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Class III. — For the best Combined Reaping and Mowing Machine, without 
Self-Delivery. 
First Prize of 15?. to Richard Hornsby and Sons (473), for Patent 
" Paragon 0 " Combined Mower and Reaper. 
Second Prize of 101. to Richard Hornsby and Sons (475), for Patent 
" Paragon N " Combined Mower and Reaper. 
Third Prize of 51. to Ricliard Horusby and Sons (474), for Patent 
"Paragon A" Combined Mower and Reaper. 
Highly Commended, Richard Hornsby and Sons (476), for Patent " Man- 
chester" Combined Mower and Reaper. 
Class IV. — For the best One-horse Recuping Machine. 
First Prize of lol. to Richard Hornsby and Sons (482), for Patent " Spring- 
Balance " One-horse Reaper, marked M. 
Second Prize of 10?. to Richard Hornsby and Sons (481), for Patent 
" Spring-Balance " One-horse Reaper, marked L. 
Third Prize of 5?. to Richard Hornsby and Sons (479), for Patent " Premier " 
One-horse Reaper, marked I. 
Highly Commended, William Mattison (572) for One-horse " Yorkshire 
Champion Reaper No. II." 
The Judges also recommend the award of a Special Gold Medal to Messrs. 
Aveling and Porter, for their application of Steam-power to a Reaping Machine 
(Article No. 2120 in the Catalogue of Implements exhibited at Birmingham). 
Henry Val. Grantham. 
James W. Kimber. 
Thomas Rigby. 
Having thus passed in brief review the principal arrangements 
of the Showjard and incidents of the Meeting, I now take my 
leave ; that I do so with regret cannot be surprising to any one 
acquainted with those gentlemen with whom it has been my 
privilege to be associated during my term of office. It is, how- 
ever, a matter of satisfaction to me that my official career should 
terminate in a year, which, with one exception, is marked as 
the most successful, numerically and financially, in the annals 
of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
August, 1876. 
