The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12 00:00:00

THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT
KILBURN.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT.

The Queen visited the Royal Agricultural Show last Satur-
day morning, arriving with the Princess Beatrice and Prince
Leopold about half•past ten o'clock. Between the station
and the Show-yard there were thousands of spectators, who
loudly cheered the Royal party; and within the Showyard
there was a much larger assemblage than on any previous
morning. The cattle were brought from their lairs, aiid
solemnly conducted in Indian-file procession, first past the
back and then past the front of the Royal carriage, thus
making the entire circuit of the ring. The prize-winning
cattle had their ample cheeks adorned with the variously
coloured ribbons of the classes in which they had won dis-
tinction, and wore their gold and silver medals with grave
dignity. Otherwise their demeanour was as serious as that
of horned cattle should be; and their attendant drovers
looked as serious as they.—We take the following description
of.the "march past" from Monday's Standard :
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"The procession plumed at once to the centre of the
ring, whore the Queen sat in her carriage while the
prize winners defiled before her. Although several
heavy showers fell, the hood was not once raised, and
thus spectators on all sides were enabled to get an un-
interrupted view of the occupants, while successful
exhibitors doubtless felt a thrill of pardonable pride
as they noted the deep interest so evidently taken
mall the prize animals. First came the shorthorns,
proudly conscious of their comeliness, and bearing
themselves with stately grandeur. Her Majesty
had the Champion stopped for closer inspection, and
worthy of admiration, indeed, looked Mr. Hutchin-
son's heifer, and that grand descendant of a long line
of winners, Telemachus IX. Next to pass slowly with
ponderous strides and toiling deep through the clay
were the rent-paying Herefords, the dark red Sussex,
and the dainty-limbed Devons. In this breed her
Majesty has ever taken an especial interest, and she
looked long at the two champion winners, which have
earned such high distinction for Mr. Walter Farthing,
whose stock were the first founders of the Windsor
herd. The longhorns, with sullen countenance and
unwieldy gait, came next, to form a break between the
Devons and the equally shapely Jerseys, which in their
turn were stopped while her Majesty scanned with
appreciative eyes the symmetrical forms of the cup
winners. The Ayrshire milk givers, the bulky-polled
Angus, and the diminutive little cattle of Kerry passed
more quickly, though the first prize-winner had to
be broueht back and formally presented after going
some distance beyond the carriage. Then came the
few foreign animals that have been entered for the
many prizes offered by the Mansion House Committee,
by which it was hopel that many competitors would
be attracted from France and other countries. Many
of the classes allotted to those animals are, however,
devoid of entries, and the few sent over are scarcely
fair representatives of their various breeds. . . .
Last of all to pass the Royal carriage was that famous
cross between a shorthorn and the wild white cattle of
Chilli° gham —Lord Tankerville's Adam.'
"Then came the horses, the huge Clydesdales de-
corated with gay-coloured ribbons, as they might have
been sent out in the days when Rome was glorious,
adorned by some "young Herminia," to bear an
honoured warrior in the fight. Next the lighter-
limbed Suffolks, and the lordly thoroughbreds, walk-
ing with long swinging stride, curvetting and displaying
their symmetrical proportion proudly as became animals
of high lineage and noble bearing. Mr. Clare Vyuer's
Due de Beaufort, winner of the £lOO prize, was especi-
ally admired, and his presentation to the Queen was a
matter of much ceremony, for he would insist on first
showing that he could back like a true courtier. The
hackneys and ponies having passed the saluting point,
returned and went by again, this time at the trot.
Then much diversion was created by the strange
appearance and eccentric behaviour of mules
And asses? and, lastly, the French horses were paraded,
some of them led by grooms in jackets of bright scarlet
satin. To these classes the Queen paid marked atten-
tion, and showed much interest as they passed by her
at different paces. Mr. Jacob Wilson, Mr. H. M.
Jenkins, and the many members of the Council pre-
sent had the honour of being presented, and the pro-
cession moved from the ring amid loud bursts of cheer-
ing and many expressions of loyalty and affection from
the assembled countrymen. It had been intended
that a visit should be paid to the International Dairy,
but the road thither was found to be impassable, and
having declared that she was not only pleased but
delighted with the display she had just witnesed, her
Majesty left the. ground attended by the Prince of
Wales on horseback, and driving again to the Queen's-
park Station, returned to Windsor as she had come by
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