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Lind,' ' Kick-up-a-dust,' and some other distinguished 

 grunters, forming altogether such an imposing troupe, that 

 the authorities gave them a performance (/. e., a class) to 

 themselves, with a benefit in the shape of first and second 

 prizes, and called them the ' middle breed? 



"This example was generally adopted throughout York- 

 shire, and at local shows they are the strongest and best- 

 filled of all the classes. 



" The principal prize-takers amongst the boars in this 

 breed have been ' Paris,' * Nonpareil,' ' Lord Raglan,' ' Sir 

 Colin,' and ' Wonder ;' and amongst the sows, ' Zenobia,' 

 * Lady Airdale,' who held her own during two seasons, in 

 one of which she took ten prizes, ' Craven,' ' Lady Kate,' 

 ' Queen Anne,' and ' Miss Emily ' (see portrait), who has 

 never found her marrow, having taken nine first prizes in 

 succession, including the champion cup at Caldervale show 

 in 1859, for the best pig in all classes. This competition 

 brought all Yorkshire, several Warwick, Royal Highland 

 Society, Dublin and Irish Royal, as well as Cheshire and 

 Lancashire champions, to the Cloth Hall, Halifax. 

 Amongst the rest, 4 CARS WELL,' the second winner in the 

 large boar class at Warwick, entered in the middle class, 

 and carried off the first prize in that class ; but in the 

 trial for the championship, he was beaten like the rest, 

 and the plate, with the ' white rosette of York,' went to 

 ' Miss EMILY,' whose girth, taken behind the shoulder, 

 was at this time eighty-five inches. She fully qualified 

 for ail the prizes she had taken as a breeding sow, by 

 producing at Carhead the following October a fine litter 

 of pigs. 



" The middle Yorkshire breed are about the same size as 

 the Berkshire breed, but have smaller heads, and are much 

 lighter in the bone. They are better breeders than the 

 small whites, but not so good as the large whites ; in fact, 

 they occupy a position in every respect between these two 

 breeds." 



