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Photograph of the grand parade at a Royal Show in the late 19th or early 20th century. It shows numerous horses and cattle being led around a track while spectators watch from the grandstands. The text beneath the image notes that this picture was taken on the day 94,000 spectators attended the show.

Photograph of a man riding a horse from Hulls Farm at an agricultural exhibition or horse show in the early 20th century.

Photograph of heavy horses being judged in a ring at the Buenos Aires Show in 1903.

Photographs of riders jumping horses at agricultural shows in the early 20th century. The top photograph shows, 'Mr. C. A. Brown's Old Sport clearing the gate gallantly at Henley and District Agricultural Show'; and the bottom photograph shows, 'Miss Ormond on Georgette at the water jump, Newbury and District Agricultural Show, which provided a full programme of good sport.'

Photograph from the Saturday, 11 September 1920 edition of the Daily Mirror, entitled 'How To Go Over the Top" showing 'John Coleman's grey gelding, "The Tetrarch", well over the top rail when taking a jump at the Royal and Central Bucks Agriculture Show, Aylesbury."

Plumb asks Ewart for a copy of a paper which he presented to the Royal Society in 1902 on a new species of horse. He mentions that he has used lantern slides in his own lectures showing some of Ewart's work on telegony and regrets not introducing himself to Ewart at the Royal Agricultural Show at York in 1900. He mentions his own work in the instruction in breeds, breeding, feeding and management of domestic animals at Ohio State University.

Photograph of the polo and riding pony stallion, "Mahmud" (296) standing in a paddock with stables in the background at an agricultural show in 1907. The stallion was owned by [John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl] the Marquis of Tullibardine, MVO, DSO, Dunkeld House, Dunkeld and won the Prince of Wales Gold Medal at the Show of the Highland and Agricultural Society.

Photograph of a parade of Draught horses in an enclosure at a Royal Show with a marquee in the background in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Photograph of prize Draught horses in the show ring at the Royal Agricultual Show in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1900.

Photograph of the Yorkshire Coaching mare, "Wath Belle" (338) that won first prize at the Royal Agricultural Society Show in Warwick in 1892 standing in a paddock with a man. The mare was owned by Thomas Carr of Kirksmeaton, Pontefract.