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was well entitled to his class prize and to the cham- 

 pionship honors, which he also received, but was 

 not quite of true Hereford color, having more white 

 than usual. He traced back through his grandsire 

 Attingham to some of Lord Berwick's greys. The 

 first prize two-year-old, Mr. Taylor's Unity, was of 

 the right Hereford color and a level straight bull 

 that had previously won first prize at Tredegar, the 

 Herefordshire, Ludlow and Leominster shows. His 

 sire was St. Oswell, dam of King James (978), a 

 son of Walford. 



In cows the winner, Matchless, bred and exhib- 

 ited by Mr. H. Coate, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, was 

 also gold medal winner as best female Hereford. 

 She was a very big cow but not of as nice quality 

 as the Prince Consort's Adela, a prize-winner at 

 Leeds in 1861. The latter was the general favorite 

 for the gold medal prize, being of fairly good size 

 with splendid quality, in fact, a model Hereford. 

 In three-year-old heifers Mr. J. M. Eead, of Glou- 

 cestershire, won first prize with Theora, by Sebas- 

 topol (1381). Her dam was bred by the late Lord 

 Berwick from Cherry 7th. This was a big, very 

 fat and fairly level heifer. Butterfly, bred and ex- 

 hibited by William Tudge, was second. She was 

 a very nice straight heifer with plenty of quality, 

 by The Doctor (1083), bred by James Bea. In year- 

 ling heifers the first prize went to Mr. Baldwin's 

 Adeline from the Cronkhill herd. Mr. Read took 

 second with another of the late Lord Berwick's 

 daughters of Cherry 7th, Miss Southam, by Caliban 



