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diploma and a gratuity of £1 to the man who fed and 
attended each first prize animal or pen of animals. This is 
a revival of the system in practice in 1800, when a guinea 
was presented to the servant of each successful competitor. 
Naturally the year which saw the centenary of the Club 
caused a special interest to attach to the Show of 1898. In 
1897 Sir Walter Gilbey was able to announce that H.R.H. 
the Prince of Wales had accepted the Presidency of the 
Club for the centenary year. Alterations and great additions 
were made to the Prize List, the amount of which was the 
largest ever offered, and a special centenary medal bearing 
the profile of His Royal Highness the President, was ordered 
to be struck for the occasion. It was resolved that silver 
medals with suitable inscriptions be awarded to the 
exhibitors and breeders of each prize animal, or pen of 
animals, and a silver medal to the exhibitor, and a gold 
medal to the breeder of each breed cup winner. 
In another direction also the attractions of the prize 
list were increased. In 1894 Her Majesty the Queen 
honoured the Club by the presentation of a magnificent 
Challenge Cup, value £150, for the best beast in the Show, 
bred by the exhibitor, the Cup to be held for one year— 
the Club’s gold medal being also awarded to the annual 
winner—but to be won two years in succession, or three 
years at intervals, before becoming the actual property 
of the winner. For the Show of 1898 H.R.H. the Prince 
of Wales graciously offered a Challenge Cup of the value 
of £100, for the best pen of sheep or lambs in the Show, 
and H.R.H. the Duke of York another:Challenge Cup, 
of the value of £50, for the best pen of pigs, to be 
awarded upon similar conditions to those governing the 
award of Her Majesty’s Challenge Cup. So that the 
Club possessed for its Centenary Show, three Challenge 
Cups, presented respectively, by three generations of the 
Royal Family.” 
*We subjoin technical descriptions of these beautiful cups:— 
Her Majesty THE QUEEN’s Cup.—A tall, chased cup and cover 
with boss ornament, bull’s head handles, finely chased bas relief of 
fighting bulls on one side, ornamental shield on reverse, surmounted by 
model of Devon bull. 
H.R.H. Tue Prince or Watzs’s Cup.—A richly chased ewer in 
Italian style, with subject from Orlando Furioso, “ Rogers delivers 
Angelico from the sea monster,” on one side, and Royal Arms on 
reverse, 
H.R.H. Toz Dux oF Yorx’s Cup.— small, part fluted pilgrim’s 
bottle, with ornamental chains. ‘ 
