The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-16 00:00:00

LATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY AND
SOUTHERN COUNTIES, ASSOCIATION.

The list of prizes offered by the above society at their
meeting at Wort:eater next year has just been Would. The
main features are similar to those of the Exeter list,
though with the addition of some specially local classes
I', the Worcestershire Agricultural Society. Deena,
Herefords, Sussex, and Channel Islands have the same
amount allotted to them as at Exeter; but two chines are
added by the Worcestershire Society to last year's list of
Shorthorn premiums, via, one for • bull above two year,
and another for • bull under two years. They also offer
prises for • pair of cows of any breed for dairy purposes.
In the hone department more changes have been made,
all, however, in the shape of additions. Notwithstanding
tin pries, of 4.30 and £1.5 for a cart stallion over two
years, arid of LiZ and ,ClO for a two-year-old, offered, MI
Unta• by the society, a loni clan has been added for a
stallin for agricultural purposes that has been travail-
ins regularly in the county of Worcester during the
season of IMO Thera is also a claw with similar condi-
tions for • thoroughbred stallion, in addition to the prim
of £5O and ISO given by the society for unrestricted com-
petition. Special local class's are also added for an agri-
cultural brood ware; for a three-year-old gelding or mars
and for • two-year-old gelding or mare. In addition to
the clams for • thoroughbred stallion, the Worcestershire
Society also offerAve,other claims for hunters aa follows:
—Hare or gelding, four years old and upwards, which has
bean regularly hunted with one of the established packs
of fax-hounda in the county of Warranter, up told stone,
£l5 sa.4L7; ditto, up to 19 stops, £l5 and .C 7 brood
mare for producing hunter+, £lO and £5; three-year-old
gelding or filly by • thoroughbred horse, LIO and .C 5 two.
year old ditto, CIO and Lb
All the prises given by or through the Woroestarshire
Agricultural Society, with lb. exception of those is lb.:
two ClllBBOll for stallions, are rsitricted to animals which
are the property of" tenant-fanners resideat in the own!
of Worcester occupying not lan than 50 ecru of Ise
who pay • bons-fide rent for not less than three-fourths
the land In their occupation, or landowners resident in the
county farming not lees than 50 ecru of land, whore pro-
perty in agricultural land does not exceed MO acres, and
whose sole business is farming." The total amount offered
In local prises is .0161, which Is contributed to by the
following gentlemen :—The Earl Itesuoharep, the Earl of
Ooventry, the Earl of Dudley, Messrs H. Albion. M.F.,
T. IC Walker, M.P.. C. H. &neck. F. Ames, Airs . H.
F. Vernon, I'. Holland, the balance being made up by the
Worcestershire Agricultural Society.
The prises offend for sheep and Pin at Worcester
remain the same as thins at the Exeter meeting.
The principal alterations in the live stock regulations
are occasioned by the change in the day of opening the
show. For the first Urns the exhibition next year will
open on • Wednesday (June Ind), and close on • Monday
(June 7th). Stock will be received into the yard on Mou-
thy and Tuesday, th• 31st of May and Ist of Jun, and
probably in the case of most exhibitors the change will he
acceptable, necessitating a shorter absence from horns
than under the old arrangement.
The prises for poultry are of the non amount as at
Exeter, though considerable alterations have been made
In the arrangement of the classes; and by doing away
with one or two which were considered unnecesesry,
additions have been made for tits encouragement of new
and popular breeds.

THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.
Tha fog which set to at an early hour and which pre-
vailed more or ler throughout ths whole day on Thursday
had no doubt a swims effect as far as the amber of
visitors were concerned, as they were by no means meal
both. number present on UN day of last
year. The Duke and Dunham 0,11=4{ stated the
show in tbe morning The time appointed was ten o'clock
lace after which the &Tel patty arrived. They were
=Vdby the Rama and Brocases Kensegg. with
osbesse in warned upon the Duchess, and
Colossi equerry to the Duke of Zdisburgb
were received by Colonel
trilli.ientrenapresidsat. and Sir & T. Braedreth—=be:
hon. mereury of the Smithfield Club. and ILL It. Leeds.
chairmen of the Agricultural Hall Company. The Royal
visitor, ware conducted through the show, Lad Use Tarbes
prise animals were pointed out to them. Attar staying to
the building for more than hoar. the Royal parte left. the
Doke haring expremed to Colossi IC iNsewto and the other
metlemen.l on behalf of himself and the Duchene, the
grandma= they had srpsrleaued in the rink It was
nearly half-past 11 before the Royal party quitted Ull• ShOW,
and tha fog, haring somewhat cleared, considerable crowds
awaited outside. and as the Duke and Dachau d
gays tbs.. hews, cam The Thareday of the =ids
nasally looked upon.. lb* Weber's day, sad daring the
inoroiag there mu • ainelderable muster of members of
that fraternity from the Leaden Keit Market and various
parts of the sietropolis ; bat trade to the Wen was not
=abrisk Moreover, meet of the priaalPel Mine
s eingsdr cheated hen& Mr. Strattee prim
heifer still rersaine on head, although the plecerd mow
User ta over it asasaselag a kiwis* sad the
may therefore Is that the prise elesnanded for
It is ooMbttul7ltta morals likely to Sad a par. ,
dam