526 Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Manchester. 
Of the Lonks there were 15 entries, of the Herd wicks 19, of 
the Limestones 5, and of the Black-faced Scotch 13. 
The Reports of the Judges on these classes are favourable ; 
one contains the following remarks : — 
Lonks. 
Classes 110 and 111. — I consider these classes well represented. 
Class 112. — In this class shearlings were shown in competition with ewes, 
which occasions some difficulty in arriving at a satisfactory decision, and I 
recommend that in future they be classed separately. This was also a good 
class. 
Herdwicks. 
Class 113. — The six rams were a fair average of their kind. 
Class ] 14. — A good class : the three i^rize animals doing great credit to the 
exhibitors and breeders, particularly No. 1118, which I think one of the best 
Herdwicks I ever saw. 
Black-faced Scotch. 
Class 125. — There was an excellent show in this class. The winner of the 
first prize was a splendid sheep, and, indeed, the whole of the rams shown 
were particularly good. 
Speaking of the Lonks, the Report of the other Judge expresses 
the opinion — 
That a more numerous entry might have been expected for a class of sheep 
which have attained such importance, and which appear so suitable for the 
high grounds of Lancashire and Yorkshire. They, however, possessed great 
merit, and I could not but remark the improvement made since I had last an 
opportunity of judging them, in 1862, at Preston. What struck me was the 
improvement in the quality of wool and squareness of frame, embracing hardi- 
hood and constitution. 
Of the " Herdwicks " it is remarked — 
This peculiarly hardy race of sheep, so well adapted to the high bare hills 
of Westmoreland and Cumberland, possessing constitution to weather the 
severest storms, must be considered to be well represented here, the rams 
showing that wildness and activity so essential in a mountainous district. 
It disappointed this writer to see so small an entry for ■ 
" Limestones ;" — 
A class of sheep (he adds) said to thrive on ground where no other kind 
can live — a matter of great importance. Otherwise this class struck me as 
possessing little merit, seeming hard to feed, and carrying little wool. 
This Report also speaks very favourably of the way in which 
the " Black-faced Scotch " were represented, and especially 
alludes to the merits of the first-prize shearling ram. 
Though the " Cheviots and Border Leicesters " come last in 
the Catalogue, they are sheep of much importance. The Border 
Leicesters, not long ago to be found only in Northumberland 
and the Borders, are much appreciated now in other parts of 
both England and Scotland, and it is said that there is a con 
