504 Report of the Senior Steward of Live Stock at Newcastle. 
hunters, and to remove a cause of complaint which has long 
existed. The raising of cart-horses is popular, because a cart 
colt is a marketable commodity at six months old. But there is 
no regular demand for hunting colts until thej are four years 
old ; and any circumstance which will conduce to draw them 
from their places of concealment for purposes of exhibition 
must lead to dealing transactions, and tend to establish the much- 
desired trade, at an early age, for this particular class of animal. 
The entries in each class of Stock were exceptionally good ' 
They were as follows : — 
Newcastle, 
1887. 
Norwich, 
11^86. 
Preston, 
1885. 
Shrewsbm-y, 
1884. 
York, 
1883. 
ReaJing, 
1882. 
Derby, 
1881. 
Carlisle, 
1880. 
Horses . . 
500 
493 
438 
407 
611 
239 
256 
487 
Cattle .. 
626 
681 
539 
579 
462 
598 
392 
434 
Sheep 
513 
446 
433 
490 
412 
442 
414 
434 
Pigs 
194 
203 
203 
211 
200 
188 
167 
146 
Total .. 
1833 
1823 
1613 
1687 
1685 
1467 
1229 
1501 
Amongst the cattle, the Shorthorns, Herefords, Aberdeen 
Angus, and Galloways were much admired ; but as the Judges' 
Reports are printed in the following pages, it will be un- 
necessary to enter into particulars here. The Sheep were a 
strong Class, and the Shropshires were particularly good. 
Mr. Joseph Beach showed some very smart shearling rams. 
The attendance in the Showyard was, on the whole, satis- 
factory, and on Thursday the large number of 77,869 people 
paid for admission. It will be seen by the subjoined table that 
the attendance was nearly 11,000 in excess of the average of the 
past nine years : — 
1853.- 
—Gloucester 
36,245 
1871.- 
— Wolverhampton 
108,213 
1854.- 
— Lincoln 
37,635 
1872.- 
-Cardiff 
87,047 
1855,- 
—Carlisle 
37,533 
1873.- 
-Hull 
104,722 
1850.- 
— Olielinsford 
32,982 
1874.- 
71,989 
1857. 
—Salisbury 
37,342 
1875.- 
47,768 
1858.- 
— Chester 
62,539 
1876.- 
—Birmingham .. 
163,413 
1859.- 
— Warwick 
55,577 
1877.- 
—Liverpool 
138,354 
1860.- 
—Canterbury 
42,304 
1878.- 
-Bristol 
122,042 
1861.- 
—Leeds 
145,738 
1879.- 
187,323 
1802. 
— Battersea 
124,328 
1880.- 
92,011 
1863.- 
—Worcester 
75,087 
1881.- 
-Derby 
127,996 
1864.- 
—Newcastle 
114,683 
1882.- 
82,943 
1865.- 
—Plymouth 
88,030 
1883.- 
-York .. .. .. 
128,117 
94,126 
1866.- 
—No Show this year 
1884.- 
-Shrewsbury 
1867.- 
-Bury St Edmuuda 
61 ,837 
1885.- 
94,192 
1868. 
— Leicester 
07,138 
1886.- 
104,909 
1869. 
—Manchester 
189,102 
1887.- 
— Nowcastlo 
127,372 
1870.- 
-O.xford 
75,749 
