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The Newcastle Show, 1908. 
Implement Department. 
The report of the Judges on the Trials of Manure 
Distributors held in connection with the Show will be found 
on pp. 173 to 182, and the Report on the Miscellaneous Imple- 
ments on pp. 182 to 188. 
Description op Exhibits. 
The particulars given in the following pages are, for the most 
part, based upon the reports furnished by the Judges of the 
various classes. A complete list of the awards, with full 
information as to the exhibitors, breeders, pedigrees, &c., of the 
prize-winning animals, is included in the Appendix to this 
Volume, preceded by the names of the Stewards and Judges 
in the different departments (see pp. liii. to cxxx.). 
Illustrations having been given in the last Volume of all 
the champion animals at Lincoln — horses, cattle, sheep, and 
pigs — it has been thought well to revert to the system pre- 
viously in vogue of dealing with only one section each year. 
Accordingly, on the present occasion, only the champions in 
the horse classes appear. 
Horses. 
This section was a particularly strong one, the entries, 
numbering 664 (excluding double entries) being more numerous 
than at any Show since the York Meeting of 1900, when there 
was an entry of 696 horses. The Hunters, of which there 
were 101, were present in strongest force, and, as might well 
be expected at Newcastle, the Clydesdale classes were better 
filled than usual, the entries of this breed numbering 81. The 
Shires totalled 76, and the Hackneys 62. The entries in the 
Driving classes were 98, and in the Riding classes (Hunters, 
and Polo and Riding Ponies) 81, exclusive of entries under 
other headings. 
Hunters. — Classes 2, 4, 7, and 10 were considered by the 
Judges particularly good. The other classes were not so 
strong, but there were some beautiful animals in them. 
Mr. T. L. Bennett’s Sermon was an outstanding animal. The 
Hunter’s Improvement Society's Gold Medal (1) for the best 
filly in Classes 4, 5, and 6, was awarded to Lord Middleton’s 
Modwena (see Fig. 1), and (2) for the best mare in Classes 7 
and 8, to Mr. E. W. Robinson’s Golden Leaf 2896 (see Fig. 2). 
There were many entries of high class and of great value in 
the Riding classes (62 to 69), and great difficulty was experi- 
enced in adjudicating in certain classes where such a difference 
of weight, as between 12 and 14 stones, had to be considered. 
The Judges would have liked to have seen a little more quality 
in the majority of the exhibits entered to carry more than 
14 stones. 
