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for exaniinnt ion. Of these seventeen failed in our ojjinion to coni])ly with 
the conditions required by and named in the certificiite as to soundness. 
" Of the animals rejected, fifteen were found to lie affected with bony 
deposits (eight spavin, seven ringbone), and two were rejected for diseased 
feet, combined with lameness. One of the first-named animals had also 
disease of the eye. 
"(Signed) George Fleming, F.R.O.V.S, 
" (Signed) A lei. 0. Cope, M.K.O.V.S. 
" March 2, 1889. " (Signed) Colin 0. Bausd, M.Il.O.V.S." 
At Nottingham last j-ear G i horses were submitted for ex- 
amination, of vfhich 34 were rejected as unsound ; and tlie 
following were the causes of rejection : — Wind, 3 ; Eyes, 5 ; 
Curb, 1 ; Bony deposits affecting joints (9 spavin, 8 ringbone), 
17 ; Diseased feet, 8. 
The following comparative statement of the entries in each 
District Class at Nottingham last year and at Islington this 
year will be interesting : — 
Entries in ' Entries in 
1889 1888 
District Class A ... 21 14 
„ r. . . . 6 11 
„(;... 7 24 
„ D . . . 13 10 
„ E ... 11 16 
„ F ... 10 11 
1889 
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District Class 11 . 
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3 
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3 
Total . 
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105 
„ G . . . 11 7 
The considerable diminution in Class C (Nottinghamshire 
and other counties) is no doubt to a large extent due to the 
fact that last year the Royal Agricultural Society undertook 
this district, and offered five premiums of 200^. each and gold 
medals. This year the Society gives the premiums in Class D, 
and has assimilated its regulations to those of the Royal Com- 
mission, so that for the present season there will be three 
stallions serving in each of the seven English districts under 
uniform conditions — viz. " That each stallion winning a pre- 
mium shall serve not less than fifty half-bred mares, if required, 
during the season of 1889, and shall stand or travel at the owner's 
option in the district for which he is exhibited, at a fee not ex- 
ceeding 40s. for each mare, and 2s. 6d. to the groom." 
It should also be added, as an explanation of the diminished 
number of entries, that this year no owner could enter more than 
one stallion in the same class. 
The Show passed off well, and may fairly be described as a 
success, inasmuch as it denotes steady progress in the quality of 
the horses exhibited ; whilst the attendance of hunting men 
and others who witnessed the judging was larger than in former 
