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HISTOKY 01' HEJ;KF()R1) C'ATTJ.E 



vM. That tlu' groalost. vavv sliouUl be fakon 

 tliat Uu' iH'gulat ions as to ([iiai'aiAtiiic bi' lan- 

 idl)' oacriod out. 



oiL 'That ponnaiu'iil lairs bo ostalilisbwl at 

 tho ports of dobarkatioii. 



lStl7. lifsolrcJ. Thai a lisl ol' Ihc winners 

 of the i;"oKl nieJals ami silwr eiips a( llie past 

 sllows of the (.'lull bo printed at the end of the 

 annual Prize Slteets, the same to be a reprint 

 and eontiiiuation of the tabuUir statement in 

 the appendix fo the honorary secrefarv's "His- 

 ioi-v of the Smithtield Club."' 



That a list of tlte niomliers of the elub be 

 printed at the end of the Tri/.e Sheets. 



That none bnt tlie oHieial [ilaeards respecting- 

 tlie food on wbieh file animals have been fed 

 be allowetl to lie plaeed over the heads of the 

 animals in the hall. 



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YOUATT'S ORIGINAL DURHAM COW. 

 (Drawn from Imaginatlim. Reproduced from "Youatt on 



Jjord Feversham,, viee-presideiit, and ('. T. 

 Tower, Es(|., vice-president and father of the 

 elub. dieil ; also Thos. (rreetham. a trustee, diinl. 



The club entered into arrangements with the 

 Agricultural Mall ('om|iain' I'especting various 

 alterations iii the ball, by which on llie one 

 hand the club had to ]iav file Hall Compauv 

 £1.000 (.$5,000) in consideration of the lai- 

 largemcnt, of the gallerii'S ; building of a, dining 

 I'oom, ill which the club's annual dinners are 

 111 be held; slorc room I'm' animal's food, and 

 construction of a new building fm- Ihc pigs, and 

 other improvements. 



On motion of the Trcsidcnf ( Ma jor-(leneral 

 Hood), 



Rcftolved. That £15 be given for a report on 

 the animals exhibited at the club's show. 



The l)uke of JMarlborougli and the Karl of 

 I'owis elected vice-presidents. 



The prestdeiit was requested to lay the fol- 

 low iiig resolutions before the I'rivy Council as 

 reeomnieudations from the Council of the 

 Smithtield Club: 



Thai all foreign stiK'k be slaughtered at tlie 

 [ilacc of lamling. 



That shet'p be included in the present quar- 

 antine regulations for store stock. 



Mr. 11. II. Dixon was appointed to write the 

 report of the present yt^^ir's show. 



Resolved. That in future each memlier of flic 

 Council shall not nominate more than one per- 

 son to each division of judges, and that the 

 conditions requiring that the nominators shall 

 have first ascertained their willingness to act 

 be reiiutfed. 



Her Majesty the (^)ueen exhibited for the 

 first time in her own name. 



His Koyal Highness, the I'rince of Wales, 

 exhibited tor the tirst time. 



A donation of £25 ($125) \\as received from 

 Her Majesty the (Jueeii in lieu of that of £5 

 ($25) hitherto annually jiaid by Major-Cen- 

 eral, the Hon. A. N. Hood. 



tiMITllFIELl) CLASSIFICATIONS. 



(II 74) The following are the Smithtield Show 

 classitieations nuule on cattle from the orgaiii- 

 /.afiou of the society to lS;i5: 



(Note. — A stone was reckoned at 11 lbs. lor 

 live weight ami 8 lbs. for dressed or tlead 

 weight, "sinking the otfal." In live weight 2 

 stone equaled a quarter or 28 lbs. Four quar- 

 ters made one hundred weight (cwt.) or 112 

 lbs. ) 



1799. Oxen or steers. Class for beasts fed 

 on oil-eake or corn, cjass for beasts fed on grass 

 b'cd, etc., class for beasts umler 24 score (180 

 lbs. dressed or SIO lbs. live weight). 



1800. 0.\en or steers. Class for beasts un- 

 der 150 stone (2,100 lbs.), above 80 (1,120 

 lbs.), grass fed, etc. Class for beasts under 

 150 stone (2,100 lbs.) above 80 (1,120) fed 

 on oil-cake, etc. Class for beasts above J50 

 stone (2,100 lbs.), grass fed. tUass for beasts 

 above 150 stone (2,100 lbs.), cake or corn fed. 



1805. Oxen or steers. Class for fbO stone 

 (0,210 lbs.) or upwards, not to hayi> cake or 

 corn hid'ore tbi> 5th ol April, 1805. Class for 

 100 stone (1,100 lbs.), not to have had cake or 

 corn. Class for under 100 stone (1,400 lbs.), 

 not to have had cake or corn. Class for oxen 

 or cows that have gained the greatest weight 

 from the 1st of April or later, to 1st December, 

 grass fed. 



