The Plymouth Meeting. 579 
[Left-hand page.] 
Prizes 
Awarded 
No. of 
Entry. 1 
Names and Addresses 
of Competitors j 
Time 
Starting 
Time 
Finishing 
Time 
Occupied 
[Bight-hand page.] 
Taking 
off Old 
Shoe. 
2 Points 
Foot 
Dressing, 
&c. 
6 Points 
Forging 
and Form 
of Shoe. 
4 Points. 
Nailing 
and Fitting 
on. 
4 Points 
General 
Finish. 
4 Point3 
Total 
Points 
20 
Remarks 
The following Report by the Judges (Messrs. Clay & Barford) 
on the details of the competition will be interesting : — 
"The competition this year was divided into two classes, for hunters 
and agricultural horses, the former class having 22 entries and the latter 
only 7. AVe are quite agreed that the work brought before us was a 
decided improvement on that at Newcastle, for we find an almost entire 
absence of those objectionable practices — the too free use of the rasp and 
knife, and a general desire to leave the frog in its entirety. Taking Class I. 
as a whole, the shoes were well fitted, and in doing so they were not applied 
to the foot in too hot a state. At the Oral Examination, which took place 
afterwards, quite two-thirds of those examined had taken the trouble to 
investigate the internal structure of the foot and make themselves acquainted 
with the respective parts and their uses, and altogether the answers of the 
competitors, with some exceptions, were a decided improvement on former 
years. 
"It is much to be regretted that in a town like Plymouth, surrounded 
as it is for the most part by a general farming district, there should have 
been only seven competitors in Class II. (agricultural horses) — especially 
when we consider the very liberal prize list issued by the Society. The 
shoes in this class were, as a rule, fairly litted ; the heels in one or two 
instances being too long and the foot not very well prepared. 
"Taking the work in both classes as a whole, we consider it creditable 
to the district, for on reference to the Judges' book we find that in the class 
for hunters almost half the competitors obtained 18 or 19 points out of 20, 
showing that the work altogether was decidedly above the average. In the 
class for agricultural horses the total number of points was not so high." 
Conclusion. 
That, from an agricultural point of view, the second Plymouth 
Meeting was a success is beyond all doubt. As remarkable sec- 
tions in the several departments of live stock may be mentioned 
1 The number of entry corresponds with the number in the Catalogue. 
" Three lines are allowed for name and address for each competitor, leaving 
thereby ample space for the memos, under each of the column*. 
