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any changes, and he did not think 
that sufficient notice had been 
given. He fully believed that many 
breeders had already begun to pre- 
pare animals for the Doncaster Show. 
Eael Cathcart, without express- 
ing an opinion one way or the other, 
said he signed the requisition in order 
that the matter might be thoroughly 
discussed, as he was always in favour 
of the fullest inquiry. 
Mr. Gilbey thought that a serious 
step like striking out classes for Two- 
shear Earns in nine different breeds 
of sheep should not be taken without 
previous notice. 
Mr. Beach, having had considerable 
experience of the breeding and show- 
ing of sheep and lambs, thought it 
would be a great pity if the Society 
struck out the Two-shear Rams. He 
disagreed with the view that the 
farmers took no interest in old sheep, 
or that they preferred the young 
sheep to the old. Farmers took a 
great interest in showing sheep at 
maturity, and he would point out 
that at Plymouth a Canadian pur- 
chased a Two-shear Ram at a cost of 
200 guineas. 
Mr. Sanday said that after the 
expression of opinion made by Sir 
Nigel Kingscote, he should not offer 
any opposition to Sir Jacob Wilson's 
motion, though personally he still 
thought the Stock Prizes Committee 
did right. 
The Chairman said that no one 
had greater respect for the Stock 
Prizes Committee than he had, and it 
was a grief to him to find himself com- 
pelled to take a course which to a 
certain extent was opposed to the re- 
solution which they had come to. 
His impression was that until they 
got a sheep to be about Two-shear, 
they could not tell what he was. 
They could not tell what ram to put 
to a certain class of ewe in order to 
correct some malformation or want 
of shape. 
They would, therefore, do a great 
injury to the country if they did away 
with the Two-shear sheep and gave 
prizes only to the One-shear rams. 
Then, again, he did not at all agree that 
the foreigners did not care for the old 
sheep. He found that they did care for 
them very much. It would be a great 
injury and grievance to the flock- 
masters of the country if the Two- 
shear sheep were expunged from the 
Prize List by the action of the last 
Council. He would not go into the 
question of what might be done in 
future. That was a matter which 
would receive ample consideration 
and discussion. But feeling strongly, 
and being, he might say, greatly in- 
terested in the matter, he hoped very 
much that the Council would see its 
way to restore these classes to the 
Doncaster Prize Sheet. 
After some discussion as to the 
amount of the prizes to be offered, in 
which Mr. Sanday, Sir Jacob Wil- 
son, Sir Nigel Kingscote, Mr. 
Muntz, Mr. Howabd, Mr. Terry, 
Mr. Crutchley, Mr. Sutton, Earl 
Cathcart, Mr. Gilbey, Lord 
Brougham and Vaux, the Chair- 
man, and others took part, it was 
agreed that, in the event of Sir Jacob 
Wilson's resolution being carried, the 
prizes originally proposed to be offered 
for Two-shear Rams would be restored. 
Sir Jacob Wilson's resolution was 
then put to the meeting, and carried 
nem. con. The Secretary was there- 
upon authorised to insert in the Don- 
caster Prize Sheet prizes of 15/., 10Z., 
and 51. for Two-shear Rams of each 
of the following breeds of sheep : 
Leicester, Cotswold, Lincoln, Oxford 
Down, Shropshire, Southdown, Hamp- 
shire Down, Suffolk, and Wensleydale. 
Authority was also given to insert in 
the Prize Sheet offers which had been 
received from the Clydesdale Horse 
Society, of two Champion Prizes of 
251. each, for the best Clydesdale 
stallion and for the best Clydesdale 
mare or filly, and from the Red- 
Polled Society of a Champion Prize of 
10 guineas for the best Red-Polled 
animal in the Doncaster Showyard. 
The proceedings then terminated, 
the Council adjourning until Wednes- 
day, February 4, 1891, 
