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scarcely had a fair chance. This sent Rare Sover- 

 eign, Lord Coventry's great young bull, down to 

 third. Another three-year-old, Stockton Prince, by 

 Lord Wilton, was reserve. Li two-year-olds the 

 Leinthall bull Begent, one of the Norwich winners, 

 a buU of great substance, was an easy first. Big, 

 thick and massive, he was remarkably well developed 

 over the loins, heavy-fleshed and with splendid char- 

 acter. He had won many prizes and would have 

 been hard to beat for championship honors. Mr. A. 

 E. Hughes was second with Pirate, a bull of nice 

 character and quality, scarcely showing the sub- 

 stance of the winner. The Earl of Coventry was 

 third with Minstrel, by Spartan, and reserve with 

 Textuary, by Good Boy, two promising young bulls 

 in a good class of nine. Li the young class A. P. 

 Turner won first with Tarquin, by the Lord "Wilton 

 bull Sir Edward and from the grand heifer Kath- 

 leen, by The Grove 3d, the winner in the three-year- 

 old heifer class at Norwich. He was a deep thick 

 bull with nice Hereford character. Second prize 

 went to John Tudge's Alton, a son of Leinthall 

 (8801) out of Coral, by Mareschal Niel, a stylish 

 and attractive young bull. The third prize winner 

 was the Earl of Coventry's Golden Miner, by Cali- 

 f omian, his dam being Golden Dream, by Fisherman 

 from Golden Treasure, by Mareschal Neil. 



Li breeding cows and three-year-old heifers Mr. 

 Taylor's Gem, by Franklin, the third prize two- 

 year-old of the previous year, now took first, the 

 older breeding cow Myrtle, shown by Sir Joseph 



