Report of the Senior Steward of Livc-Stoch. 
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round it decorated with coloured flags, banners, and devices, 
the city had more the appearance of a foreign than of an 
English town. 
On the morning of the 12th July — the opening day — the 
weather having been fine and dry, and everything connected 
with the Yard in capital order, a successful week was antici- 
pated ; but, unfortunately, a change took place. Slight rain fell 
for a short time in the afternoon, and was followed between 
three and four in the afternoon by a very heavy storm, which, 
for a time, stopped the judging, and completely saturated the 
ground. 
On the 13th, 14th, and 15th, it was raining, on and off, for 
most part of the time, and the ground was in such a bad state, 
that the parades of stock advertised to take place at fixed hours 
could not be carried out with any regularity. 
About 3 A.M. on the morning of the 14th, a report was spread 
that the rivers were rising rapidly, and fears were entertained 
that the Showyard might be flooded ; but, fortunately, no 
further rise took place, and the water subsided to some extent. 
I am indebted to Mr. George Wood, the Secretary of the 
Local Committee, for the following statement of the rainfall at 
Carlisle, taken at the cemetery during the time of the Show : — 
Saturday, July 10 -No rain. 
Sunday, „ 11 No rain. 
Monday, „ 12 -42 in. 
Tuesday, „ 13 l-QOin. 
Wednesday „ 14 -87 in. 
Thursday, „ 15 -49 in. 
Friday, „ 16 No rain. 
— showing the rainfall during the first four days of the Show to 
have been 2'78 inches. 
Considering the unfavourable state of the weather during the 
first four days, and the condition to which the Yard had been 
brought by the continuous rain, the attendance of the public was 
far in excesss of what might have been reasonably expected. 
On Thursday, though a wet morning succeeded a wet night, 
and the rain continued during a considerable part of the day, 
the admissions at the gates were 42,682. The manner in which 
the people streamed into the Yard, and, when there, ignored 
the rain and slush, and appeared thoroughly to enjoy them- 
selves under most trying conditions, was a source of astonish- 
ment to all those who, coming from less humid districts, were 
not so well seasoned to rain as the inhabitants of the North- 
western district appear — fortunately for themselves and the 
Society — to be. 
It may, I think, be safely assumed, that no such attendance 
