3-071-166 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Prince of Wales at York, 1883. 'The [annual] show of the Royal Agricultural Society at York was opened on Monday, under very favourable circumstances in respect to weather. There were 1619 entries of stock, of which 614 are of horses, 468 of cattle, 416 of sheep, and 193 of pigs - all which were in competition for over £1500 in prizes. Among the shire horses the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Egerton of Tatton, the Hon. E. K. W. Coke, Mr. W. E. Elsey, and Mr. James Forshaw were the leading prize-takers - Lord Ellesmere's Exchange being about as perfect a specimen of the breed, and with plenty of bone, as could well be imagined...the exhibition of implements and live stock is unrivalled, and the throng of visitors, owing in a measure to the presence of the Prince of Wales, far exceeds the utmost accommodation which the Yorkshire capital is able to provide'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.