T. 

 Brandreth Gibbs, iionorary secretary, at the 

 annual dinner of the club. 



Philip Pusey, Esi)., a vice-president, died. 



ISrU). The amount of prizes offered to thi' 

 club was still further increased, and additional 







YOUATT'S TYPICAL HEREFORD COW. 



(Drawn from imaginatioii. Reproduced from "Youatt on 



Cattle.") 



separate classes added for Sussex, Norfolk, or 

 Suffolk-polled, Longhorned, Scotch-poUed and 

 Irish cattle. 



Efsolved, That in future the award be not 

 read at the dinner, except the portion relating 

 to the gold medals. 



That in future the certificates be lodged with 

 the honorary secretary on a fixed day, viz., al- 

 ways November 1, except the first fall on Sun- 

 day, and then to be on Momfay, the 3d. 



185.7. The thanks of the club were voted to 

 the honorary secretary for his "History of the 

 Clul)," and ordered to be recorded on the min- 

 utes. 



That in future the club's accounts and state- 

 ments thereof be made up the first of Decem- 

 ber; that the statements show the balance car- 

 ried forward from yt:ar to year ; and that the 

 stewards audit the accounts u]) to the first of 

 December annually ; and that the statement' be 

 that of cash actually received and paid. 



Earl Spencer, a vice-president, died. 



1858. The liight Honorable Lord Fever- 

 sham elected a vice-president. On the motion 

 of Mr. John Gihlett, a committee was appointed 

 to inquire into the practicability of procuring a 



better and more commodious place for the 

 Smithfield Club to hold its annual exhibitions. 



That there be three additional judges, viz., 

 three for cattle, three for long-wooletl shee|> 

 and pigs, ami three for short-wooled sheep and 

 cross-bred sheep. Those for cattle and long- 

 wooled sheep and pigs to be nomiuated by the 

 stewards of cattle and long-wools. 



That m future all the pigs shall have their 

 dentition examined by a competent authority, 

 previously to the judges making their awards, 

 and if the dentition shall satisfactorily indicate 

 that the age of any pig had been incorrectly re- 

 turned in the certificate, the stewards shall dis- 

 qualify such pig and report their having done 

 so to the first meeting of the club, and that 

 such disqualification shall be final and without 

 appeal. 



That there be two silver medals for extra 

 stock cattle, viz., one for steers or oxen, ami 

 one for heifers or cows. 



That the judge's award be not read in ex- 

 tenso, but laul on the table. 



That no alteration be made in any of the 

 implement stands, except under the actual direc- 

 tions of the stewards or secretary, both as to 

 the articles to be exhibited and the arrangement 

 of their stands. 



1859. His Koval Highness, the Price Con- 

 sort, visited the show. 



The show yard committee reported on the 

 site, etc., that had been offered for the club's 

 show, including a proposition from the Crystal 

 Palace at Sydenham, (fl 70) 



Mr. John Gihlett having suggested the for- 

 mation of a company, the show yard committee 

 recommended, "That, if a responsible compan\' 

 be formed and adequate terms offered to tin 

 club, the club should lease their exhibitions for 

 a tenn of not exceeding twentv-one years." The 

 committee was empowered to further consuler 

 the subject and report again in May, 18(;(). 



That a tabular statement of the'aniounts of- 

 fered in prizes and the number of enti'ies in 

 the dift'eront classes during the last three years 

 be iirinted and furnished to the members. ' 



That no article (excej)t agricultural books) 

 exhibited in the implement galleries be allowed 

 to be removed during the time the show is open 

 to the public. 



The Right Honorable Lord Walsmgham 

 elected a vice-president. 



C. T. Tower, Esq. (the father of the i-lub), 

 elected a vice-president. 



18(!(). I'lvliminary prosjurtus of the pro- 

 jiosed Agricultural PJall (\impaiiy issued, with 

 Mr. Jonas Webb as chairman. 



The show yard committee reported their rec- 



