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The Derby Show , 1900. 
the arduous duties of the office during a very important stage 
of the Society’s existence. Mr. Cornwallis, after thanking the 
meeting for their kind vote, appealed to the Members to 
assist in firmly establishing the Society by bringing about 
a larger membership. With their help he felt sure that the 
Society would receive the support he believed it so richly 
deserved. 
On Friday, the Local Classes were exhibited in the Show- 
yard for that day only, and the judging of the horses and 
cattle commenced at 9 a.m. On Saturday, a Band Contest, 
arranged by the Local Committee, was held in the centre of 
the Showyard, commencing at 2 p.m. ; and later a Military 
Tournament, also arranged by the Local Committee, was held 
in the large Horse Ring. 
During the week, musical selections were performed by 
the Band of the Coldstream Guards, under the direction of 
Lieutenant J. Mackenzie Rogan, Hon. R.A.M., and by the Band 
of the Derbyshire Yeomanry, conducted by Mr. Sydney T. 
Sadler. 
In great contrast to the exceptionally fine and hot weather 
experienced in 1881, the Derby Show of 1906 was marked by 
a succession of wet days. But despite these unfavourable 
conditions the large attendance of visitors was remarkable, as 
compared with the returns of the Society’s recent Shows. 
The statements on page 133 give (1) the number of visitors 
admitted by payment at different times of each day of the 1906 
Show, and (2) the total daily admissions of the last six Shows, 
and the Derby Meeting of 1881. 
Prize Sheet and Regulations. 
The Council did not feel justified in providing more than 
4,000/. for the prize sheet, but it was hoped that this sum 
would be supplemented by the various Breed Societies, in 
order that every established breed of live stock might, as far as 
possible, have classes and prizes allocated to it. The Council’s 
hopes in this direction were fully realised, as the prizes offered 
amounted to 6,888/., towards which 2,090/. were contributed by 
the Breed Societies, and 797/. by the Derby Local Committee. 
The following Breed Societies contributed Champion and 
other prizes : — 
Horses. — Hunters’ Improvement, Polo and Riding Pony, Cleveland Bay 
Horse, Yorkshire Coach Horse, Hackney Horse, Shetland Pony Stud Book, 
Shire Horse, Clydesdale Horse, and Suffolk Horse Societies. 
Cattle— Shorthorn Society, Lincolnshire Red Short-horn Association, Here- 
ford Herd Book, Devon Cattle Breeders’, Sussex Herd Book, Welsh Black 
Cattle, Red Polled, Polled Cattle Societies, English Aberdeen Angus Cattle 
Association, Galloway Cattle, English Guernsey Cattle, Longhorn Cattle, 
English Kerry and Dexter Cattle, English Jersey Cattle Societies, and Dairy 
Shorthorn (Coates’s Herd Book) Association. 
