The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-07-21 00:00:00

ROYAL VISIT TO YORK.

The Prince of Wales arrived at York on Monday
afternoon. His Royal Highness alighted from the
Great Northern train about twenty-five minutes past
bye o'clock, and immediately entered the carriage of
Sir George Wombwell, which was drawn by a magni-
ficent pair of bays scarcely to be equalled among the
larriage horses of the show for well-matched beauty
of form and grand action, stepping together as they
did in perfect park style. After driving to the
club chambers, where the Prince occupies the
rooms of Sir James Meek, who was Lord Mayor
at the time of the last visit paid by his Royal High.
ness to York, the party visited the Blind School,
which is domiciled in the quaint old palace of the
Tudor and first Stuart Sovereigns. Thence the Prince
was taken to the Minster, where a short service was
held, the spacious choir being filled to overflowing
with a congregation admitted by tickets enly. On
returning to the club, which is beautifully decorated
with large palms and greenhouse plants' the Prince
was entertained at dinner by Sir George Wombwell.
After dinner the Prince and his friends attended the
soiree at the Fine Art Institution, which building was
adorned with rare plants and groups of magnificent
orchids, and was brilliantly illuminated with gas and
the electric light, as were the grounds on which the
Prince's pavilion, an apartment by the side of the
spacious hall, opened. The city was in high festival,
and the illuminations of the old gates and towers, the
Fine Art Institution, the Mansion House, the York-
shire Club, and other buildings were brilliant and
tasteful.

On Tuesday morning the Prince of Wales, accom-
panied by Sir George Wombwell and a small party of
gentlemen, drove to the show-yard, where a delay just
inside the gates was caused by a heavy shower, which
lasted about forty minutes. When the raiu bad ceased
his Royal Highness was condlnted to the ca tie stalls,
and spent some time in looking at a few of the prin-
cipal classes. The sheep were of especial interest to
his Royal Highness, from the fact that in the classes
for Southdowns he has for the first time succeeded in
attaining the premier position, winning no less than
two first prizes for very handsome and good rams
The dairy was also a source of attraction, his Royal
Highness witnessing the operations for over an hour,

On Tuesday afternoon the Prince of Wales was
present at the annual meeting of the Royal Agricul-
tural Society which was held in the show-yard, the
Duke of Richmond presiding.

The first business consisted of the secretary (Mr. H.
M. Jenkins) announcing the prize awards in the farm
competitions. In these 19 farms competed. In Cla s
L, for the best managed grazing ordinary !arm
over 150 acres in extent, with at least two-thirds
in permanent pasture, the first ptize Wa3 awarded
to Mr. Turnbull. of Hedon Hall, and the second to Mr.
H. Davis, of Holme House, Gargrave. Mr. H
liniden, of Skiptol was here commended. Class 11.
for the best farm of the same extent, but arable, with
less than twcnthitda permanent grass. For this Mr.
J. H. Hutchinson, of Othtterick, one of the hest.ictiown
breeders of pure-bred cattle and horses in the Uz,itt d
Kingdom, is first, and Mr. J. Watson, of Brough,
second. In Class 111., for email dairy es arable farm
under 150 acres, Mr. Beevers, of Ettrick, York, is
first, and Mr. Joseph Horner second.
Sir Brandreth Gibbs was unanimously elected presi-
dent for the ensuing year.
Afterwards the Princ,.. of Wales .went to the stand
at the horse flag, where be r mind a-rue time, while
the prize and courrnencled hcr6es of all classes were
oanoled before him. The clumsy gambols of the
rough unhandled colts accompanyro.g; ( )13 cieF.dale mares
created much amusement. but a sttil more interesting
!eattne was a Jersey heifer in harness drawing
a cart. The belle and bsauti:ul little creature, called
Lldy Muriel, and wearincr too orange &rho') of a
third prize, belongs to the Dowager ro•dy HawLe'
whose ,te ward, r .1. Donglas, d ve tO sturnal into
the Tiny. Here Rho was stopped and greatly adznized
by the Prince of Wales.
From the horse ring the Prince went first to in-
spect the sheen !dasi-es, then to the working dairy,
and, before quitting the ground, to the dominion of
Canada's important end intereiting display of plo-
duoe. Perhaps the most valuable specimens of natural
I treasures noticed by the Prince was a lump of coal

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