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was quite a matter of opinion between him and Rare 

 Sovereign, placed second. The younger bull, with 

 splendid style, character and quality, had a great 

 many admirers. In the three-year-olds W. H. Cook's 

 Grove Wilton 3d, sire Lord Wilton, dam Polyan- 

 thus, by The Grove 3d, a remarkably deep heavy 1 

 fleshed bull, had first prize. Of great scale and 

 quality, he had strong masculine character and was 

 subsequently given the reserve male championship. 

 Second to him was Lord Coventry's Eondeau, by 

 Minstrel, a smart bull of good quality. Two-year- 

 olds furnished the champion male Hereford in 

 John Price's Prince Alfred, by Monarch and out 

 of Playful, by Hotspur. He had been shown in the 

 family class that took the second prize at Newcastle. 

 Prince Alfred was a very heavy-fleshed level good 

 bull of splendid quality and true Hereford char- 

 acter, well deserving all his honors. Lord Cov- 

 entry's Golden Miner and Taylor's son of Maid- 

 stone were second and third. In the younger class 

 A. E. Hughes was first with Royal Head, a bull of 

 great scale and good Hereford character. Thomas 

 Fenn was second with Downton Wilton, by Viscount 

 Wilton, a bull of first-rate quality. Lord Coventry 

 was third with Royal Ruler, by Rare Sovereign and 

 from Rosemary, by The Grove 3d. 



In cows Sir Joseph Spearman's Myrtle 6th, sec- 

 ond the year before, was now first. Her Majesty 

 Queen Victoria was second with Mabelle, and Ran- 

 kin was third with Fortune Teller. In the in-calf 

 heifer class Taylor's Cardiff Lass was first, Ralph 



