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The Warwick Meeting. 
characteristically horse-breeding locality of Doncaster, in 1891. 
The Cattle section was distinguished by the large entry of 
Shorthorns and Jerseys, and the exhibition of Sheep has 
established a claim to recollection on account of the grand and 
successful effoi’t of the breeders of Shropshires, the result being 
one of the best displays of the West Midland breed that has ever 
been brought together. 
A Retrospect. 
A comparison of the Warwick Meetings of 1859 and 1892 
brings to light many points of interest. The entries of stock 
are shown in the following statement : 
1892 
1859 
1892 
1859 
Horses . . . 
. . 449 
212 
Sheep . . 
. . 600 
697 
Cattle . . . 
. . 607 
411 
Pigs . . . 
. . 202 
236 
Whilst horses competed in nine sections this year, they were 
scarcely differentiated in 1859, on which occasion they were all 
dealt with by two sets of Judges. The prizes then went to 
animals variously described as “ Agricultural Stallion,” “ Suffolk 
Agricultural Stallion,” “ Suffolk Agricultural Mare,” “ Suflf^olk 
Agricultural Filly,” “ Clydesdale Agricultural Filly,” “ Dray 
Stallion,” “ Dray Mare,” “ Dray Filly,” “ Thoroughbred Stallion 
for getting Hunters,” “ Mare for breeding Hunters,” “Mare for 
breeding Hackneys.” 
In 1859, cattle were grouped as Shorthorns, Herefords, 
Devons, pure Longhorns, and “other established breeds.” 
Under the last named head, prizes were awarded inter alia to a 
Jersey bull, a polled Angus cow, and a Norfolk polled heifer. 
In a section for “ Cattle best adapted for Dairy purposes,” the 
prizes, a dozen in all, were awarded exclusively to “ Short- 
horned ” bulls, cows, and heifers. 
The only lareeds of sheep specifically classed in 1859 were 
Leicesters, Southdowns, and Shropshires. In a group described 
as “ Long-woolled (not Leicesters),” all the prizes were taken 
by Cotswolds. In another section, “ Short-woolled (not South- 
downs),” prizes went to West Country Downs, Oxford Downs, 
Shropshires, and Improved Hampshire Downs. 
Pigs were a heterogeneous assemblage thirty-three years ago, 
for we find in the prize list animals described as “ large breed 
boar,” “ large breed Berkshire boar,” “ large breed Improved 
Yorkshire boar,” “ large breed Carhead sow,” “ large breed Im- 
proved Chilton sow pigs,” “ small breed Windsor boar,” “ small 
breed Suffolk boar,” “ small breed Essex boar,” “ small breed 
Improved Essex sow,” “ small breed sow.” 
In the Produce Classes of 1859, prizes were awarded for 
