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THE WARWICK MEETING, 1892. 
A GENERATION has passed away since, in the year 1859, the 
Royal Agricultural Society held its previous Meeting in the 
county town of Warwickshire. The only other occasion on 
which the Society has paid a visit to the county which claims 
to occupy the “ heart of England,” was at Birmingham in 1876. 
The annual exhibition of the Society has, therefore, now been 
held three times in Warwickshire. Some details of these three 
Meetings are collected in the subjoined statement : — 
Year 
Place of Meeting 
President 
Stock ex- 
hibited 
Number 
of imple- 
ments 
exhibited 
Number of 
persons ad- 
mitted 
1869 
Warwick 
Duke of Marlborough 
1,169 
4,618 
66,677 
1876 
Birmingham 
Lord Chesham 
1,499 
6,414 
163,413 
1892 
Warwick 
Earl of Feversham 
1,858 
6,430 
96,462 
The Show-Ground, 
It is doubtful if the Country Meeting has ever been held 
amidst more picturesque and charming surroundings than, thanks 
to the kindness of the Earl of Warwick, were provided in Warwick 
Castle Park. The former Meeting, three- and-thirty years ago, 
was held on the racecourse. The Showyard then occupied 
an area of 30 acres, whereas on this occasion 90 acres were en- 
closed. The approach to the ground from the town of Warwick 
was along the Banbury Road, which, with its beautiful hedge- 
rows and stately trees, is in itself a delightful promenade in the 
leafy month of June. Half-way between the town and the Show- 
ground this road crosses the river — Shakespeare’s Avon — by 
Castle Bridge, the view from which of W arwick Castle extracted 
spontaneous tributes of admiration from thousands of visitors 
during the week. The entrance gates of the Showyard opened 
into a large expanse of green-sward, where a number of fine 
trees afforded grateful shade. Facing the visitor as he stood 
within the entrance were seven broad avenues, which, passing 
amongst the exhibits of implements and machinery, terminated 
in a broad transverse avenue. Beyond this, as is seen from the 
plan on page 481, was the shedding for live stock. From the 
middle of the Horse Ring, situated at one side of the ground, a 
magnificent view along the transverse avenue was afe»rded of 
the Castle, the grey summits of which rose up grandly above 
