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The first Show is going to be held to-morrow 

 [3rd March, 1885J, and I hope that all gentlemen 

 present will see it and will join the Society. At a 

 meeting held at Tattersall's Rooms some two months 

 ago, a suggestion came from a gentleman present as 

 to whether a Show of a certain number of thorough- 

 bred horses should not be held at the same time. Our 

 answer was yes, if those horses were sires of half- 

 bred foals. After some consultation, an influential 

 committee was formed, and it was arranged that 

 thoroughbred sires should" be shown on the under- 

 standing that they undertook to cover so many mares 

 at 50jr. each. There are no less than 34 of these 

 horses. The first one is a horse by Hermit ; others 

 by such sires as Jolly Tar, by Prince Charlie, Dutch 

 Skater, Sterling, VVenlock, Lecturer, The Cathedral, 

 and so on. I think these names are quite good 

 enough to show that there are certain horses going to 

 be shown which will be within the reach of any 

 farmer's use and will prove thoroughly good sires, 

 and that our Show will demonstrate that we still 

 have in England good stock, both thoroughbred and 

 hackney. 



The Duke of Westminster : There is one 

 point which I omitted to mention in reference to an 

 observation of Mr. Tattersall's with regard to the 

 State providing stallions. It will be in the recollec- 

 tion of gentlemen present that Lord Rosebery's 

 Committee, in their report, decided against that 



