Docking of Foals’ Tails. 
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from the Cambridgeshire and Isle of 
Ely Agricultural Society, stating that 
a general meeting, convened by the 
Mayor of Cambridge, would be held 
on Saturday, the 26th June, to con- 
sider the matter; and (3) from the 
Town Clerk of St. Albans, formally 
inviting the Society to hold the Show 
of 1894 in that city. The thanks of 
the Council were ordered to be sent 
for these communications, which 
were reserved for further considera- 
tion after the autumn recess. 
Votes of Thanks in connection with 
the Warwick Meeting. 
On the motion of Sir Jacob 
Wilson (Honorary Director), se- 
conded by Mr. C. S. Mainwaking 
(Senior Steward of Stock), it was 
unanimously resolved : — 
(1) That the best thanks of the 
Society are due and are hereby 
tendered to — ■ 
(a) Lloyd’s Bank, Limited (the 
Local Bankers of the Society) and 
the County Police, for the effi- 
cient assistance rendered by them 
during the Warwick Meeting. 
(b) To the Great Western and 
London and North Western Bail- 
way Companies, for the facilities 
afforded by them in connection 
with the Meeting. 
(o') To the St. John’s Ambulance 
Association, for the ambulance ar- 
rangements in the Showyard. 
(d) To the National Telephone 
Company, Limited, for their efficient 
arrangements in connecting the 
Showyard with the Company’s sys- 
tem throughout the country, and 
for providing telephonic communi- 
cation between the Society’s offices 
within the Showyard. 
(«) To Messrs. Plucknett and Co., 
for furnishing the Eoyal Pavilion. 
(/) To Messrs. Merryweather 
and Sons, for the arrangements 
made for the prevention of fire, and 
for the loan of fire appliances in 
the Showyard. 
(2) That a letter be addressed to 
the Home Secretary after the con- 
clusion of the Meeting, conveying 
the appreciation of the Council of 
the very efficient services rendered 
by the A Division of the Metropoli- 
tan Police at the Warwick Meeting. 
Suggestions made at General 
Meeting. 
The suggestions made at the gene- 
ral meeting, held in the Showyard on 
the previous day, by Mr. Saltmarshe 
as to reduction of the Society’s ana- 
lytical fees for feeding-stufis, and by 
Mr. Fawcett as to the extension of 
the chemical privileges to merchants 
and traders as well as to farmers, 
were referred to the Chemical Com- 
mittee for consideration and report. 
Preparation of Poultry for Market. 
Mr. Pell, in drawing attention to 
this subject, said it wa's a very impor- 
tant thing that poultry should be pre- 
pared on the farm in a way fit to go 
into a gentleman’s house, without the 
intervention of the poulterer in Lon- 
don. He therefore gave notice of a 
motion : — “ That the Council should 
consider the question of trussing and 
preparing dead poultry for market, 
with the view of prizes being awarded 
for proficiency at the Chester Meet- 
ing.” 
After a short discussion it was de- 
cided that the question should be re- 
ferred to the Stock Prizes Committee. 
Docking of Foals’ Tails. 
The Duke of Westminsteb gave 
notice of the following motion 
“ That in future no foals with docked 
tails should be entered for the 
Society’s Country Meetings.” He 
said it was rather cruel to dock the 
tails of young foals which spent a 
couple of years at grass, as they had 
no means of keeping oS flies. 
Mr. Garrett 'Taylor said there 
was now considerable difficulty in 
their being allowed to do anything in 
the way of marking or docking horses. 
Even marking sheep was considered 
to be a cruelty. If foals or horses 
were to be docked at all, there was 
less cruelty in doing so whilst they 
were young, and they were then also 
less likely to be taken notice of. 
Those breeds which were valuable 
generally found some shelter. 
Mr. Muntz, M.P., said if animals 
were docked at all, it should be done 
whilst they were foals. 
The Earl of Coventry said it was 
very cruel to dock foals. For two or 
three summers they were at grass, 
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