XXX11 
Monthly Council, February 7 , 1894 
The following offers of champion 
prizes at the Cambridge Meeting had 
been received since the last meeting, 
and were recommended for accept- 
ance : — 
1. Four silver cups for the best boar or 
sow of the following breeds : Large White, 
Middle White, Small White, and Tamworth, 
from the National Pig-breeders’ Association. 
2. A prize of £10 for the best boar or sow 
in the Berkshire pig classes, from the British 
Berkshire Society. 
It had also been resolved that the 
following new regulation be inserted 
in the prize-sheet with regard to mares 
shown in Classes 32 and 48,“ not with 
foal at foot, but stinted in 1894 ” : — 
49 a. In the case of a mare entered in Class 32 
or Class 48 as having been “ foaled previous 
to 1891, not with foal at foot, but stinted in 
1894,” a certificate from the owner of the 
stallion which has served such mare, stating 
that the mare has been served in 1894 before 
June 10, must be sent either with the form 
of entry or, if it cannot be sent with the 
entry, before the first day of the Meeting. If 
such certificate be not received by the Secre- 
tary before the day appointed for the judg- 
ing, the mare will be disqualified from com- 
petition. 
Various letters and suggestions as 
to the composition of the prize-sheet 
had been read, and their considera- 
tion postponed until the prize-sheet 
for 1895 was under discussion. 
Judges Selection. 
Mr. San DAY (Chairman) reported 
that the Committee had selected a 
list of judges to be invited to act on 
the usual terms at the Cambridge 
Meeting in June next for the various 
classes of stock, poultry, produce, and 
implements (see p. xlii.). 
Implement. 
Mr. Frankish reported his election 
as Chairman of the year. The Com- 
mittee recommended that trials of 
haymakers, tedders, and kickers — by 
horse-power— be held in connection 
with the Society’s Meeting of 1895. 
A letter had been read from an 
intending competitor inquiring the 
definition of an oil-engine, and 
whether the evaporating apparatus 
must be an integral part of the en- 
gine, or whether it might be separate 
and at a distance from the engine. 
The Committee recommended that 
the inquirer be referred to Regula- 
tion 5 of the Implement Prize Sheet, 
and that he be informed that the use 
of Russoline oil implies a direct 
explosive engine ; but that if an 
apparatus can be designed with sepa- 
rate evaporator which would compete 
with others having direct explosion, 
and using Russoline oil, it would not 
be excluded from competition. 
General Cambridge. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote presented 
the recommendation of the Committee 
that the prices of admission to the 
showyard on the several days of the 
Meeting should be as follows : — 
Saturday, June 23rd, 2s. 6d. ; 
Monday, June 25th, 5s. ; 
Tuesday and Wednesday, 2s. 6d. 
each day ; 
Thursday and Friday, Is. each day. 
The Local Committee bad submitted 
a list of typical farms for inspection 
by the Society’s Commissioner, and 
the Committee recommended that a 
selection of the particular farms to 
be visited be left to the Local Com- 
mittee in concert with the Secre- 
tary. 
Showyard Works. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Parker re- 
ported the election of Sir Jacob Wil- 
son as Chairman of the year. The 
Surveyor had reported that since the 
last meeting of the Committee he 
had paid several visits to Cambridge 
in connection with the preparation 
of the showyard. A large portion of 
the site had had to be drained and 
levelled, and a number of trees re- 
moved. These works were now nearly 
completed, and were being carried 
out by the Local Committee in a 
satisfactory manner. The Surveyor 
had submitted plans showing the dis- 
tribution of the several refreshment 
pavilions in the Cambridge Show- 
yard, and also plans of the various 
erections, which had been considered 
and approved. The Committee had 
considered and approved the form of 
tender forthesupply of refreshments at 
the Cambridge Meeting. As there were 
some important changes in the ar- 
rangements of the sheds this year, 
the Committee recommended that a 
lithographed plan of the sheds be 
issued with the tender form, and 
that the tenders be made returnable 
