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wholly inadequate for the admission of the vast numbers of 
people who were struggling to get into the Yard. Mr. 
Richardson Carr (Steward of Finance) pressed into service all 
the officials that could be found, stationing them at the various 
ticket entrances and doors, with bags to take the shillings from 
those who came through. During the day 98,489 persons were 
admitted by payment into the Showyard, this being the largest 
daily attendance on record. The previous largest one day 
attendance was at Nottingham, in 1888, when 88,832 persons 
were admitted into the Showyard on a shilling day. The 
total of 213,867 for the whole Show falls short of the aggre- 
gate for the Manchester Meeting held in the Diamond Jubilee 
year, 1897. On that occasion a total of 217,980 persons paid 
for admission to the Show, which, however, was open for six 
days, as against five at Newcastle. 
Prize Sheet and Entries. 
The total value of the prizes offered (inclusive of Champion 
Prizes, Special Prizes, and Medals) was 10,560/., a sum which 
has only twice been exceeded, namely, at the International 
Shows held by the Society at Kilburn in 1879 and at Windsor 
in 1889, and which is nearly 2,000/. more than was offered 
at the Lincoln Show of 1907. Of the total amount, a sum of 
2,176/. was contributed by the various Stud, Herd, and Flock- 
Book Societies, 2,002/. by the Newcastle Local Committee, 300/. 
by the Northumberland and Durham Agricultural Societies, 
and 281/. — for local classes — by the Northumberland Agri- 
cultural Society. 
The following is a statement of the entries for the 1908 
Show as compared with the Shows of the seven preceding years 
and the three previous Newcastle Shows : — 
Live Stock , Poultry , and Produce. 
New- 
castle, 
1008 
Lincoln, 
1007 
Derby, 
1008 
Park 
Royal, 
1005 
Park 
Royal, 
1904 
Park 
Royal, 
1903 
Carlisle, 
1902 
Cardiff, 
1901 
New- 
castle, 
1887 
New- 
castle, 
1864 
New- 
castle, 
1846 
Horses . 
l 664 
>506 
*563 
a 372 
a 365 
422 
521 
'355 
493 
164 
60 
Cattle . 
'948 
1 1,030 
>926 
898 
867 
944 
667 
553 
628 
381 
192 
Sheep . 
*695 
*672 
*564 
591 
525 
520 
545 
519 
509 
418 
268 
Pigs 
312 
368 
266 
252 
227 
222 
178 
148 
195 
136 
93 
Total. . 
2,619 
2,576 
2,319 
2,113 
1,984 
2,108 
1,911 
1,575 
1,825 
1,099 
613 
Poultry 
768 
826 
811 
871 
603 
763 
653 
701 
404 
- 
- 
Produce 
416 
572 
525 
493 
544 
609 
461 
521 
347 
- 
- 
1 Exclusive of Double Entries. 
‘ Exclusive of Draught Horses and the Harness Classes. 
