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The Doncastcr Meeting, 
were opposite tlie permanent Grand Stand. An extensive sweep 
of greensward just within the entrance gates effectually pre- 
vented any congestion of traffic. In laying out the ground the 
Surveyor had utilised to the full the natural facilities which 
were at his disposal. The main central avenue was flanked 
on either side by two lateral avenues, so that on entering the 
yard the visitor had before him a choice of five distinct routes 
past the implement shedding to the live-stock departments at 
the farther part of the ground. 
The showyard was about a mile from the town, and 
the high road between Doncaster and the Town Moor — pro- 
bably one of the best-known roads in England — left an 
agreeable impression upon the minds of those who travelled it. 
The trees which border it were in the prime of their foliage, the 
roadway was maintained in excellent condition throughout the 
week, and the broad footpaths enabled it to be devoted exclusively 
to wheel traffic. 
Phizes and Entries. 
Situated in the heart of the horse-breeding country, it wag 
anticipated that Doncaster would attract a great show of horses ; 
and this expectation was amply realised. The number of horses 
entered, 717, was considerably more than double the number 
in the Plymouth catalogue last year. The sections which stood 
out conspicuously in point of numbers were the Hunters, the 
Shires, and the Hackneys. The Shires, indeed, were catalogued 
in almost the identical number by which they were represented 
at the Jubilee Show at Windsor, in 1889. 
The locality in which the Show is held must necessarily 
exercise an influence in determining the specific breeds of live- 
stock amongst which competition shall, year by year, be invited. 
In comparing, in this respect, the Doncaster Meeting with 
its immediate predecessor, there is no change to be noticed in 
the horse sections. With cattle and sheep, however, it is dif- 
ferent, and the Southern breeds specially provided for at* Ply- 
mouth had to gis"o jilace to Northern breeds at Doncaster. The 
cattle sections common to the two Meetings were the Shorthorns, 
Herefords, Devons, Sussex, Welsh, Red Polled, Jersey, Guernsey, 
Kerry, Dexter, and Dairy Cows. But the locally developed South 
Devon (or South Hams) cattle, classed at Plymouth, could 
obviously claim no place at Doncaster. On the other hand, certain 
of the Scotch breeds — the Aberdeen Angus, the Galloway, and 
the Ayrshire — to which Plymouth would have been Ultima Thuls, 
appropriately enough found a place at » Meeting held north of 
