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John Price, who had fulfilled the requirements of the donors
by winning it three times. Messrs. Elkington & Co. have most liberally
given another cup of the same value. In 1876, for the first time since
its establishment in 1839, the Royal Agricultural Society held its
exhibition here, the ground allotted for its use being seventy acres at
the rear of Aston Hall, twenty-five acres being part of the Park itself.
That it was most successful may be gathered from the fact that over
265,000 persons visited the show, which lasted from July 19th to 24th.
_Poultry_ forms part of the Bingley Hall Exhibition, and numerically the
largest portion thereof, as per the table of entries, which is well
worth preserving also for showing when new classes of birds have been
first penned:

1876 1'77 1'78 1'79 1'80 1'81 1'82
Brahma Pootras 407 258 366 376 362 439 429
Dorkings ...... 167 178 220 209 194 238 277
Cochin ........ 331 415 412 433 421 431 412
Langshans ..... -- -- -- 49 66 49 47
Malay ......... 63 38 49 47 48 36 43
Creve Coeur ... 93 117 94 38 28 33 24
Houdans .


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