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in placing his two heifers in Class G9. 
No. 724, to which the first prize was 
awarded, was really Fiction 6th, 
entered in the catalogue as No. 725 ; 
and 725, commended, was Fancy 8th, 
entered in the catalogue as No. 724. 
The Stewards had ordered the prize 
cards and awards to be corrected. 
No. 451, a Clydesdale filly exhibited 
by Lord Polwarth, had been placed 
by the groom in stall 450. Owing to 
No. 460 being absent, she was not 
disturbed, and was consequently pa- 
raded as No. 450, Mr. Pilkington, who 
entered No. 450, being credited in the 
list of awards with the third prize 
awarded to this animal. Seeing that 
these careless mistakes were so fre- 
quent, the Stewards recommended 
that a rule be inserted in the prize- 
sheet to the effect that exhibitors 
would be fined for errors made by 
their servants in labelling and placing 
their animals. The Stewards had 
also received a communication from 
an exhibitor of Welsh cattle, stating 
that the Welsh heifer No. 793, exhi- 
bited in Class 80, won a prize at the 
last Smithfield Club Show, and was 
therefore ineligible under Rule 70 for 
competition. The exhibitor argued 
with the Steward of the judging ring 
that the rule mentioned referred 
to the Society’s prizes, but not to 
the prizes offered by the Chester 
Committee. The question as to 
whether the application of Regula- 
tion 70 should be more clearly 
defined, the Stewards referred to the 
Council. 
It was decided by the Council that 
the animal in question (No. 793) 
should be formally disqualified, and 
that, in order to obviate any question 
in future, Regulation 70 should be 
altered to read as follows : — “ No 
cattle, sheep, or pigs which have been 
exhibited as fat stock at any show 
are eligible to compete for the prizes 
offered at the Society’s Meetings.” 
The other matters were remitted to 
the Stock Prizes Committee for con- 
sideration. 
Votes of Thanks in Connection with 
the Chester Meeting. 
On the motion of the Hon. C. T. 
Pakker (Honorary Director), se- 
conded by Mr. J. Bowen- Jones 
(Senior Steward of Stock), it was 
unanimously resolved : — 
(1) That the best thanks of the 
Society are due and are hereby ten- 
dered to — 
(a) Parr's Banking Company, 
Limited (the local Bankers of the 
Society), the City Police, and the 
County Police, for the efficient assist- 
ance rendered by them during the 
Chester Meeting. 
(5) To the London and North- 
Western, the Great Western, and the 
Cheshire Lines Railway Companies, 
for the facilities afforded by them in 
connection with the Meeting. 
(c) To the St. John Ambulance 
Association for the ambulance ar- 
rangements in the Showyard. 
(d) To the National Telephone 
Company, Limited, for their efficient 
arrangements in the provision of 
telephonic communication in the 
Showyard and with the City of 
Chester. 
(e) To Messrs. Shand, Mason and 
Co , for the efficient arrangements 
made by them for the prevention of 
fire, and for the promptitude with 
which their officials dealt with an 
outbreak of fire on the Monday of the 
Meeting. 
(/) To Messrs. W. and F. Brown, 
of Foregate Street, Chester, for 
furnishing the Royal Pavilion. 
(g) To Messrs. Dicksons, Limited, 
of Chester, for providing the floral 
decorations in and around the pavi- 
lions in the Showyard. 
(2) That a letter be addressed to 
the Home Secretary, after the con- 
clusion of the Meeting, conveying the 
appreciation of the Council of the 
very efficient services rendered by the 
A Division of the Metropolitan Police 
at the Chester Meeting. 
Cambridge Meeting of 1894. 
A General Cambridge Committee 
was appointed, to consist of the whole 
Council, with nine representatives to 
be nominated by the Local Committee, 
the Committee to sit for the first time 
on Wednesday, July 26. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Parker (Hono- 
rary Director) submitted a prelimin- 
ary plan, prepared by the Surveyor, 
showing generally the proposed dis- 
