The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-18 00:00:00

THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW
OF 1862.

On Saturday preparations were commenced at the
Baker-street Bazaar, to finish up the term of c-n-
-gagement with the Smithfield Club in a manner
worthy of the establishment, and more than ordi-
nary attention will be paid to the comfort of visi-
tors to the ensuing show, so that ladies will be en-
abled to witness the last of the West-end exhibitions
of fatted cattle with perfect facility.
Amongst the novelties, although it is understood
that they will not be entered es competitors for
prizes, various breeds of cattle from the Florence
Exhibition of stupendous size and marvellous sym-
metry will, it is anticipated, be exhibited, and form
a marked contrast to several specimens of the dimi-
nutive Brittany cows, some breeds of which at-
tracted so much attention, especially of the fair sex,
last year, and which are amongst this year's
entries.
The show itself will have several additional
classes, in accordance with resolutions adopted at
the last annual general meeting of the Smithfield
Club, and the money prizes have been increased to
an extraordinary extent, compared with former
years, amounting in the cattle classes to £935, in
the sheep classes to £3OO, and in the pig classes to
£BB, or a gross of money prizes amounting to
£1,400. The Devon breed of cattle will occupy
four classes, for which money prizes to the amount
of £l7O have been awarded. Hereford breed (four
classes), prizes £170; Sussex breed (two classes),
money prizes £80; Norfolk or Suffolk polled
breed (two classes), prizes £3O; long-horned
breed (two classes), prizes £3O ; Scotch horned
breed (two classes), prizes £45 ; Scotch
polled breed (two classes), prizes £45 ; Irish
breed (two classes), prizes £3O; Welch breed
(two classes) prizes £35 ; and to the cross or mixed
breeds of cattle, for which there are to be three
classes, money prizes amounting to £75, making
for the cattle an aggregate of 29 classes. The sheep
have 13 classes appropriated to them, viz., long-
woolled breeds (three classes), with money prizes
amounting to £llO. The new class of Kentish or
Romney Marsh breed (one class), with prizes of £l5.
The short-woolled breed have also four classes, with
prizes amounting to £135. The Shropshire breed
(introduced last year), two classes, prizes £4O ; and
another new class, " the mountain breed" (one class),
prizes £3O; whilst the cross breeds have two classes,
with prizes of £5O. The pig classes are four in
number, for pigs not exceeding four months old,
above four and not exceeding eight months, above
eight and not exceeding twelve months, and above
twelve and under eighteen months old. The show
will, therefore, consist of forty-six classes, and in
addition to the money prizes already specified, there
will be six gold medals awarded for the best steer
or ox, the best heifer or cow, for the best pen of
long woolled, the best pen of short-woolled sheep,
as also to the exhibitor of the best pen of pigs in
any of the classes. Besides these a silver medal will
be awarded to the breeder of the prize animal in,
every class, which, with the extra stock and the
medal to the butcher who is the largest purchaser,
makes a total of fifty-eight silver medals. The
stewards for the ensuing show are, for cattle, long.
woolled sheep, and pigs ;—Mr. Henry Smith, Mr.
Charles Stokes, and Mr. Samuel Anstey ; and for
short-woolled and cross-bred sheep :—Mr. John
Ford, jun., Mr. T. B. Northeast, and Mr. H.
Thurnall.

In the implement department there are many
improvements to be submitted, and from the num-
ber of entries already received, and the character
of the intended exhibitors, the last cattle show at
the Baker-street bazaar bids fair to be quite equal,
if not superior, to any of its predecessors.