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section cows were an excellent show. The three-year-old heifers 

 were a numerous and very superior section. The two-year-olds 

 were unusually numerous and of fair merit. 



In the sections for Fat Stock there were no animals except 

 the Highlanders calling for special notice, though as a whole the 

 class was very creditable. 



Horses. 



Of Horses for Agricultural Purposes the first in the section for 

 aged stallions was a genuine type of the Clydesdale, having good 

 feet and legs, free action, and was an easy winner. The second 

 was also a very meritorious animal ; indeed, all the horses placed 

 in this section were of great merit. In the three-year-old section 

 the first, although low in condition, was an exceedingly good horse, 

 having grand size and substance, uncommonly good feet, and 

 fine feathery legs, good action, and could not fail to be a valuable 

 sire. The second and third had also great merit, and the section 

 generally good. The two-year-old colts were not so equal, 

 although the prize-takers were of fair merit. The yearling colts 

 were a very good display, there being a great many very meri- 

 torious animals in the section. The first, a big, stylish colt, is 

 sure to be a winner again : the second, though not so big, was 

 symmetrical : the third, a big, strong-boned colt, is likely to 

 make a good sire. The horses gaining prizes were generally 

 good, and cannot fail to maintain the standard of the valuable 

 breed of Clydesdales. 



The turn-out of mares and fillies was fairly numerous in the 

 aged sections and very numerous in the younger, and the quality 

 all over was very good. The mares with foals at foot were com- 

 paratively few in number, but those forward were excellent 

 specimens of draught mares, the one placed at the top of the 

 prize-list being specially worthy of commendation. The contest 

 in the yeld mare section was close and keen, several of the best 

 possessing higli quality and great style. In the section of three- 

 year-old-fillit'S the two animals placed first were animals of im- 

 mense substance, but their quality was not quite so good. The 

 one to which tlie third ])rize was awarded appeared out of bloom, 

 especially in the state of her legs, and herunder-size, as compared 

 with the most of the others in the section, told against her. The 

 others placed were liighly creditable lillies. The two-year-old fillies 

 formed a fairly merituri(Mis section on the whole, the first prize 

 one, however, being decidedly the best. IJut the yearling fillies 

 were not only the most numerous but also the most meritorious 

 animals submitted to the inspection of the judges. A large pro- 

 portion of the animals entered made a cajntal appearance as they 

 were paraded in the ring, and they gave every promise of grow- 



