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if they were not to give a good prize 
sheet. All the Breed Societies had 
met them in the most handsome 
way, and if they desired to retain 
the support of those Societies, they 
must give proper prizes. With regard 
to entry fees, Mr. Stratton had 
missed the point. ■ Under the present 
arrangement, if a man entered one 
horse he had to pay a sovereign for 
the entry fee, and, in addition, the 
charge of 21. for a box, or 1 1. 10s. for 
a stall ; but should the animal be 
entered in more than one class he 
only paid the charge for the box or 
stall once. An exhibitor who entered 
a small pony in one class only had to 
pay 21. 10s., and this deterred many 
owners from entering. Under the 
new arrangement the inclusive charge 
of 11. 10s. for each entry would be 
found to come to nearly the same 
amount as formerly, if a horse were 
entered in two or more classes. The 
breeding section of the horse classes 
would be considerably relieved by the 
adoption of the proposed revision of 
entry fees. 
Mr. Harrison could not agree 
with the remarks made by Mr. Parker, 
Mr. Stratton, and Mr. Palmer. He 
was as great an economist as any of 
these gentlemen, but he thought the 
request of the Stock Prizes Committee 
was entirely in the right direction. 
To increase the prizes and increase 
the interest taken would certainly 
add to the success of the Show. The 
gentlemen who were opposing this 
increase in the prize sheet should look 
at the question from the point of view 
of the success of the Show, both as a 
national institution and a financial 
success. He would like to point out 
that for the Lincoln Show they were 
going to make economies in the erection 
of the Showyard, and what the Society 
had to look at was what the ultimate 
financial result at Lincoln would be. 
His own opinion was that they would 
make a profit at Lincoln. They had 
made a profit at Derby of over 
2,000k, and that was not taking into 
account the 2,000 1. credited from the 
Society’s ordinary funds to the Show 
account. He thought that with every 
regard to the Finance Committee’s 
recommendation, the request of the 
Stock Prizes Committee should have 
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some weight with the Members of the 
Council, and he would most strongly 
support their application. 
After some further discussion, it 
was, on a show of hands, decided by 
twenty-three votes to twenty-one to 
limit the amount to be offered by the 
Society for prizes in 1907 to 4,000k 
The report of the Stock Prizes 
Committee, with this amendment, 
was then adopted. 
Selection. 
Mr. Adeane reported that to fill the 
vacancy caused by the retirement of 
Sir Nigel Kingscote, the Committee 
recommended the election of Mr. Corn- 
wallis as a Trustee. 
On the motion of Mr. Adeane, the 
Council unanimously elected Mr. Corn- 
wallis a Trustee of the Society. 
Mr. Cornwallis said he could not 
proceed without acknowledging the 
high compliment the Council had paid 
him. If he had rendered any services 
to the Society he had been more than 
repaid by the kindness and indulgence 
he had received from every Member 
of the Council, and their latest compli- 
ment was far in excess of anything he 
deserved. 
Farm Prize Competitions. 
Sir Gilbert Greenall reported 
that the following prizes, amounting 
to 150k, had been offered by the 
members of the Belvoir, Brocklesby, 
Burton, Blankney, and South Wold 
Hunts, for farms hunted over by these 
packs : — 
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 
£ £ £ £ 
Class I. For farms ex- 
ceeding 300 acres . 40 25 10 — 
Class II. For farms not 
exceeding 300 acres . 30 20 15 10 
( Entries to dose on January 1, 1907.) 
A further sum of 150k had been 
offered as prizes for farms in Lincoln- 
shire, and it was necessary that these 
matters should be dealt with immedi- 
ately. If the Council would agree to 
accept these prizes, he would move 
that a Committee be formed to make 
the necessary arrangements. 
Mr. Crutchley said that before 
the question was put he would like 
to point out that, so far as he could 
remember, the judging of Farm Prize 
Competitions was a very expensive 
matter, and he presumed that the 
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