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position of the exhibits at the Cam- 
bridge Meeting. In doing so, he 
pointed out that the area available 
for the Showground at Cambridge 
could not by any possibility be ex- 
ceeded, and that as Midsummer Com- 
mon was smaller in size than the area 
which it had been found necessary to 
enclose for the purposes of the Chester 
Show, it was obvious that some fur- 
ther limitation of the entries would 
have to be made. As the Council 
could see for themselves, the Chester 
Showyard was very crowded ; in fact, 
it might be said that every available 
yard of space was utilised. That 
with no less than 67 acres of space, 
they could only just contrive room 
for the exhibits sent for competition 
was a very serious fact for the Society’s 
consideration, in view of the increas- 
ing difficulty which was experienced 
in finding suitable sites of sufficient 
area in the vicinity of large towns. 
Some further limitations of entries 
were apparently inevitable, and he 
should be much obliged if members 
of Council would kindly consider for 
themselves the best plan to be adopted 
to this end, with a view to assist the 
Council in coming to a decision on 
the subject. 
Sir Jacob Wilson thought that in 
framing the regulations for the Cam- 
bridge Meeting it was worth con- 
sideration whether the present rules 
with regard to herd-books and the 
eligibility of animals to compete 
should remain in their present form. 
The recent extension of the rule re- 
quiring eligibility for entry in a herd- 
book as a condition precedent to an 
animal being allowed to compete for 
the Society’s prizes had imposed an 
enormous increase of work on the 
Secretary’s department. It was 
necessary that the entries should be 
verified in each case, and this fell 
upon the Secretary as additional work. 
Quite recently, within the past year 
or two, the rule had been extended to 
pigs. It might, perhaps, assist the 
Secretary if the exhibitor were re- 
quired to furnish the certificate of 
registration, instead of the record of 
the entry having to be searched for 
at Hanover Square. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote considered 
it a great pity that they had gone 
beyond horses and cattle in requiring 
registration of pedigree in a herd- 
book, as no one could verify the regis- 
tration of either sheep or pigs. He 
thought it would be sufficient if the 
Society’s regulations as to eligibility 
of live stock for herd-books were 
confined to those breeds of animals 
that produced, as a rule, only one at 
a birth. 
Date of Next Meeting. 
Various other matters having been 
dealt with, the Council adjourned 
until Wednesday, July 26, at 12 
Hanover Square. 
