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In consequence of the rapid spread of foot-and-mouth disease 
throughout the country during the autumn, a special meeting of the 
Council was held to determine what steps should be taken to protect 
exhibitors and to prevent the ensuing Show being the means of spreading 
the disease, and the following special regulations were adopted :— 
That no animal (cattle, sheep or pigs) exhibited at any other Show 
after the 1st November, 1883, be allowed to be exhibited at the 
Smithfield Club’s Show this year. That each exhibitor be required to 
certify that any animal to be sent by him for exhibition at the Smithfield 
Club's Show this year has not been, and will not be, shown at any 
other exhibition after the rst November, 1883. 
The Implement Committee reported that the new gallery over the 
arcade entrance had been completed, and stands had been allotted to 
exhibitors for this year’s Show. 
Resolved, that the Assistant Secretary’s salary be increased by fifty 
guineas, and that he be authorized to countersign the cheques drawn 
upon the Club’s bankers. 
One hundred and forty-nine members were elected during the year, 
being the largest number elected in any year since the formation of 
the Club. 
Resolved, that the Welsh cattle follow the Red Polled in the prize 
sheet. 
That in the classes for lambs (Dorsets excepted) for the 1885 Show, 
the age be altered from “ under 12 months old,” to “ born in the current 
year of the Show.” 
That the classes for all breeds of pigs, above 12 and not exceeding 
18 months old, be abolished. 
That the classes in each breed of pigs, viz., Small White, Middle 
White, Large White, Black Breed, Berkshires, and any Distinct or 
Cross breed be as follows :—(1) not exceeding nine months old, and (2) 
above nine and not exceeding twelve months old. It was further 
resolved to offer a third prize of £3 in each class for pigs (excepting the 
classes for single pigs), to increase the breed cups for pigs from £8 to 
£10 each; the Champion Plate from £15 to £20; and that each class 
be for pens of two pigs. 
The following newrule was adopted :—The judges of pigs will be 
instructed, with the sanction of the stewards, to withhold prizes from 
any animals which shall appear to them to have been entered in the 
wrong class. 
It was arranged that an official should be appointed to remain with 
the animals all night during the Show in case an animal should require 
to be slaughtered during the night. 
In consequence of the illness of the Honorary Secretary, authority 
was given to any of the three trustees to sign the cheques, the Assistant 
Secretary to countersign the cheques as hitherto. 
The report of the Committee appointed to consider and report, (1) 
on the designation in the prize sheet of the various breeds, (2) on the 
condition of the form of entry required from stock exhibitors, and (3) 
on the question of dentition of sheep, was adopted as follows :— 
That the designation Scotch Highland breed and Scotch Polled 
breed be altered to Highland breed and Aberdeen or Angus and 
Galloway breed respectively, and that the words “Scotch cattle’ be 
placed above these classes. 
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1884 
