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one of the pleasantest memories of the recent Meeting. West- 
country hospitality is proverbial, and it was exercised to the full 
during the latter days of June.' The ancient seaport town made 
a gala week of the occasion, and neither expense nor trouble was 
spared to do honour to Agriculture — the most ancient of arts, the 
most universal of industries. 
The Mayor of Plymouth (Alderman H. J. Waring) was 
indefatigable in his efforts to promote the success of the Meeting, 
and in honour of the Society entertained about 300 gentlemen 
at luncheon, on the Wednesday, at the Guildhall — a beautiful 
building, of which any city in the world might be proud. In 
giving the toast of " The Queen " on this occasion, the Mayor 
referred to Her Majesty as a past President of the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society, and in proposing that of "The Prince and 
Princess of Wales " he spoke of His Royal Highness not only 
as a past President of the Society, but as the Duke of Cornwall, 
and as the Lord High Steward of Plymouth. The Earl of Mount 
Edgcumbe, in responding for the " Reserve Forces," said he 
was commissioned by the Prince of Wales to express, in the 
most public way he could, His Royal Highness's regret at being 
unable to attend the Plymouth Meeting. The Prince, his Lord- 
ship added, was specially interested in the present gathering, 
for it could not fail to prove instructive and beneficial to His 
Royal Highness's agricultural tenants in the immediate neigh- 
bourhood. The Earl of Ravensworth, President-elect, responded 
to the toast of "The Royal Agricultural Society of England," 
and expressed his sense of the kindness the Society had met with. 
There have, indeed, been but few Meetings which the " Royal " 
has held during the fifty years of its history that can compare 
for heartiness and for smooth working with that at Plymouth. 
All the Society's requirements were complied with in the most 
cordial and ready manner, and the Local Committee deserve the 
warmest acknowledgments for the manner in which, thanks 
chiefly to their Honorary Secretary (Mr. Richard B. Johns), all 
their arrangements were carried out. 
In the following notice of the various Classes at Plymouth 
the views of the Judges are embodied, the quotations being 
taken from the Judges' reports. 
Light Horses. 
Thoroughbred Stallions.— The three thoroughbred stallions 
in the Plymouth catalogue, Eclipse, Jack Tar, and Lancas- 
trian, were the winners of the three premiums of 200Z. each 
and special gold medals offered by the Society at the Spring 
