cxviii General Meeting of G< 
The Judges further recommend 
that a Special and Third Prize be 
given to Mrs. Hill and her Son, of 
Staverton (Competitors in Class 1), 
for the excellence of their manage- 
ment in general, and in particular 
for their treatment and production 
of Cider, the latter being a branch 
of Devonshire farming which, in the 
opinion of the Judges, might be 
more profitably developed, especially 
if treated in the method followed 
by these competitors. 
James A. Caird "I 
Joseph B. Hill I Judges. 
F2EDK. PUXCHARD J 
June 16, 1890. 
Mr; Charles Norringtox said 
that, as Treasurer of the Local Com- 
mittee, who were responsible for the 
prizes for farms, he thought he might 
undertake to say that they would be 
willing to find an extra third prize of 
207. in Class 1, in order to carry out 
the recommendation of the Judges. 
(Cheers.) 
Presentation of Stallion Medals. 
The President next presented the 
Gold Medals awarded by the Society 
at the Spring Show of Thoroughbred 
Stallions to Mr. Isaac Clark for Jack 
Tar, Mr, G. P. Finch for Eclipse, 
and Mr. Alex Taylor for Lancastrian. 
Vote of Thanks to Mayor and 
Corporation of Plymouth. 
The Duke of Richmond and 
Gordon then moved : — 
That the best thanks of the 
Society are due and are hereby 
tendered to the Mayor and Corpora- 
tion of Plymouth for their cordial 
reception of the Society. 
His Grace said he thought they 
•would all agree with him that the 
Show being held at Plymouth was a 
very great trial for the Society after 
the magnificent display at Windsor 
last year. At Plymouth they had 
not a historic castle with the 
Pioyal Standard floating over it, but 
they had one of the most magnificent 
views which could lie seen, he 
imagined, in any part of the country ; 
and they had had that which was 
even more to be appreciated than the 
view itself, viz. the most cordial re- 
;ernors and Members, 
ception from all classes in the Wes 
Country. (Cheers.) Everything ha< 
conduced to the success of the Meet 
ing. They had, as compared wit! 
the Show that took place on the 
same ground a quarter of a centnrj 
ago, nearly double the number of 
animals exhibited. Whereas, in 1865. 
857 animals were shown, 1,769 were 
exhibited on the present occasion, or 
nearly double, to say nothing of the 
considerable increase in the ma- 
chinery. But all their endeavours to 
send the best animals would have 
been in vain unless they had received 
the co-operation of the inhabitants of 
the district. He thought they were 
especially indebted to the Mayor and 
Corporation for the reception which 
they had given them. He was re- 
minded by a page in the prize-sheet 
that out of the total money given in 
prizes on the present occasion, 
amounting to over 6,0007 , one-sixth 
had been subscribed by Plymouth and 
the county of Devon. (Cheers.) 
But with all the efforts of the neigh- 
bourhood, and with all the desire of 
the town of Plymouth to do them 
honour and provide the funds neces- 
sary, it would be perfectly useless for 
them to attempt anything unless they 
had one organising head, and he 
thought they were specially fortunate 
on the present occasion, for the Mayor 
of Plymouth had taken a most active 
and energetic part in the management 
of the proceedings. (Cheers.) He 
was afraid to say the number of 
journeys the Mayor had taken to 
London and back in the interest of the 
Society. To a busy man this must have 
involved a great expenditure of time, 
labour, and effort. Mr. Waring had 
been elected, he believed, no less 
than three times Mayor of Plymouth. 
Unless he was very much maligned, 
the Mayor was a gentleman who liked 
to do everything for himself, and was 
one of those people who thought that 
when a thing was to be done they had 
better do it themselves if they wanted 
it done properly. Certainly, as far 
as the members of the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society were concerned, their 
deepest gratitude was due to the 
Mayor for the manner in which he 
had fulfilled the duties of his office. 
If they wanted to find out a man's 
character they had better go to his 
