Ueporis of Veterinary and StocJc Prizes Committees. Ixxxix 
Registration Committee of the Wor- 
shipful Company of Farriers, in con- 
sequence of the pressure of other en- 
gagements. The Committee recom- 
mended that Mr. Gilbey's resignation 
be accepted with regret. At the re- 
quest of the Committee, Sir Nigel 
Kingscote had undertaken to act as 
one of the Society's representatives 
upon the Registration Committee, in 
succession to Mr. Gilbey. 
The Committee were of opinion 
that a horse-shoeing competition 
should be held in connection with the 
Warwick Meeting of 1892, limited to 
shoeing smiths in District F, consist- 
ing of the counties of Gloucester, 
Hereford, Monmouth, Salop, Stafford, 
Warwick. Worcester, and of South 
Wales. The Secretary having report- 
ed that the issue was exhausted of 
Professor Brown's pamphlet on the 
Structure of the Horse's Foot and 
the Principles of Shoeing, the Com- 
mittee recommended that it should be 
reprinted after revision by the author. 
Stock Prizes. 
Mr. Sanday (Chairman) reported 
that the Committee had further con- 
sidered a protest made in respect of 
a Shire stallion exhibited at Don- 
caster, which at the Council meeting 
held in the showyard on June 22 was 
referred to the Shire Horse Society. 
A letter was read from the Shire Horse 
Society stating that they had investi- 
gated the pedigree of the stallion in 
(juestion, and were satisfied that the 
breed of the dam was incorrectly 
stated in the Stud-book, and that the 
entry had therefore been cancelled. 
It, however, remained for the Editing 
Committee to consider a corrected 
pedigree which had been submitted 
for the re-entry of the dam in Vol. 
Xlir. Pending the decision of the 
Shire Horse Society, the Committee 
recommended that the cheque for the 
prize awarded to the animal be with- 
held. 
A report, under Rule 41, had been 
read from Profe.«sor Brown on the 
subject of the special examination 
of Stallions at Doncaster, giving the 
following results : — 
Sixteen Coaching stallions were 
examined, four of which were un- 
sound. The diseases were ringbone 
and whistling. 
Twenty-four Hackney stallions 
were examined, one of which was 
unsound. — Sidebones. 
Five Pony stallions were exam* 
ined. — All sound. 
Twenty-four Shire stallions were 
examined, four of which were un- 
sound. — Whistling and sidebones. 
Fifteen Clydesdale stallions 
were examined, one of which was 
unsound. — Roaring. 
Nine Suffolk stallions were ex- 
amined, all of which were sound. 
A question as to whether exhibitors 
should be made acquainted with the 
particular nature of the disqualifica- 
tion of their animals was considered, 
and it had been decided that the reason 
of disqualification should not be given. 
It had also been decided that in 
future Rule 41 should apply to brood 
mares as well as to stallions. The 
Committee recommended that in 
future no person who had been 
expelled from any breed society for 
fraudulent practices should be per- 
mitted to exhibit at the Society's 
Meetings. A resolution from the 
Hunters' Improvement Society offer- 
ing gold medals for brood mares had 
been read, but the Committee were 
unable to recommend the acceptance 
of the offer. Several letters on the 
subject of fines imposed by the 
Ste wa rds at Doncaster, and also for the 
non-exhibition of animals, had been 
read, and it was decided to enforce 
the regulations as to payment. 
An application from the United 
States Department of Agriculture, 
asking for a full Hst of English pure 
breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, and 
swine, had been considered, and the 
Committee recommended that the 
following list of pure breeds as 
recognised by the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England be sent to the 
Department, with the name and 
address of the Stud- or Herd-Book 
Society of each breed, where such 
existed : — 
noiiSEs. 
Tliorouglibreil, Exmoor, Cleveland 
»Hackney, New Forest, Sliire 
fPoiiios— Welsh, Clydesdale, 
uu'ludin;? Shetland, Suffolk 
Enprlish, Highland, 
Dartmoor, Coaching, 
• To be classed as a Hackney, an animal 
must be over 14 hands. 
t To be classed as a Tony, an animal must 
not exceed 14 liamls. 
