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Hampton Court, was not so big as his competitors. 

 But with his nice soft curly coat and mellow touch, 

 his length of body and straightness of back, he was 

 an undoubted favorite with both judges and the 

 public. In the two-year-old bulls the decision was 

 again more for quality than scale, the award being 

 given to the Adforton bull Brandon. The second 

 was a much bigger one from the Royal herd, Her 

 Majesty Queen Victoria's Prince Leopold, by De- 

 ception, a son of Sir Benjamin bought at the Mo- 

 naughty sale. In yearling bulls another Adforton 

 bull, Landseer (3202), by Artist, a son of Sir Ben- 

 jamin, took the prize. 



It was in the cow class that a most marked recog- 

 nition of quality was given to Mr. Arkwright's 

 Hampton Beauty. She had nothing like the scale 

 of several others in the class, but she, like Sir Hun- 

 gerford, was the decided favorite with both the 

 public and the judges. One of the latter had been 

 judge of Herefords before, but he now sensed the 

 popular feeling and placed Hampton Beauty, 

 rightly named, first. The Monaughty cow from the 

 Royal herd came in for second prize. In yearling 

 heifers it was Mr. Arkwright's small heifer, Lady 

 Leicester, that had first place. She was far the 

 smallest heifer in the class, but had undoubtedly the 

 most quality. A bigger heifer from Hampton Court 

 only took reserve. A daughter of Deception from 

 the Royal herd was second, with Diadem and 

 Adforton third. In heifer calves Tudge's beau- 

 tiful Silver Star, seen here for the first time and 



