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PIGS. 
£20 Cup for the best pen of Three White pigs. 
£20 ” ” ” Three Black pigs. 
£20 ” ” 5 Three, any other breed. 
It was decided that all the cup prizes could be had by the winners 
either in plate or money at their option. 
Class established for Ryeland, Cheviot, and Dorset ewes. 
Decided, to strike out the words, that ‘‘‘The sheep must be shown 
in their wool.” 
Resolved, if the dentition shall indicate that the age of the pigs 
has been incorrectly returned in the certificate, the Stewards shall 
disqualify such pigs, and report the same to the Council. 
Resolved, that one attendant should be admitted to each stand in 
the Implement department, on the Monday in the week of the show, 
and that the stands be uncovered by 1o o'clock on that morning. 
That iron pails for the use of live stock at the show should be 
hired of the Agricultural Hall Company, and that no others be allowed 
to be brought in. 
Increased ventilation was provided in the hall by patent louvre, 25 
feet long, and 16 feet deep, at each end of the building, and also by 
additional ventilation over each of the stair-cases. 
Resolved, that in the classes for the old steers and oxen of the 
Devon, Hereford, Short-horn, Sussex, and Cross or Mixed, the ages 
shall be limited to ‘‘ not exceeding 4 years and 6 months old.” 
Resolved, that the following classes be abolished, viz. :— 
CATTLE—Scotch-horned steers or oxen (not being Scotch Highland), 
“Scotch-horned heifers or cows, " %s ‘ 
Scotch-polled cows, above 4 years old. 
Irish steers or oxen, of any age. 
Irish heifers or cows, of any age. 
Welsh heifers or cows, of any age. 
SHEEP.—Cross-bred Long-wool sheep, 1 year old. 
Southdown wethers, 1-year old, under 2oolb. live weight. 
Resolved, to establish classes for wether lambs as under, born in 
year 1875, viz. :— 
Leicesters, Oxfordshire, 
Cotswold, Cross-bred, 
Lincolns, Kentish, Ryeland, Dorset, or 
Southdowns, any other pure breed, not 
Hampshire, before specified. 
Shropshire, 
Resolved, to offer £50 Champion Plate for the best pen of three 
sheep in the show as tormerly. 
Resolved, that exhibitors be required to indemnify the Club from 
liability in the event of any damage or injury which may be caused by 
animals or machinery which they send for exhibition, 
That the Stewards shall have the power to remove from the 
Agricultural Hall any animals they may deem fit. 
Resolved, that a Committee be appointed to confer and consult with 
the authorities of the Agricultural Hall as to the future tendency or 
arrangement with them for holding the Smithfield Club’s Show after 
1875 
