Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Manchester. 515 
The bull classes of the shorthorns were excellent, and received 
due credit at the hands of the Judges, from whose Report 
(signed by two of them) the following are extracts : — 
Wc have before us the large number of 101 bulls, divided into 32 aged, 
16 two-year-olds, 28 yearlings, and 25 calves. Taken as a whole, they are 
the most level lot ever presented before us, and in placing No. 398 hrst in 
the aged class, it will be seen that we did not hesitate to notice an animal 
shown in fair working order. The second and third in this class were animals 
of gi-eat merit. 
The two-year-old class, though the smallest in jioint of numbers, com- 
prised some really good animals. The first-prize bull was of good size and 
form, whilst his quality and flesh were undeniable. The yearling and calf 
classes were both large and good, and assisted very materially in making 
this department of the show highly creditable to the exhibitors. 
The Report signed by the third Judge contains the following 
remarks : — 
Class 40. — The largest show of aged bulls I ever saw at any show, many 
of extraordinary merit. In going tlirou.i;h this class, we found at least a 
dozen remarkably fine bulls, good enough for any herd of shorthorns, and 
I had some difficulty in agreeing with my colleagues in placing the three 
prize bulls. 
Class 41. — We had not so much trouble, as though the class was generally 
pretty good, there were three or four very superior animals. 
Class 42. Yearling Bulls. — We found several good young bulls. The class 
was highly respectable generally. There were in this class four or five very 
promising bulls indeed, particularly those to which the prizes were awarded. 
Class 43. Bull Calf, above six, and not exceeding twelve months old. — 
Some very nice calves were shown, but as this is an age when it is difficult 
to know how the young ones will grow, it is hard to decide. 
Altogether I considered the bulls the best I had ever seen at any show. 
As a whole, it may be doubted if the show of shorthorn bulls 
was ever equalled. There bave been, on the other hand, in 
bygone years, occasions, especially in the older classes of bulls, 
when the prize animals have stood out more conspicuously among 
their fellows than do the winners this year ; and it is question- 
able whether the " Earl of Derby," " Edgar," or " Heir of 
Englishman," will leave their mark in the memory of spectators 
and connoisseurs in the way in which some of the old heroes of 
the showyard have formerly done. 
In the case of the " Earl of Derby " there was certainly an 
absence of that comely condition so captivating to the eye of the 
beholder, and it reflects credit upon the firmness and nerve of 
the Judges that they upheld their opinion as to his intrinsic 
merits, though they must have foreseen that they were unlikely 
to carry the popular verdict witb them. 
Most of the important herds of the country were represented, 
and the Wexford half-brothers, winning first and second prizes 
respectively in the younger bull class, were excellent specimens 
of Irish shorthorn breeding ; indeed there seemed to be but one 
