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heifer is beautifully compact, having also an uncommonly 

 good back : she is fat, and biautifully fine, without 

 being too delicate. Mr. Brown, of Swindon, has a very 

 good heifer, particularly excellent in the points which 

 are most wanting in the prize heifer. We noticed one 

 very poor and narrow animal in this class. 



Class VI. — Yearling Heifers. 



We generally look for some wonderfully fine specimen 

 of beauty and extraordiuary precocious development in 

 this class : but none such can be singled out this year. 

 Mr. Stratton, Mr. Hewer, and Capt. Gunter, show some 

 very good yearlings, and Mr. Booth'u second prize is a 

 beauty ; but the high chiiacter of the class is m-ore par- 

 ticularly owing to the presence of Col. Towneley's two 

 heifers, one of which is extraordinarily wide and well- 

 formed, and the other takes the first prize. This is far 

 superior to any of the others, and though only one year 

 and ten months old, has laid on an amazing quantity 

 of beautiful meat. We do not wonder that the judges 

 should have generally commended two such fine classes 

 as Nos. 5 and 6. 



HEREFORDS. 



These cattle made a very fine show ; indeed, far better 

 than we remember to have witnessed before. 

 Class I. — -Bulls calved on or before July 



1st, 1855, AND NOT EXCEEDING FOUR YEARS 

 OLD. 



A remarkably good class, though small in numbers. 

 The prize bull of Mr. E. Williams, of Hay, which took 

 the second prize last year, is one of the most splendid 

 animals of this breed ever seen. 



Mr. Turner, of Leominster, has the second prize, for 

 an excellent bull, possessing a good back, and particu- 

 larly good twist and thighs, though rather tending to an 

 abundance of fat. Lord Bateman's is a very good ani- 

 mal ; and Mr. Hill's, of Shrewsbury, shows a capital 

 chine, and good shoulder-point and fore-quarter, though 

 rather fat. 



Class IL— Yearling Bulls. 



The prize bull of Mr. Price, of Pembridge, is a supe- 

 rior animal, very handsome, with beautifully fine quality 

 of flesh ; but if there is any defect, it is in that generally 

 weak point, "behind the shoulder." 



We like Mr. Hill's very compact and good second- 

 prize bull; and also Mr. Fisher Hobbs's beautifully 

 straight, square made, and handsome animal. 

 Class III.-— Bull Calves above six and under 



TWELVE months OLD. 



Lord Baieman's prize calf, and Mr. Rea's second 

 prize calf, are both extraordinarily well develop', d for 

 their age, very handsome, and of nice proportions. 

 Class IV. — Cows In-milk or In-calf. 



This class is very meritorious. There never was a 

 better Hereford cow shown than Lord Berwick's, which 

 takes the prize. She is extraordinarily level and hand- 

 some, with a wonderfully superior hand, and justly adds 

 at Salisbury to the highest honour she won at Chelms- 

 ford. 



The second prize cow of Mrs. Palmer, of Ilchester, 

 that gained the prize at Newton, is very beautiful in 

 quality ; and Mr. Beale Brown's six years old cow is 

 extremely handsome, and good in very many respects : 

 she took the second prize at Newion. 

 Class V. — Heifers In-milk or In-calf, not 



EXCEEDING THREE YEARS OLD. 



A remarkably good class. Mr. Hill's prize heifer is 

 remarkably good. That of Mr. Perry, of Leominster, is 

 indeed a beauty ; compact, wide, deep, with good back, 

 flank, and twist ; firm flesh, very handsome head, and 

 fine bone. 



Mr. Turner's second prize heifer is an exceedingly 

 good cue. 



Class VI. — Yearling Heifers. 



This is generally commended, and is certainly deserv- 

 ing of its distinction. The Earl of Radnor's prize heifer 

 is an extraordiuary beauty; her back, tut, and flank 

 giiod ; chine wonderful ; head fine : altogether a most 

 handsome young Hereford. 



Lord Berwick's second prize heifer is another beauty ; 

 level, exceedingly well-formed, and admirable in very 

 many points. 



Mr. Maybery, of Brecon, Mr. Perry, Mr. Rea, of 

 Knighton, and the Representatives of the late Mr. 

 Powell, cf Hereford, show very pretty and exceedingly 

 good animals in this class. 



DEVON S. 



This breed shows itself this year unusually well, the 

 various classes being exceedingly well-filled, and the 

 animals very meritorious. 



Class I. — Bulls calved on or before July 1st, 

 1855, and not exceeding four years old. 

 This is a splendid show. The prize bull of Mr. Davy, 

 of South Molton, is of very beautiful character and 

 quality, and particularly handsome. The second prize 

 bull of Mr. Bodley, of Crediton, is wonderfully com- 

 pact and straight, with exceedingly good loin and beau- 

 tiful hand. Mr. Pope, of Dorchester, Mr. Fouracre, 

 of Taunton, and Mr. Gibbs show very large, fine, and 

 handsome animals. 



Class II.— Bulls calved since July Ist, and 

 more than one year old. 

 Here are some uncommonly good yearling bulls. Sir 

 J. W. Bulier's, which takes this prize, is wonderfully 

 good for its age (only cue year six days), but somewhat 

 de'ective in loin, compared with others in the class. The 

 second prize yearling of Mr. J. D. Halse, of MoUand, is 

 very beautiful though small ; and Mr. Farthing also 

 shows a remarkably good one. 



Class III. — Bull-calves above six and under 



TWELVE MONTHS OLD. 



Mr. James Quartly's prize calf is the picture of what 

 a beautiful North Devon should be at only seven months 

 old. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort takes the 

 second prize for a very pretty calf, and also exhibits 

 another not very remarkable for symmetry or breadth of 

 frame. Mr. W. Hole, of Barnstaple, has here a calf of 

 very great size, and a very good animal. 



Class IV. — Cows In-milk or In-calf. 



This is a very fine class, and justly commended by 

 the judges. Mr. Quartly's prize cow is extraordinarily 

 symmetrical and of beautiful quality ; and he likewise 

 gets the second prize for another animal scarcely less 

 handsome. That of his Royal Highness, bred by Mr. 

 Turner, of Barton, is highly commended, and is re- 

 markable for her great depth and width, her full chine, 

 and very handsome appearance. Mr. Gibbs' magni- 

 ficent cow is very large and wide, and splendidly formed, 

 and suckling a very beautifully calf. Mr. Turner, Mr. 

 Farthing, Mr. Pope, and Mr. Baker, of Christchurch, 

 exhibit exceedin!.dy good cows : one from the Isle 

 of Wight, and between nine and ten years old, is rather 

 narrow and poor. 



Class V, — Heifers In-milk or In-calf. 



A remarkably meritorious show. Mr. Pope's prize 

 heifer, which gained the prize at Chelmsford as a year- 

 ling, is beautiful, compact, and handsome, with excellent 

 quality of flesh. He has also two other heifers very 

 justly commended. Mr. Hole's second prize heifer, one 

 of Mr. Turner's, and another of Mr. Webber, are parti- 

 cularly good. 



Class VI. — Yearling Heifers. 



Mrc Quartly's prize heifer is a great beauty, with a 



