626 Report of the Senior Steward of Live-Stock at Preston. 
held in the Yard in the afternoon instead of the morning, but 
the Marquee was completely filled. A very appropriate sermon 
was preached by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of 
Manchester, who was listened to with marked attention by all 
present. 
On Monday the weather was much finer, but still the number 
of admissions to the Showground was insignificant. And it 
has now become a question whether, unless under very excep- 
tional circumstances, it is wise to alter our day of opening the 
Show. 
Financially it does not seem to answer ; and as regards the 
comfort of those in attendance on the animals, and the animals 
themselves, it would be better that they arrived on Friday and 
Saturday — thus having a clear day's rest before the commence- 
ment of the judging on Monday. It certainly must be better for 
those coming from a distance, as, unless they leave home on 
Sunday, they run a risk of being late on the Tuesday evening, 
and have no time to get their cattle in order. 
On the whole the Show of Live-stock must be pronounced a 
good one, the numbe.r of entries being considerably beyond the 
average, though there were several absentees. 
But inasmuch as the Official Reporter, Mr. Jabez Turner, is 
writing a detailed account of all the Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and 
Pigs, and the Judges in the several classes have all sent in 
their Reports, it is quite unnecessary for me to remark on 
them at all. 
To the Local Committee great praise is due for their strenuous 
exertions to render everything connected with the Show as 
perfect as possible, while the Mayor and Corporation were most 
hospitable in the entertainment of the President, Council, and 
Officers of the Society. 
A word of praise too must be given to the Railway Com- 
panies for the expedition with which the various exhibit? were 
delivered into the Showyard. 
The whole arrangement of the Yard was admirable, and, con- 
sidering the narrowness and length of the ground, it could not 
have been better laid out. 
The new horse-boxes were a decided improvement on those 
of former years, and were much appreciated by exhibitors. 
The new buildings erected in the centre of the Showground, 
for the Members, Council, and Stewards, were a great success-; 
and the grouping of all the offices together considerably en- 
hanced the comfort of all concerned. The buildings reflected 
the highest credit on the Society's Superintendent of Works — 
Mr, Bennison — not only for their practical utility, but also for 
their artistic design. 
