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was at once objected to, on the ground, we believe, that 

 The Hero is a roarer ! The horse which stood next 

 to him was Cameleopard — perhaps, for the purpose, 

 altogether the best of his entry, despite an ugly- 

 looking sand-crack. There was nothing, however, terr- 

 bly high-bi-ed ; and considering the judges arc instructed 

 to take " pedigree into consideration," there should 

 certainly be a ju'oviso that the stallion to get hunters 

 should have a pure pedigree. Smely such a spoiting 

 race as the farmers of Lincolnshire will not try to 

 "raise" their hunters from a half-bred sire. 



The hunting stock nearly all appeared to bo better 

 bred; and there was a four-year-old filly by Bay Mid- 

 dleton in the twelve-stone hack class, that was wonder- 

 fully attractive. If not fit for a hack exactly, she looked 

 worth three times as much as the rather vulgar nag — 

 with very good action though — that took the prize. A 

 hack to carry eighteen stone is about an ultimatum to 

 make a show from, and there was scarcely one of the 

 dozen sent for this section that looked up to the 

 weight. 



We have been compelled to make this horse show 

 what it really was — the most imi)ortant feature of the 

 meeting. The cattle classes, which do not extend be- 

 yond Shorthorns, were still also on the improvement. If 

 not numerically in such force as they have been, the 

 entry of both aged and young bulls was thought to bo 

 the best the Society lias ever yet brought together. 

 Mr. Maiden's first-prize bull Lorraine, by the third 

 Duke of York, is a magnificent animal of rare 

 quality, and with the good points of a Shorthorn, 

 very favourably developed. The names of such men 

 as Messrs. Torr, Smith oi Rasen,Dudding, Cartwright, 

 Marfleet, Bartholomew, and Button, will tell at once 

 the high character of the stock to be f )und here. In 

 the cow classes, which were not generally equal to the 

 nialu animals, one of the most interesting trials is still 

 for four cows — none of which are to be entered in 

 other class — tlie property of thesame person. There were 

 four lots sent into the ring, all in good evidence of the 

 herds they came from, but with Mr. To; r's again as 

 the best. One gets a chance, under such circumstances 

 as these, of seeing an animal in her true form — a very 

 different thing from what she often is when dressed up 

 for "party purposes." 



Mr. Torr, iu almost the only practical speech of the 

 day, complained directly of the short show of sheep, 

 which he characterized as the weak place of the meet- 

 ing. For our own part we should be inclined to divide this 

 honour with the pig classes. These were by no means 

 up to the mark of what we have been accustomed to sec 

 lately. They were, indeed, but a ragged lot of all 

 sorts ; while some of the long-woolled sheep showed 

 very well — Mr. Clarke's rams, for instance, and a few 

 good pens of ewes. There may have been better ; but 

 still, there was nothing to complain of. In some re- 

 spects, the Lincolnshire may be considered only a local 

 gathering, and only to be so tested. In others, as we 

 have already intimated, it has far higher claims and 

 merits. 



The poultry show was the shortest we ever saw — a 

 matter of no great consequence. The implement entry, 

 on the other hand, was the largest that the Society, in 

 its twenty years' travelling to and fro, has been able to 

 boast of — a matter of far more import. The committee 

 continue to offer premiums for all kinds of machinery ; 

 and the manufacturers still continue to compete for tliem. 

 It will be found that such firms as Bentall's, from Mal- 

 don, and Smith and Ashby, from Stamford, shared these 

 distinctions with some of the local makers. Dray, and 

 Burgess and Key, had each one of their reapers on the 

 ground ; while there was a steam-engine or two at work, 

 and Boydell's traction machine occasionally traversing 



the yard, to the mortal dread of the hunting stock; 

 while the cart-horses, on the contrary, appeared to treat 

 its snorting and threatening with complacent contempt. 

 This machine was in trial during the week on the farm 

 of Mr. Robson, near Louth. Its merits were much 

 canvassed on the show-ground, and more than any other 

 practical point at the dinner. The general feeling 

 seemed to be, that while every allowance and encour- 

 agement should be made, there was little notion, from 

 >Ahat had been seen, of steam-ploughing yet coming 

 into fashion in Lincolnshire. The dinner itself was 

 commendable not only for the manner in which it 

 was supported by the agriculturists themselves, but 

 especially by the country gentlemen. We know 

 no meeting where the two classes pull so well together as 

 they do in Lincolnshire. The toast list would scarcely 

 suit our columns. It was three hours and a half good, 

 from the time we sat down, before we arrived at the toast 

 of the evening — " Success to the Society ;" while " The 

 judges," " The successful candidates," and so on, came 

 as usual at the fag end of the feast, when people begin 

 to feel they have had pretty well enough of it. Mr. 

 Alington, in the absence of Lord Yarborough, made a 

 very good president, and nearly every one of the speak- 

 ers who followed him went well to the point of what he 

 had to say. The chief mistake of these meetings is 

 that they keep agriculture a little too much at arm's 

 length. 



PRIZES FOR LIVE STOCK. 



Judges. — W. Brooks, Fornaby. 



J. Painter, Barley, Rutland. 

 C. Stokes, Kingston, Kegworth. 



SHORTHORNS. 



Class 1. — Bulls, above one year old. 

 First prize of £20 to Messrs. E. and C. Marfleet, Bassiog' 

 ham (Baronet). 



Commended. — Messrs. Budding and Thorpe's bull. 



Class 2. — Bulls, three years old and upwards. 

 First prize of £6 to Mr. T. C. Maidens, of Brink Hill (Lor- 

 raine). 



Second prize of £3 to Messrs. Budding and Thorpe (Su- 

 perior). 



Class 3. — Bulls, two years old. 

 First prize of £6 to Mr. W. ' Bett, of Willingham 

 (Knightley). 

 Second prize of £3 to Mr. Larder, of Cockerington (Hero). 



Class 4. — Yearling Bulla. 

 First prize of £6 to Mr. N. Cartwright, of Ilaugham (Ring- 

 leader). 



Second prize of £3 to Mr. Budding, of Panton (Lord of the 

 Manor). 



Class 5.— Bull Calves. 

 First prize of £3 lOs. to Mr. R. Duddiug (Admiral). 

 Second prize of £1 lOs. to Mr. W. Smith, of West Rasen 

 (Albert). 



Class 6. — Cows, more than four years old, having produced a 

 calf within the preceding nine months. 

 First prize of £7 to Mr. W. Torr, of Aylesby (Flower). 

 Second prize of £3 to Mr. S. R. Kemp, of Elkington 

 (White). 



Class 7. — Heifers, three years old, having produced a calf at 

 its natural time. 

 First prize of £5 to Mr. W. Bartholomew, Goltbo (Roan). 

 Second prize of £3 to Mr. W. Torr (Glittering Star). 



Class 8. — Heifers, two years old. 

 First prize of £5, and second prize of £3, to Mr. G. F. 

 Heneage, M.P., Haiuton Hall. 



Class 9. — Yearling Heifers. 

 First prize of £5, and second prize of £3, to Mr. W. Torr, 



Class 10. — Heifer Calves. 

 First prize of £3 to Mr. W. Smith, of West Rasen. 

 Second prize of £1 to Mr. W. Torr, 



