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another highly commended bull, shown by Lord 

 Bateman, girthed 8 feet 9 inches. The latter ex- 

 ceeded in girth the winning bull of the Shorthorn 

 class, the Shorthorn's girth being 8 feet 7 inches. 

 The two Hereford bulls were a few months the old- 

 est. The prize aged Devon bull girthed 7 feet 8 

 inches. The bulls exhibited by Mr. Rea, Weston- 

 bury, Lord Bateman and Lord Berwick were all 

 first-class animals, and deservedly received the high 

 commendation of the judges." 



It was considered that Sir Benjamin did well 

 here, taking into account the heavy metal which he 

 was up against. His sire, Sir David (349), as al- 

 ready related, had now been brought back from 

 Scotland, and the farm of Noke being barely a mile 

 from The Grove Mr. Turner had allowed Benjamin 

 Rogers to send Prettymaid 2d on a visit to the old 

 bull. Sir Benjamin was the result. The next year 

 he sent Damsel by Gaylad on a similar visit, 

 The Grove (1764) being the result. Two wonder- 

 fully good sires they proved to be. 



At Warwick the year following Mr. Hill's Claret 

 (1177), the sire of three winners at Lincoln, was 

 first and Lord Berwick's Severn second. In the 

 yearling bulls the winner among the bull calves of 

 1857, Mr. Edward's Leominster, was only placed 

 third, Mr. Naylor's Adjutant having first. The 

 winner in bull calves was Maximus, from the 

 Queen's herd, but scarcely of the orthodox color, 

 having too many spots on his face. The winning 

 cow was Mr. Rea's Bella, the first prize three-year- 

 old heifer at Chester ; she had gone on remarkably 



