THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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I'or the yearling heifers it was fully expected that 

 Soldier's Bride might have followed up her Durham 

 County success, but she was declared to be beaten by 

 Sir Charles Tempest's Harmless, winner of the calf- 

 cliiss last year. In addition to her general good points 

 Harmless had nearly five months' advantage over the 

 white, and, moreover, in point of size, she is far beyond 

 the average of the Harbingers. Still, with two firsts 

 and two such seconds, " Cuddy's" cup of happiness was 

 filled to overflowing. Mr. Bulmer's Princess Alice, 

 which had been second to Soldier's Brido the week 

 before, claimed notice from her good hair and generally 

 level make. The heifer-calf decision, as at Canterbury, 

 was generally considered to be a mistake. In fact, those 

 at the side of the ring would hardly believe it. Joyful 

 first and Colonel Towneley's second seemed to be the 

 universal opinion ; as, in spite of her unsurpassable 

 Duchess handling, it was almost impossible to see the 

 superior charms of Gracilis, who was a very mean ani- 

 mal in many points, both " fore and aft." Frederick's 

 Granddaughter was the true red type of Towneley, and 

 remarkably even throughout. Lovesome did no small 

 credit to Great Mogul and Bushey; and Summer Flower 

 had more points than her hair in her favour. Pontefract 

 and the neighbouring village of Ackworth were first 

 and second for the dairy cows, and the elegant Emma, 

 the winner in the cow class last year, made up the 

 Towneley winners to two firsts and four seconds, by 

 carrying off the Extra Stock Prize. She was then 

 marched into the ring along with Queen Mab, Duchess 

 of Glo'ster, and Faith, for Lord Harewood's Silver 

 Cup, and, strange to say, the three jndges each selected 

 one, and stuck so tenaciously to their fancy, to wit — if 

 rumour be correct — Mr. Drewry to Queen Mab, Mr. 

 Anthony Maynard to Duchess of Glo'ster, and Mr. 

 Dand to Emma, that Mr, William Smith was applied 

 to. That gentleman did not, however, care to have the 

 arbitration of such a delicate point, and hence Mr. 

 Bartholomew was summoned — from the pig classes — 

 and very shortly gave in his allegiance to Queen 

 Mab, who held a crowded court for the two days. 



Mr. Sanday adhered to his usual plan of not sending 

 his sheep anywhere but to The Royal ; and Mr, 

 Borton swept three out of the four Leicester ram and 

 shearling ram prizes, with Mr. Samuel Wiley second to 

 him in the latter class. This veteran breeder also 

 scored the first prize with his pen of shearling gimmers, 

 and sold five rams during the week to go to India. 

 The Leicesters were generally good, but " The Royal " 

 of this year is calculated to make an eye unduly 

 dainty. In the Southdowns Lord Walsingham took a 

 strong lead, but the class was weak in numbers, and 

 five out of the thirteen belonged to his lordship. Mr. 

 Dyson of Leeds, who was only second at Canterbury, 

 stood first with boars of a large breed ; and Mr. Hutton 

 kept his Royal position, with his small sow. Mr. 

 Samuel Wiley was true to his fame, with his sow of the 

 small breed under twelve months old ; and in the class 

 for the three best store pigs the first honours were 

 awarded to Sir George Wombwell, with three young 

 Voltigeurs of pure Brandsby breed. 



The horse department of the show extended over 25 

 classes, and included 204 entries. In fact, the work 

 was so heavy that it took two sets of judges nearly all the 

 day to get through it, and yet the whole six only united 

 to judge the hunters in the Wenlosk and Harewood 

 Cups. Taking the horse show as a whole, it was a 

 pretty good one, but nothing beyond the average. In 

 fact, the judges complained that in the point of hunters 

 they had seldom known it worse ; but here, with our 

 Northallerton remembrances fresh upon us, we must 

 decidedly join issue with them. The blood sires were 

 a very motley lot, and included Young Conqueror, St. 



Clair, Veva, Doctor Sangrado, Famham, Spencer, King 

 of Diamonds, Cheddington, Lord Fauconberg, Sere- 

 nader. Wild Hero, andRyedale. Snowdon Dunhill, Caw- 

 ston, and Far West did not come ; and after the conven- 

 tionally tedious inspection, Lord Fauconberg, a son of 

 Birdcatchcr and Ahce Hawthorne, was called out, along 

 with Spencer, who had been second three times at the 

 show before, to Dagobert, Canute, and Elcot. The 

 judges pondered for a long time, but Lord Fauconberg's 

 superior action carried the day, and Spencer had to 

 wear the green rosette once more. The Yorkshiremen 

 generally did not like the decision, and we certainly 

 think that even giving away the point of action, the 

 rosettes ought to have been exchanged. The twelve 

 roadsters made up a much better class, and a victory 

 declared itself in favour of a clever seven-year- 

 old chesnut. There was much less of the Norfolk 

 trotting stamp among these horses than we have ever 

 seen before. The cart-sire prize went to an immense 

 animal of fine quality, from Manchester, called 

 " Young Napoleon." He was a very good mover for 

 his size; but with many, including ourselves, the 

 second, a grey from Hatfield, and yclept " Young John 

 Bull," was quite the favourite. Farmers, however, 

 like these enormous sires, as, after working their stock 

 up to five or six, they command a fine market for the 

 biggest from the carriers and brewers. The coinci- 

 dence of the names in this decision was very remark- 

 able ; and we trust it may not be an omen. Coaching 

 horses dwindled down to three; and here, too, the 

 second was as much, if not more, liked than the first ; 

 but he had been evidently a little " off." In the Hare- 

 wood Cup it was a very near thing between Mr. Batty's 

 hunting mare and " Marigold" — the one a dark and the 

 other a golden chestnut ; but the latter carried the day, 

 after a most anxious consultation between the six 

 benchers ; and the capital foal at her side was a good 

 point in her favour. Mr. Phillips, the well-known 

 horse-dealer, showed his appreciation of the three-year- 

 old prize coacher by buying him ; and the Duke of Beau- 

 fort also purchased two horses for his huntsman, one of 

 which, the property of Mr. George Holmes, of Beverley, 

 won the Wenlock Cup the next day. The best four-year- 

 old hunter, "Esculapius," was a fine sixteen-and-an- 

 inch horse ; and there were at least five or six very capital 

 ones among the five-year-old hunters in the Wenlock 

 Cup, although two out of the twelve would have been 

 apparently puzzled to discover their " three-crosses 

 of blood." 



The fowl show was much improved, by the fact 

 of the pens being arranged on each side of a privet 

 hedge, which made a beautiful back -ground for 

 the eye. Some silver-grey Dorkings of Mr. Berwick's, 

 of Helmsley, were much admired ; and both Game, 

 Hamburghs, and Polish were in great perfection. In 

 fact, the hedge-side never lacked its enthusiastic 

 loiterers; and for the hard-headed gazers from the 

 busy hives of industry in the West Riding, the imple- 

 ment yard seemed to have unwonted charms. It was 

 hardly possible to get near some of the best machines ; 

 and the lady who operated on the dirty shirt at the 

 washing-machine "drew crowded houses" at every 

 performance. 



This part of the show was remarkably well stocked, 

 and there were nearly 1,000 entries in the catalogue. 

 The trial of steam cultivators, grass mowers, and hay- 

 making machines and rakes took place on Tuesday, in 

 fields belonging to Messrs. Moxon Brothers, Baghill- 

 lane (who won the head prize with a splendid pair of 

 cart-horses), a short distance from the centre of the 

 town. The steam cultivators were tried in the Baghill- 

 field, which consisted of about seven acres of clover ley, 

 I the competition being between Fowler's plough and 



