640 Report on the Trials of Implements at Taunton. 
Commended, Messrs. Burgess and Key (2824), Holborn Viaduct, London, E.C 
Commended, Messrs. Harrison and. M'Gregor (741), of Leigh, Lancashire. 
Commended, Mr. Walter A. Wood (2437),"of Worship Street, London, E.C 
Whatever may be the general opinion of judging by tabulatec 
points, . and it may possibly be thought that the Judges hac 
acted a little too much by rule in this instance, it must not bd 
forgotten that they had hard-and-fast lines laid down for then 
in the Table of points. By this means the duty of Judges I 
certainly somewhat simplified ; and, however anxious they mighi 
be to encourage any one particular quality, this Table checker 
them from attaching undue importance to it. The best machinej 
say upon 500 points, cannot occupy the first position unless i 
is sufficiently supported in the other 500 ; consequently thi 
machine gaining the greatest number of total points must tak( 
the first prize, and so on. This Table shows openly how thi 
Judges arrived at their decisions ; and the manufacturers had been 
previously made aware what importance would be attached ti 
construction, and what to performance. 
It is obvious that the drawing up of the Table of points o 
merit to be awarded requires great care ; and it is quite likeb 
that the arrangement of these points is open to more criticism 
than the disposing of them. 
The press having published erroneous figures of the draught 
of these machines, as well as of the one-horse mowers, it wa 
thought advisable to give the following short statement fron 
the engineers' notes with reference to this class also ; and pro 
bably this plan might be carried out with advantage on futun 
occasions. 
Class II. — Two-horse Mowing Machines. 
Name. 
Catalogue 
Number. 
Draught 
in lbs. when 
Working. 
181 
190-2 
583 
213-3 
2«24 
230-4 
Harrison and M'Gregor 
741 
237-9. 
Picksley and Sims 
2446 
268-4 
582 
223-4 
Walter A. Wood 
2437 
235-4 
183 
212 0 
580 
227-0 
581 
217-6 
193 
206-1 
