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at Derby for a time, and to the energetic measures adopted by 
the town and county authorities, the district was soon declared 
free, and the Privy Council were enabled to relax their orders 
restricting the movement of cattle into that part of Derbyshire. 
But the rumours of disease, without any doubt, prevented owners 
of cattle from entering animals, and decidedly had the effect 
of keeping away some of those that had been entered. This 
explains in a degree why an unusual number of the owners 
of cattle and sheep which they had entered, did not fulfil 
their engagements with the Society. A table (VI.) is attached 
to show the different breeds of cattle for which prizes were 
offered at Derby in 1843, and the number of entries of each. 
At the Show just held, there were 391 cattle entered. 
Table VI. — Statement of the Entries of Cattle at the Show at 
Derby in 1813. 
Amount 
of Prizes 
for oach of 
the four 
Breeds. 
Breed. 
Class. 
Df.sciuptiox. 
Short- 
horns. 
Ilerefords. 
Devons. 
Cattle of 
any other 
Breed or 
Cross. 
I. 
/Bulls calved previously) 
\ to Jan. 1, 1841 .. .'./ 
£ 
1st 30\ 
2nd 1.5/ 
.N'o. of 
Entries. 
19 
No. of 
Entries. 
7 
No. of 
Entries. 
4 
No. of 
Entries. 
4 
II. 
/Bulls calved since Jan. 1,\ 
I 1841 / 
20 
17 
5 
2 
1 
III. 
15 
18 
3 
2 
8 
IV. 
/Heifers in-calf not over"! 
I 3 yeai-s / 
15 
IG 
3 
1 
1 
V. 
Yearling heifers .. 
10 
11 
5 
3 
3 
Total.. .. 
81 
23 
12 
17 
Total amount of prizes . . 
420 
Total number of entries of cattle 133. 
Shokthoens. 
There were 132 entries of Shorthorns in the eight classes at 
Derby, as against 146 entries at Carlisle. Of these, only 100 
animals put in an appearance, and the long list of absentees is 
due to the fear of foot-and-mouth disease, and not to the reduc- 
tion in the value of the prizes, as has been insisted upon with 
much iteration. If the entries of Shorthorns had fallen very 
short of those at Carlisle, this reason might have been fairly 
