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The Cambridge Meeting, 1894 . 
appeared at this Meeting for the first time as an exhibitor at the 
Society’s Shows, and obtained several awards in the Red Polled 
cattle classes. 
As Cambridge is not the centre of a thickly populated 
district, a large attendance of paying visitors could hardly be 
looked for. The result, however, far exceeded anticipations, 
and the total number of close upon 112,000 people who passed 
the turnstiles must be regarded as exceedingly satisfactory. 
The remarkable attendance of 63,981 people on Thursday, the 
first of the one shilling days, has only been twice exceeded 
during the last decade. Nearly 200 excursion trains emptied 
themselves into the town of Cambridge on that day. Though 
this large influx of visitors must be primarily attributed to tbe 
beautiful weather, due acknowledgment should be made of the 
successful efforts of the town authorities in providing on 
Wednesday and Thursday evenings magnificent displays of fire- 
works. These, given in College grounds, the beautiful surround- 
ings of which enhanced the brilliancy of the spectacle, were 
greatly enjoyed by large crowds of spectators. 
Number of Paying Visitors at the last Ten Country Meetings (1885-1894). 
Day of Show 
Cam- 
bridge, 
1894 
Ches- 
ter, 
1893 
War- 
wick, 
1892 
Don- 
caster, 
1891 
Ply- 
mouth, 
1890 
Wind- 
sor, 
1889 
Notting- 
ham, 
1888 
New- 
castle, 
1887 
Nor- 
wich, 
1886 
Preston, 
1885 
Implement day(2.s‘.6if.) 
1st day (Mon. 5s.) . . 
2nd day (Tues. 2s. 6<l) 
3rd day (AVed. 2s. 6(/.) 
4th day (Tlmrs. Is.) . 
5th day (Fri. Is.) . . 
260 
1,873 
13.152 
17,890 
63,981 
14,496 
299 
2,397 
20,959 
19,034 
59,555 
13,664 
266 
3,570 
16,598 
15,779 
36,448 
23,801 
344 
2,681 
12,331 
18,530 
57,580 
20,034 
194 
1,234 
10,008 
39,308 1 
32,371 
14,026 
493 
6,223 
18,809 
24,690 
32,965 
44,493 
1,826 
1,671 
11.103 
9,057 
88,832 
35,438 
1,209 
1,097 
11,331 
12,020 
77,410 
24,305 
148 
625 
8,074 
10,894 
42,774 
42,394 
394 
3,557 
21,713 
19,318 
34,302 
14,908 
Total . 
111,658 
115,908 
96,462 
111,500 
97,141 
155,707 2 
147,927 
127,372 
104,909 
94,192 
1 Wednesday was a one shilling day at Plymouth. = Including 28,034 on the sixth day (Sat. Is.). 
The Society and the University. 
No record of the Cambridge Meeting would be complete 
without an appreciative reference to the cordial and fraternal 
spirit with which the Royal Agricultural Society was welcomed 
by the ancient and illustrious University of Cambridge. Several 
of the Colleges threw open their doors with that generous 
hospitality which, from medimval times, is one of their most 
treasured heritages. The happy coincidence that the President 
of the Society was also the Chancellor of the University furnished 
the strongest possible link between the renowned seat of 
learning and the national society whose migrations, after the 
