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there a fresh exhibitor, but they are few: His Royal 

 Highness the Prince Consort takes this year the lead of 

 all competitors, and has the gold medal awarded to him 

 as the exhibitor of the best pen of pigs in the yard. 

 His Royal Highness is also the breeder of them, which 

 stamps them with additional honour. We have the well- 

 known names of Crisp, Morlaud, Barber, Coates, Drace, 

 Barthropp, together with Sir John Cathcart, Sir R. G, 

 Throckmorton, Lord Berners, Mr. Wilson, C. Barnett, 

 Marquis of Downshire, old exhibitors. 



In Class 39, pigs of any breed, not exceeding four 

 months old (pens of three), Mr. G. B. Morland takes 

 the lirst prize with an exceedingly fine pen, having 

 attained astonishing weights at the early age of three 

 months twenty-four days. They are marvellously good 

 in form, size, quality, and beauty. Mr. VV. M. Barber 

 takes second prize with a pen of the same age. These 

 possess beautiful frames, broad chines and backs, and are 

 of deep form. His Royal Highness's pen are a very 

 pretty lot, and so are Sir John Cathcart's. 



In Class 40, pigs of any breed, above four and not 

 exceeding eight months old, Mr. Morland again takes 

 first place. They are in full character of his breed, 

 which is somewhat peculiar. We should say they are 

 between the large and small breeds, so called ; they are 

 neither delicate nor coarse, large nor small, but possess 

 exceedingly well-formed framesof great beauty, and good 

 weight and quality. The colour is dark and white — not 

 quite black and white ; hair rather long, but fine and 

 thin set; face lair length, ears rather inclined to droop, 

 but small and thin. They carry a heavy load of good 

 flesh of beautiful quality, frame of a moderate size and 

 proportions. Mr. Crisp takes second prize. His 

 breed stands second to none in beauty, fineness of frame 

 and form, and the beautiful fineness of meat. They 

 are of the small breed, so called, but are large in size, 

 with amazingly deep, heavy-loaded frames. His Royal 

 Highness's lot are splendid fellows, very full chines and 

 broad backs, and deep frames ; a thin-haired, white 

 variety of the small breed. 



In Class 41, Mr. Beale takes first prize, with a very 

 full-framed pen of extra weight, for the age, and good 

 in quality. They are very cylindrical in form, large 

 round bodies, not hanging so deep as many others. Mr. 

 H. Wilson takes second prize. These are a beautiful 

 pen of black pigs, with rather long thin hair, and their 

 frames are almost perfect ; very heavy, and excellent 

 quality. Mr. Coates's pen is very compact, no hair ; 

 Mr. Barnett's exceeding good and heavy, the hair rather 

 long. This is a good class. 



Class 42, pens of three, above twelve months and 

 under eighteen months. In this class His Royal High- 

 ness the Prince Consort stands at the head of the 

 breeders of pigs as the exhibitor of the best lot in the 

 yard, and these of his own breeding too. They are a 

 very superior pen, nearly perfect in form and depth of 

 frame ; they have level broad chines, and backs level from 

 head to tail, which stands well up, showing a good rump. 

 They deservedly merit the highest distinction. Mr. E. 

 Shepherd takes the second prize, with a pen of excellent 

 Berkshires. They are a strong, useful, heavy pen, 

 rather coarse in quality, but capit-al frames. Mr. Crisp's 

 pen are exceedingly good, large full frames, broad and 

 compact. Sir R. G. Throckmorton takes the silver 

 medal in the Extra Pig Class, with a highly useful 

 animal of great depth of frame and good quality of flesh. 

 Mr. Crisp's pig in this class is unusually deep in frame 

 and excellent in form. The pig shown by Mr. H. E. 

 Surtees, age seventy-one months, is very larpi, almost a 

 mountain of fat and grease ; very heavy, and is in good 

 form, back broad, and great length of frame ; hair rather 

 coarse. Mr. Druce shows a good pig ; in fact, it is a 

 very good class of large pigs, exceedingly well fed. 



PRIZE LIST. 



FAT CATTLE, 



Judges. — Mr. J. Hole, Knowle House, Dunater. 



Mr. W. Sanday, Holme Pierrepout, Nottinghata. 

 Mr. W. Wetherell, Aldborough, Darlington. 



DEVONS. 

 Steers, act exceeding 3 years old. 



Firat prize of £Z5, aud silver medal as breeder, Eoherfc 

 Farthing, North Petherton, Bridgewater. (Sold to Mr. Bel- 

 cher, Keadiug). 



Second of £10. John D. Diinniof:, Creech St. Michael, 

 Taunton. (Sold to Mr. T. Dowu,Norlaud-road, Nottiug-hili). 



Tbird of £5, William Heath, Ludham Hall, Norwich. (Sold 

 to Mr. J. B. Muuday, 114, Great Sutfolk-street, Borough). 



Commended— The Priuce Consort. (Sold to Mr. Smith, 

 Exeter). 



Steers or Oxen, above 3 years old. 



First prize of £25, J. J. Farquharaon, Langton House, 

 Blaudford. Silver medal to breeder, Jamea Quartly, Mollaud 

 Houae, South Molten. (Sold to Mr. Muaday, Audover.) 



Second of £10, H. R. H. the Prince Consort, Windsor 

 Castle. (Sold to Mr. Pawsey, Bath.) 



Third of £5, William Heath, Ludham Hall. (Sold to Mr. 

 T. H. Hatch, Croydon.) 



Commended — H. Hiae Ball, Haukridge, Taunton. (Sold 

 to Mr. John Stone, Bridgwater). 



Heifers, not exceeding 4 year old. 



First prize of £15, Robert Farthing, North Petherton. 

 Silver medal to breeder, Mrs. Sarah VV. Farthing. (Sold to 

 Mr. Freeman, 90, Bolaover-street, Portland-place). 



Second of 51.. Edmund Coles, Stone Farm, Yeovil. (Sold 

 to Mr. Hooke, Frederick-street, Hampstead-road.) 

 Cows, above 4 years old. 



First prize of 201, Wm. Heath, Ludham Hall. Silver 

 medal to breeder, Jamea Quartly, Molland. 



Second of lOt. John Coate, Hammoon, Blandford. (Sold 

 to Mr. MoncktoD, Wimborne.) 



Third of 51., George Turner, Barton, Exeter. (Sold to Mr» 

 Fisher, Aylesbury.) 



HEREFORDS. 



Steers, not exceeding 3 years old. 



First prize of 25/., Gold Medal as best ox or steer in any 

 of the classes, and silver medal as breeder, Richard Shirley, 

 Barcott Munslow, Shrewsbury. (Sold to Messrs. Davis, Black 

 Bull, New Cattle Market.) 



Second of lOZ., Richard Hill, of Golding Hall, Sbrewsbury, 



Third of 51., John Najlor, Leighton Hall, Welshpool. 

 Steers or Oxen, above 3 years old. 



First prize of 25 Z., Wiluam Hfeath, Ludham Hall, Silver 

 medal to breeder, the late Thomas Longmore. (Sold to Mr, 

 Norris, Lamb Tavern, New Cattle Maiket.) 



Second of 10/., Wm. Aldworth, Frilford, Abingdon. (Sold 

 to Hedges and Wilkins, Oxford). 



Third of 5/-, John Naylor, Leighton. (Sold to Mr. Mason, 

 Cutford-road, Ball's Pond). 



Heifers, not exceeding 4 years old. 



First prize of 15/., and silver medal as breeder, Richard Hili, 

 Golding. 



Second of 5/., no competilion. 



Cows, above 4 years old. 



First prize of £20, and silver medal as breeder, John Nay- 

 lor, Leighton Hall. (Sold to Mr. R. Jesaop, of OxfopJ). 



Second of £10, Lady Emily Foley, Stoke Edith Park, 

 Ledbury ("Young Nutty" sold to Mr. R. Freeman, High- 

 street, Notting-hill). 



Third of £5, Captain Peploe, Garnstone, Hereford. (Sold 

 to Mr. Stevens, Mile-end.) 



SHORTHORNS. 

 Steers, not exceeding 3 years old. 



First prize of £25, Edward Frost, West Wratting Hall, 

 Linton, Cambridge. Silver medal to breeder, John Webb, 

 Horseheath, Linton. (Sold to Beecham and Son, 17, Clare- 

 street, Lincoln's-iun-fields), 



Second of £10, George Maxwell, Kidbrooke Manor, Black- 

 heath, Kent. (Sold to Mr. Glass, Lambeth.) 



Third of £5, John Overman, Burnham Sutton, Burnham 

 Market, Norfolk. (Sold to Mr. Sack, Crawford-street.) 



