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XXVII. — Report of the Senior Steward of Live-Stock at Preston. 
By Hugh Gorringe, of Kingston-by-Sea. 
As the last duty of my Stewardship, it now devolves on me to 
write a short Report of the Show. I had heard that the ground 
selected for the Showyard was most suitable for the purpose ; 
but on arriving at the Moor Park on Monday, 13th July, I was 
quite astonished to find such a charming spot in the midst of so 
densely populated a district, and could hardly imagine myself 
in the neighbourhood of a large manufacturing centre. The 
approach to the Showyard — and in fact the whole town — was 
ablaze with decorations, floral and otherwise, and the inhabitants 
evidently were bent on giving the warmest welcome both to the 
Prince of Wales and the Royal Agricultural Society. 
By 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning everything was in 
readiness, and the Judges having received their instructions 
from the Steward of General Arrangements, Mr. Jacob Wilson, 
the judging in the various classes commenced. 
The telegraph-boards in the several rings were worked as 
usual ; but in addition to these, boards were placed outside each 
ring, on which the numbers of the prize-winners were written ; 
so that any one arriving after any of the classes were finished, 
could see at a glance the awards from the commencement. 
The weather in the morning was fiae, but before the close of 
the judging it became very unsettled, and the rain very much 
interfered with the labours of the Judges in some of the classes. 
The attendance on this day was 3557. 
Early on Thursday afternoon the Prince of Wales arrived, and 
was accorded a most enthusiastic reception. His Royal High- 
ness was first conducted to the Working Dairy, and after 
minutely examining the various details of this department, 
attended the General Meeting of Members. The attendance 
was unusually large, the tent being full to overflowing. 
After partaking of luncheon in the new Council-room, His 
Royal Highness was driven to the Grand Stand, and witnessed 
the parade of horses in the ring, returning on the following day 
to see the prize cattle paraded, and also the parade of sheep, 
with which he seemed much pleased. 
On Saturday the weather quite broke up ; a quantity of rain 
fell, rendering the Showground very unpleasant for pedestrians, 
but doing good service to the vendors of waterproof clothing. 
This was a most disappointing day, as it was confidently 
expected that a very large number of people would attend the 
Show, instead of which only 34,307 passed through the turnstiles. 
On Sunday, contrary to our usual custom. Divine service was 
