The Doncaster Meeting. 
447 
caster Meeting, being that selected for the royal visit. Their 
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales ^yere stay- 
ing at Wentworth Wodehouse as the guests of Earl Fitzwilliam, 
and with their noble host and a large house pai-ty they drove 
on to the Showground at noon. Lord Fitzwilliam's yellow car- 
riages turned out in the old style, four-in-hand, with numerous 
outriders and mounted men ; and the effect of the procession 
along the central avenue was heightened by the brilliancy of the 
midsummer sunshine. Luncheon was laid in the Royal Pavilion, 
which formed so beautiful and conspicuous a feature in the 
middle of the Showyard. The parade of live-stock in the great 
ring was excellently arranged, particularly that of the cattle, 
and was the subject of general admiration. The royal party, 
which included the Duke of Clarence and Avondale and the 
Princesses Victoria and Maud of Wales, did not leave the 
ground till after four o'clock. 
The " people's day " — as fine a day, fortunately, as could 
have been wished — was Thursday, when 57,580 people paid Is, 
each for admission. This number, large as it was, fell short of 
the number on the corresponding day at York in 1883, and was 
very decidedly below the corresponding numbers at Newcastle 
in 1887 and at Nottingham in 1888. 
The charges for admission were those which have usually 
been adopted during recent years — 2s. CcL on the Implement 
Day, 5s, on Monday, 2s. Qd. on Tuesday and Wednesday, and 
Is. on Thursday and Friday. The experiment, tried at Plymouth, 
of having three Is. days and only one 2s. Qxi. day, was not 
repeated. 
As will be gathered from an inspection of the subjoined 
table, the aggregate atterjdance of paying visitors at Doncaster 
occupies a fair average position amongst the totals of recent 
years. It must be remembered that at Doncaster there is no 
large local population to fall back upon. Had it been other- 
wise, it can hardly be doubted that the fine weather would have 
tempted the inhabitants of the neighbourhood to pass the turn- 
stiles in their thousands, and thus to have largely increased the 
total attendance. 
Day of Show 
Don- 
caster, 
1891 
Ply- 
mouth, 
1890 
Wind- 
sor, 
1889 
Notting- 
liam, 
1888 
New- 
castle, 
1887 
Nor- 
wicli, 
1886 
Preston, 
1885 
Slirews- 
bury, 
1884 
York, 
1883 
Implement (lay. 
1st day (Mon.) . 
2iid day (Tues.) 
3rd dav (Wed.) . 
4tli day (Tliurs.) 
6th day (Fri.) . 
344 
2,681 
12,331 
18,530 
57,580 
20,034 
194 
1,234 
10,008 
39,308 
32,371 
14,026 
493 
6,223 
18,809 
24,690 
32,965 
44,493 
1,826 
1,671 
11,103 
9,057 
88,832 
35,438 
1,209 
1,097 
11,331 
12,020 
77,410 
24,305 
148 
625 
8,074 
10,894 
42,774 
42,394 
3P4 
3,557 
21,713 
19,318 
34,302 
14,908 
194 
2,183 
11,211 
13,474 
49,374 
17,690 
300 
3,012 
15,768 
21,820 
63,097 
24,120 
Total . 
111,500 
97,141 
155,707 ■ 
147,927 
127,372 
104,909 
94,192 
94,126 
128,117 
• Including 28,034 on the sixth day (Saturday). 
