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which the Royal Commission found the premium-money, as the 
arrangements respecting the particular location of the stallions 
winning premiums in the same class were left to be arranged 
by the owners with the approval of the Commissioners. 
Twenty-seven premiums of 200Z. each were thus provided 
for, to be decided at the spring show at Nottingham, held on 
the 9th and 10th of last February. A show of such unusual 
attractions was likely to receive its full share of public patron- 
age, and the entry was sufficiently satisfactory to prove that 
the movement had a widespread interest. Ninety exhibitors 
entered stallions to the number of 105 for competition, and 
each district was fairly represented. 
The shovv^ was held on the site of the Hay Mai'ket at 
Nottingham, the use of which for the pui-pose had been per- 
mitted by the Corporation of Nottingham, vv^ho had also gene- 
rously given a grant towards the necessarily heavy expenses of 
erecting a large covered building for the protection of the 
stallions and spectators in winter-time. The organisation of 
the show, carried out as it was by the experienced staff of the 
Royal Agricultural Society, was admirable ; and a special word 
of praise must be given to the excellence of the arrangements 
for the veterinary inspection, which was effected in a large space 
at the back of the Grand Stand. The attendance of the public 
was good, especially on the first day, and at times the Grand 
Stand was inconveniently crowded. 
The Judges to whom had been confided the award of the 
premiums in all the classes were Lord Arthur Somerset, 
Mr. Robert G. F. Howard, of Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire, and 
Mr. J. L. Naper, of Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Ireland. The 
following is a list of the premiums granted in each class, an 
asterisk denoting those horses that, in the absence of awards by 
the Judges, were subsequently selected by the Royal Commission 
for service in districts other than those in which they were 
entered : — • 
The Royal Agricultural Society of England's Premiums. 
District Class C. 24 Entries. 
[Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, 
Nottinghamshire, and Eutlandshire.] 
7. ' 200/. and Special Gold Medal to Isaac Clark, for Jack Tar. 
8. „ „ „ to Henry W. Freeman, for Khamseen. 
9. „ „ „ to Alexander Taylor, for Lancastrian, 
21. „ „ to James E. Piatt, for Silver Crown. 
23. „ „ „ to W. R. Marshall, for Tiber. 
11. Reserve Number to John Earle Welby, for Lord Maiden. 
