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The Smithfield Club Christmas Cattle Show - Arrival of prize cattle at the Bazaar, Baker-Street, 1844. 'The annual exhibition of prize cattle, extra stock, and agricultural implements, collected under the auspices of the Smithfield Club, was...for the fifth year, opened to the public at the Horse Bazaar, King-street, Portman-square [in London], and from an early hour in the morning up to a late hour in the evening, the vicinity of Baker-street and the surrounding locality was one continued scene of bustle and excitement, and it is computed that upwards of 10,000 persons visited the building'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.