xlii 
Monthly Council , February 1, 1905. 
Stock Prizes. 
Mr. Wheeler reported the Com- 
mittee’s recommendation that Regu- 
lation 31 of the prize sheet of 1904 be 
rescinded, and that the regulation 
previously in force be placed in the 
prize sheet for this year. The regu- 
lation was as follows : — 
No third prize will be given in any 
class unless at least sis entries be ex- 
hibited, and no second prize will be 
given unless at least three entries be 
exhibited, except in the case of sufficient 
merit and on the recommendation of 
the Judge, with the approval of the 
Steward of the Department, at the time 
of judging the class. 
With regard to the resolution as to 
the date for reckoning the age of 
Aberdeen Angus cattle, proposed by 
Mr. Stratton and adopted by the 
Committee at their last meeting, the 
Committee now recommended that no 
alteration be made in the dates of 
reckoning the age of this breed in the 
prize sheet for this year. 
Mr. Stratton said he desired to 
make a brief explanation with regard 
to the resolution standing in his name 
upon the agenda paper respecting 
Aberdeen Angus cattle. The matter 
had been fully discussed at the Stock 
Prizes Committee, and there seemed 
to be a strong feeling that now that 
the Society was in a transition state 
the matter should stand over until 
the new Council had been appointed. 
In view, therefore, of this expression 
of the Committee’s opinion, he had 
deferred to their wishes, and had 
agreed not to bring forward his reso- 
lution at the present time. 
Committee of Selection. 
Sir John Thorold (Chairman) 
brought up recommendations from 
this Committee as to the appoint- 
ment of a new Honorary Director, 
and of the Stewards for the Show of 
1905. He said that the Committee 
had received with much regret an 
intimation from Mr. Crutchley that 
he did not desire re-election as 
Honorary Director of the Show. The 
cordial thanks of the Council and of 
the Society at large were due to Mr. 
Crutchley for the services he had 
rendered in connection with the Shows 
during the last six years ; and the 
Committee recommended that Mr. 
Crutchley be asked to accept a Life 
Governorship of the Society. Sir 
John Thorold added that in the first 
instance Mr. Crutchley had been 
appointed to the office of Honorary 
Director for three years, but at the 
expiration of the first three years the 
Council had succeeded in persuading 
him to continue in the office. Mr. 
Crutchley felt that the time had now 
arrived when he might reasonably ask 
to be relieved from it, and he had 
therefore intimated that he did not seek 
re-election. He moved that a cordial 
vote of thanks be given to Mr. 
Crutchley for the valuable services 
which he had rendered to the Society, 
and that he be asked to accept a Life 
Governorship. 
H.R.H. Prince Christian said he 
had very great pleasure in seconding 
this motion. 
The motion having been formally 
put to the meeting by the President, 
and carried by acclamation, 
Mr. Crutchley expressed his best 
thanks to the Council for the great 
honour they had done him. If any- 
thing could have rewarded him for 
any small exertions that he had made 
on behalf of the Society, the kind 
words of Sir John Thorold and their 
reception by the Council were 
sufficient, and he was sure that his 
work needed no further reward. He 
had undertaken the work of the 
Honorary Director with considerable 
misgivings, as he felt how little 
qualified he was to fill the office. But 
he had done so with the full belief 
that he would receive the hearty 
support of the Council, and his 
expectations had not in any degree 
been falsified. He would like to take 
that opportunity of thanking the 
Council for the help they had given 
him, and especially those Members 
of Council with whom he had been 
more closely associated in their offices 
as Stewards of the Show. The office 
of Honorary Director had not been so 
onerous in his time as during the period 
when his predecessors held the post, 
owing to the appointment of an 
Assistant Director by the Council. 
Had he been living in normal times 
his (Mr. Crutchley’s) duties would 
have been comparatively light, but, 
as they knew, the duties of the 
