520 Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Manchester. 
Class 76. Polled Angus Bulls. — The first prize a high-class animal. 
„ 77. Pair of Polled Angus Cows. — Very good. 
79. Polled Galloway Bulls. — All first-class animals. 
„ 73, 74, 75. Ayrshires. — First and second prizes good of their class. 
„ 85. Welsh Bull. — First prize, a good animal. 
„ 88. Kerry Cow. — First prize, a pretty animal. 
,, 81. Galloway Heifers. — Not first-class. 
„ 86. Welsh Cows. — Doubted about giving a first prize. 
In a separate note one of the Judges of these classes expresses 
his opinion that the show of stock was a fine one, and he 
concludes some other remarks by saying — 
Allow no animal to compete in any class unless it appears in its 
natural state ; therefore, disqualify all animals that have had hair abstracted, 
their liorns polished, or their milk artificially improved. 
There is no denying the desirableness of what is here pointed 
out, and the Society has shown its anxiety to give due weight to 
the merits of animals shown in a natural condition ;* but it 
would seem to be almost impossible to lay down such a standard 
for this " natural condition " as would ensure a uniform decision 
in reference to it by all Judges of Stock. 
A very short report from each of the three Judges of Leicester 
sheep has been received. Two of them do not consider the 
class of shearling rams on the whole as good a class as they 
have seen before — one of the writers remarking that some of 
the sheep did not appear pure-bred. He considers, however, 
the aged rams as a class to have been good, and to have shown 
more purity of blood ; while of Class 91 he says : — 
Two of the lots of shearling ewes were very good, and appeared pure-bred ; 
the other lots were not so good, nor in my judgment so well-bred. He adds : If 
1 may be allowed a few remarks, I think it is very desirable that the pure breed 
of Leicesters should be more encouraged by giving more and better prizes. 
There ought to be a class for 2-year-olds, as they have not a fair chance of 
competing with 3-year-olds. I likewise think the Exhibitors should certify 
that the sheep shown by them as Leicesters are to the best of their belief pure- 
bred, and that judges should be told not to award prizes to any sheej) but such 
as seemed to them to be pure-bred. 
The other Report specifies Mr. Sanday's first-prize shearling, 
as a beautiful sheep, with good head and neck, splendid wool, a 
little deficient behind his shoulders, and hardly standing wide 
enough on his forelegs. Mr. Borton's second-prize sheep, as 
being small, head and neck not good, but with first-class wool 
and mutton. Colonel Inge's third-prize as a useful sheep, and 
likely to get good stock. Of the aged rams it says they are, as 
a class, very good. 
* See Conditions for Cattle, Nos. 3 and 4, on the Prize-sheet. 
