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shows. The winner in the bull calf class was the 

 afterwards renowned Sir David (349). In the cow 

 class Mr. C. Walker of Sutton Tenbury won first 

 prize with Newcastle Beauty, bred by himself, and 

 a daughter of Baronet (465). 



Northampton, York and Norwich. The Eoyal of 

 1847 was held at Northampton, where Symmetry 

 (201), a mottle-face bred and exhibited by Samuel 

 Aston, Lynch Court, Pembridge, won first prize 

 among the aged bulls. Mr. George Pitt with North- 

 ampton (600) won first in the yearling bull class, 

 having already taken first prize at Hereford Spring 

 Show of that year. 



At York in 1848 Mr. I. N. Carpenter won first 

 prize with the bull Coningsby (718), bred by him- 

 self, and a son of Quicksilver (353), the winner in 

 the yearling bull class at Southampton. Coningsby 

 had been second the year before at Northampton. 

 He had also won first prize and cup at Lord Trede- 

 gar's show, and first at Hereford Spring Show. 

 The yearling bull prize upon this occasion was won 

 by Mr. Monkhouse with Guy Fawkes (581) in a 

 fairly large class. 



The year following, 1849, when the show was held 

 at Norwich, is generally called amongst old breed- 

 ers "Sir David's year." This far-famed bull had 

 won first as a calf at Newcastle in 1846. He had 

 then been bought by Mr. Carpenter, who had a year 

 or so later sold him to Price of Pembridge, as al- 

 ready set forth. Having been in service in the 

 Court Ho.use herd he now made his appearance as 



