524 _THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
Se saires competed | in the male classes; cows, 9  awárded to Suffolks, ¢ one to Mr. S. Wiio, s bers to, principal characteristics as co 
than 19 yearlings paiiar ie in the | Mr. S. Wrinch; the latter, though a of the | | Down were ry late 
Pana c Among the successful candidates are | seco as, e yn anita, and | maturity, an i 
Messrs. Williams Hay, Pri eominster, | appeared to be a very perfect animal. having size, head w 
Lords Bateman, Berwick, and Radnor. The Devons es . a - i writing on this class | frame heavier 
are also, as might have been expected, pre mu trong a that if foals are | symme 
unusual numbers—the old bulls are an extraordinarily | exhibited Raa ought © be shown for prizes mera | an >i a less 
good class—and the female classes are very numerous. e m > as is the case in the Suffolk show pre m poss : 
We shall be ai to give a fuller report of aa of Set pee for agricu aae maea with 14 entries, | shape, quality of wool, aptitude to fatten, ang a 
animals here | bro ought al some animals The priz was | turity, all the qualities for which the and e 
The prizes offered for Channel Island cattle did not | Cairn = No. 347, a promising chestnut filly, rian pro- | | Do own has been so long celebrated, combined ie 
succeed in bringing a large number to the yard, and the p Mr. iy no f Amesbury; whilst the second | | hardier constitution. The lambs ar wis 
show of Guernsey and Jersey bulls and cows ‘included ded t thought, a = superior animal | early and fed for the market as “lamb ally 
but 15 dahil, one class, that of young bulls, being | oft the Suffolk inad, e n a to ch. | ntil the following spring, they weigh val 
entirely unrepresented. We nex y horses, ‘Glen I., with only |100 Ibs., and command a good ; Gog 
In Pigs | the. judges had no pear than 73 boars and 93 | five entries, the priz e being most properly given toa r. W. Humfrey, Mr. Stephen King, Mr. Pain, š 
sows mpare, and t are besides 20 pens of sow | remarkabl a Oxfordshire brown horse (No. 361), | Coles, Mr. Canning, and Mr. Waters take the 
pigs. men classification i yr large and small breeds | combining in a massive form strength, symmetry, and | inedi gly good animals, of which we esi 
respectively, but the smaller sorts parren are increas- | tsk vie James’s No. 359 was also a promising | the pens of lambs and the shearling ewes, 
size year by year, t this ee no anim: The following Table shows 
ioe obteine-" neither does any other common dese: p- | We aio the notice of the lighter horses, late me = chee the afie ae so a a 
tion apply, for breeds = colour are thus mixed until oes ia merely ahsani apai there were 38 art of each breed, and the general increase ef th, 
p together, and i . difficu oto e imagine, = be} animals exhibited in the four cla: 
judges unprejudiced in favour of one or byad of the aa 
pni sat included here under a commo: to be SHERR. BS, 
obtained. The prevailing pine are the "Cumberland All the classes are filled with a larger proportion of Ba 
white and the Essex black co y known as — | first-class animals than we have ever witnessed before. on E 
Hobbs breed; and both iam js great numbers. | baw “arabe South Downs, Short-wools are apan LZR 
The prizes are awarded chiefly to the white e: Mr. ritorious, and the ee not behind the mark o ree 
Watson, of Wigton, Cumberland, being especially toa r years a l ae 
, We were glad to see Mr. Fisher Hobbs| LEICESTERS.—Mr. o s shearling rams are beau- : eae x 
himself again an exhibitor of the stock in which he i tifully fmai with good backs and loins, chines full os| im | ra 
so long excelled. out, plaits good, and Aa rather heavy ; he quitedeserves vi Oe 
The principal event of this day eet ae the | the great share of honours which have been awarded | | an 
opening of the cattle yards was H.R.H. him. Mr. Pawlett’s shearling rams are somewhat 
the Pri onsort, greatly to the oan of the er in frame, very comp made, and of fine | | ce 
Salisbury authorities bt not to | character. Mr. Sanday’s prize rams older than one ta 
lis own, for he spent two hours in a eisurely examina- | year are very straight, broad, and S; | Beea ee 
tion of the cattle yards and implements, and never wit- | their ears long and fine, and necks exceedingly good. : 4 
nessed a finer show of cattle on the many previous | Mr. Cresswell shows gas most useful and valuable | — 4 ; 
occasions when he has honoured the Society by his| sheep. The ewes are ery handsome, but somewhat Y i 
presence. In the evening the a oa bi small ; Ronco of them in vane level lots, x ! J 
place; about 1 were present, Y; nch, Sov wws. —Perha an unparallelled show; me j bo co or bo 
American gentleman, the Hon. Sidney Harbext, aah Mr. hes entails amazingly large, and of extraordin ee PA Barge Q 
Estcourt were among t the peaker mportance in respect of the universally Aes quality of | BS |§opge a 
the animals. Mr. es rizes for Pens of ST oaeo j 
THE SHOW OF HORSES. rams, and so is amply repaid for the eapi f =| Ram ? Fa 3 EP 3 ; g 
The show of agricultural repens was decidedly inferior | his competition last year. It is a high testimony to Lambs. oe + pes oe i ENRERE 
to that of Chelmsford. It is some years since we have | the superiority of his rams, that when the judges were Sef Se É ip 
seen so many inferio slit exhibited as at the | coming to their final Bay per six shearlings they co | Pens of EE a 
show at Salisbury. is ever scarcely | selected he best do be ebb’s ™ | Ewes y ora i 
to be regretted or complained of. It is peculiar to a| The extraordinarily dante Aay, the fine heads, a 
district in which an exhibition of stock has not pre- | bone, and hand of these sheep, their capacity for | ; S2SSq | Total Sheep. | 
viously The preponderance of bad horses growth and good feeding without being too delicate, Pht R ell oe 
came from the neighbourh: the show yard | and the ity of their fleeces, are sufficient to The Number of Exhibitors is as follows :— 
or the adj ties, and è- C01 n | account for the large sums which were reali 
between them and many of the noble animals c oming | remainder of this flock of irg at the en ya Number of 
from all parts .of England served the three-fold | But there are plenty of first-class rams i Number of } Total | Bxhibitors 
` purpose of rendering the iroa ini of the judges some- | Mr. Rigden, Lord d Walsingham, the Duke of Richmond Place of Meeting. |Counties re-| Number of | from the. 
what easy, enabling the public to appreciate by. com- | exhibit animals as good as usual; Mr. Sain has presented, | Exhibitors. Dati 
parison the great merits of many oe anim: ‘ane, some very large cmt wel formed sheep, alto BB ieee 
and aga to the owners of inferior animals a lesson | inferior in several points to Mr. W r. Seott es, 185 is 18 37 w 
= utmost importance, although at Tko expense of | Hayward shows role eee want bah si GA. nei: 18 63 p 
the estimation in which they had previously held their | with good wool ; and Mr. H. Overman’s are worthy of Sacto tee 1854 . i z 9 
s the commendation received. Mr. Webb’s rams of | C2tlisle sa mr 
in Class I., stallions for eters ural purposes | other ages are the best in their class; and those of Chelmsford i 2 A s6 R 
2 years old, no less than 36 a nimals entered, Messsrs. Sainsbury, Overman, Rigden, and Scott Hayward, _ ~ Bs 
embracing Suffolk, he ip and — loa are especially valuable as specimens of profitable South- d of the judges. ae 
The prize was ne| Downs. The Earl of Radno à We append prin award of the j 
oF s ewes are very delicate D CATTLE. i 
ey horse eg. to Mr. Hild akg ae Settee a | and beautiful; as also those of Mr. Pope. Some ques- wo a Ina ht, and William oe 
large horse apparently an active one. He certainly | tion has been raised as to the propriety « of the adadi T e nye Trott, se re 
tama to have rather too much hair abont his legs | cation in the class of ewes; but we think Mr. Overman | Class 1. Bullg under 4 years old, meee! Wilian 
sah a gh ae e5 on the whole somewhat too fairly entitled to his prizes. Ki P, of Koir, Dumblane, Perth ; 161. to J. H. Langton, 0 
of the drayho: se cl er. Large horses were, |. Lone-Woors.—A remarkabl, superior show; not a| ~? F. H. Faw 
er, somewhat fashionable, for the second prize | plain or second-rate animal in 4 ‘ee ie The prize Bal ey ig TE eoad Uficott, Swi 
was awarded to another grey which the | shearling of Mr. Lane is of Sobie form, iea beautiful Bull Calves.—101. to Stewart oo vanis 
yho: the Lincoln Meeting. | head, good neck a chine, chest, loin and Grove, Watford t+ a ae 
certainly a very fine animal, | plait, and thick wool. His poser e shearling is g in Milk o Calf — j 
to bear in mind, what is too inferior in his sho der, rump, and back not so well Townley, Burnley: 101. to Lieut, ae Townsley 
; a large and superior horse is | covered, Mr. Garne’s aa are very i and | _ Class 5 rs in Milk or in Oo Fa ada 
to unite with a small and inferior mare, and handsome ; and we name as v aperior animals those Richa 
and quality of a breed of horses in | of Messrs. Beale Browne, Tobit. Fletcher, Hewer, and 
undoubtedly, size presents | Lane. Mr. H and Mr. Garne are deservedly suc- 
€ Mi 
ave no right, however, to | cessful competitors in Class IL., th magni- 
ict abounds wit ersi meade wold a ae — 
ought to assume that a breeder | SHoRT-wooLLED SHEE be Whatever steps the ngend 
e employs a first-rate horse, | may have taken aveo, the oea i of arr 
mare for his purpose. The | for short-wools other than South-Do' 
horse we find from the catalogue, though a success. No less than 1 a in i new hal ore House, P le 
3 showing, we think, a that it was required, and t present meeting is in Calves.—101, to Lord Bateman, 2 
‘Leicesters or h-Do the centre of a great p megri ah untry. We are Thiis 201. t ta pit 
pms, 0 
Cross with other br breeds too much praise the rams of Mr. A ae Class 4. Cows in Milk or in o 
et out of a certain line where Mr. Spencer, the Earl of Kanik Wa r. Tga tey, | Cronk pr Shrewsbury; 102. to Mrs. Palmer, of 2% 
Mr. John Shittler. The Sh Shropshire Downs appear to Glas 6 Heifers in Milk or in Calf, not ar ey i 
great advantage in this class, and are a very valuable su Richard Hill, of Golding Hall, n i 
reed—perhaps equal to any of the Downs in profitabl Phillip Turner, of the Leen, et ge 
qualities—and the Ham Y Downs Ghe i b ri bi.: = class ater to Bari af Radnor, 
— _ to themselves) form one of the most inter- |” CATTLE iui 
esti ea of the Show. sheep being the B a x. —80i. to James 
het gers piste ia tan yintogreater furour, vittton Seren Aai iol er pA yoan chon’ 151. to aie 
a few words respecti | Stockley Po ý T Credito on. atworth 
its, oid kar ocala a S ce te eauired. | Class 2 "Fo Ne ii io James Wo O- 
pure South-Down ant the old 1 homed Nalgene the: snp ee gion near South Molton : ames Quartly, ° 
of Hampshire and Wiltshire. Tt ommenced in| Class ’3. Bull Calves.—10l. to James Quat n 
-| the early part of the present prot i and now pos- | House, South Molton. Bator to H. gga to James 
— the leading characters of the two arent breeds. — “pe PA p is 
n some of the best farmed districts of Wilts, Hants, Clans i 5. gre Milk or in Calf, Porch $ 
and Berks, these sheep have e graduall laced the he | Edward Pope, of Great Toller near Dorehe 
Sout} -Downs, and have in in themselves a distinct Hole, of Knowle House, ee ae 
breed for ees Year e okt 
