150  'Vhe  Society's  Show  of  1904. 
Statement  of  Admissions  by  Payment  at  Park  Poyal,  1904. 
Day  of  Show 
11  a.m. 
1 p.m. 
3 p.m. 
4 p.m. 
5 p.m. 
Day’s  total 
Tuesday  (5«.) 
495 
1,288 
1,719 

1,962 
2,011 
Wednesday  (2«.  Grf.  ; 
after  4 p.m.,  1.?.)  . 
1,137 
4,219 
5,830 
6,999 
8,678 
9,375 
Thursday  (2-s.  6rZ.  ; after 
4 p.m.,  l.s.)  . 
863 
3,826 
5,837 
6,860 
9,332 
10,912 
Friday  (1.'?.) 
1,070 
5,207 
8,898 
13,245 
— 
14,175 
Saturday  (l.s.) 
1,390 
3,469 
7,772 
15,559 
— 
16,457 
Total 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
52,930 
It  may  be  observed  that  the  preceding  figures  do  not  include 
(lovernors  and  Members  of  the  Society,  who  receive  free 
admission  to  the  Show  and  tlie  Grand  Stand  as  one  of  the 
privileges  of  membership.  This  year  the  railway  companies 
granted  a valuable  concession  under  which  Members  travelling 
to  the  Show  from  distances  of  over  thirty  miles  obtained  return 
tickets  at  the  price  of  a single  fare  and  a quarter.  The  reduction 
was  greatly  appreciated,  and  the  number  of  Members  present  at 
the  Show  was  a very  large  one. 
The  Prize  Sheet  and  Pegulations. 
At  their  meeting  held  almost  immediately  after  the  Show 
of  190d,  the  Council  resolved  that  the  amount  of  the  prizes 
to  be  offered  by  fhe  Society  itself  for  the  Show  of  1904  should 
not  exceed  5,000/.,’  exclusive  of  the  Champion  and  other 
sjiecial  prizes  of  the  various  Breed  Societies.  Bound  by  this 
limit,  the  Stock  Prizes  Committee  prejiared  a prize  sheet, 
which,  though  it  did  not  reach  the  jiroportions  of  the  previous 
year,  yet  retained  the  comprehensiveness  essential  to  an 
exhibition  of  national  scope.  The  total  value  of  the  prizes 
offered  amounted  to  (1,112/.,  of  which  1,105/.  were  contributed 
as  Champion  and  supplementary  ])rizes  liy  • the  following 
thirty-one  Societies  : — 
Hornes. — Shire  Horse,  Clydesdale  Horse,  Suffolk  Horse,  Hunters’  Improve- 
ment, Hackney  Horse,  Shetland  Pony  Stud  Book,  Polo  and  Riding  Pony 
Societies. 
Cattle. — Shorthorn  Society,  Lincolnshire  Red  Short-horn  Association, 
Hereford  Herd  Book,  Devon  Cattle  Breeders’,  Sussex  Herd  Book,  Red  Polled, 
Polled  Cattle  Societies,  English  Aberdeen  Angus  Cattle  Association,  English 
Jersey  Cattle,  Longhorn  Cattle,  English  Kerry  and  Dexter  Cattle  Societies. 
Sheep. — Oxford  Down  Sheep  Breeders’,  Shropshire  Sheep  Breeders’ 
Associations,  Southdown  Sheep  Society,  Hampshire  Down  Sheej)  Breeders’ 
' Journal  R.A.S.E.,  Vol.  64,  1903,  pp.  Ixi-lxiii. 
