540 
The Plymouth Meeting. 
various sections of live stock for •which prizes were offered in 
1805 and in 1890. This is done in the following statement, 
Horses being given first, though, in the Stock Catalogue of 
1865, Cattle occupied the place of honour : — 
HORSES. 
Plymouth, 1890 Plymouth, 18G5 
Hunters 
Coach horses 
Hackneys . 
Ponies . . _ . 
Dartmoor ponies 
Exmoor ponies . 
Shire .... 
Clydesdale . 
Suffolk 
Agricultural ( not 
qualified to compete 
as Suffolk*, Clydes- 
dales, or 
adapted to 
country). 
Thoroughbred 
horses 
Hunters 
Stud 
Hacknej- brood mares 
Ponies 
Dartmoor ponies 
Exruoor ponies 
Suffolk 
Agricultural 
Suffolks) 
(not 
Shires 
a hilly 
Shorthorn . . 
Hereford . . ' ■ 
Devon 
South Devon (Hams) 
Sussex 
Welsh . . . . 
Red Polled . 
Jersey . . . . 
Guernsey . 
Kerry . 
Dexter Kerry 
Dairy cattle . . 
CATTLE. 
. Shorthorn 
' . • Hereford 
. Devon 
South Hams 
Sussex 
Channel Dlands 
Other established breeds 
SHEEP. 
Plymouth", 1890 Plymouth, 1865 
Leicester 
Cotswold . 
Lincoln 
Oxford Down 
Shropshire . 
Southdown . 
Hampshire Down 
Suffolk. 
Somerset and Dorset 
horned 
Devon Long-wool 
South Devon 
Dartmoor 
Exrnoor 
other 
Leicester 
Cotswo'.d 
Lincoln and 
long-woolled 
Oxfordshire Down 
Shropshire 
Southdown 
Hampshire and other 
shortwooiled 
I Somerset and Dorset 
[ horned 
South Hams 
Dartmoor 
Exmoor 
PIG 3. 
Large White 
Middle White 
Small White 
Berkshire 
Any other Black breed 
Tannvorth . ... 
Large White 
Small White 
Berkshire 
Small Black 
Any other breed 
During the interval between the two visits to Plymouth, 
Shires and Clydesdales have obtained for themselves a 
distinctive place in the catalogue — they have been permanently 
differentiated from the heterogeneous assemblage of " Agricul- 
tural Horses." Coach horses were classed this year, but not 
in 1865. As to Thoroughbred Stud Horses, although there was 
no competition at Plymouth, the successful competitors at the 
Spring Show were, as is subsequently mentioned, on view. 
As regards cattle, the Welsh and the Red Polled, and more 
recently the Kerry and the Dexter Kerry, have obtained 
separate recognition ; whilst the Jersey and Guernsey are no 
lono-er shown collectively under the common designation of 
Channel Islands Cattle. With reference to this point, it is worth 
recalling that, in his report as Senior Steward of Live Stock at 
the former Plymouth Meeting, Mr. Dent advocated the offering 
of separate prizes for Jersey and for Guernsey cattle, " instead of 
placing them both in the same class." There was no class I ir 
Dairy cattle in 1865, and all cattle not qualified to compete as 
either Shorthorn, Hereford, Devon, South Hams, Sussex, or 
Channel Islands, were relegated to the mob of" Other established 
