at Bury St. Edmund's. G29 



black-brown, and one bay colt, tlie latter a very good one, seemed 

 out of place : Mr, VVolton had first prize with a very superior 

 colt ; the second went to a very light boned one, shown by Mr. 

 Tomline ; and the Suffolks finished with 5 nice yearling fillies, 

 the two best of which were shown by Mr. Rist ; Mr. Wolton 

 was highly commended, and the two others were commended. 



The classes for agricultural horses, not Suffolk, were not well 

 filled, nor was the quality of those exhibited very good, if we 

 except Mr. Coy's 4-year old " Matchless ;" Mr. Welcher's white- 

 faced 2-year old, and Mr. Holland's old mare, a winner when 

 two years old at the Royal Carlisle Meeting. 



The Judges of these classes say of the SufFolks : — 



Nearly all the animals exhibited had good symmetry, action, and consti- 

 tution ; in some cases these points have been obtained with the loss of size and 

 substance required for farm-work. 



The Agricultural Horses not Suffolk were shorter in numbers, but most of 

 them have good action, symmetry, and size. The Judges consider it part 

 of their duty to report a special improvement in the Classes of Young Horses, 

 scarcely any of those imperfections appearing amongst them likely to become 

 hereditar}'', which have so frequently been comi)lained of at previous shov/s. 



The great number of the classes of horses, and the necessity 

 for keeping all entire ones in the range of boxes specially erected 

 for them, prevented the classes following consecutively the order 

 of the catalogue, and so caused occasional difficulty to the visitors 

 in finding any class they wanted ; this has not escaped the notice 

 of the Hon. Director, and it will doubtless henceforth be removed. 



Sheep. 

 Leicesters. — The Judges, Mr. Buckley, Mr. Clarke, and Mr, 

 Mann say : — 



We found Class XX., although numerous, far under an average. 

 Class XXI. — The older sheep far above the average of late years. 

 Class XXn. (Shearling Ewes). — Nothing to remark upon. 



Still these gentlemen found among the shearlings three prize 

 animals — one deserving a high commendation, and three others 

 to commend, so the class must at least be considered respectable; 

 while the old rams, 21 in number, headed by young Turner's 

 wonderful three shear, closely followed by Mr. Burton's second 

 and third prize sheep, were all commended. Of the 4 entries for 

 shearling-ewes two got prizes — one was highly commended, and 

 one commended ; these facts put together prove that the show 

 of Leicesters at Bury was a good one. 



Cotswolds and Lincolns. — The Judges, Mr. Bartholomew, Mr. 

 Little, and Mr. Newton, report: — 



The Cotswolds were not well represented from their native district, either 

 in point of number or quality. 



The Norfolk breeders were in great force, and gave the Cotswold breeders 

 notice to take care of their laurels, as all the prize sheep were bred in Norfolk. 



The first prize Shearling of Mr. Brown of Marham, Norfolk, was a very 



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