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have reported so fully that it is unnecessary for me to add any- 
thing to their Report : — 
The Class of Slicarliii'^ Earns had sixty-oi)e entries. A large proportion of 
tlifse were uniformly good, while there were none which the Judges could at 
once fix upon as standing out f;ir beyond their fellows. 
The Aged Kams, eighteen in number, were, with few exceptions, very 
good. Captain Townson's is unmistakably at the head of this class, and does 
great credit to a j''oung breeder of Shropshires. 
The winners of the first prize for Shearling Ewes, Lord Ciicsham's, were 
exceedingly good ; the second, Mr. C. Byrd's, were larger, but not so uniform ; 
the third, Mr. Kock's, larger still, but still more varying in form, showing that 
in Shropshires, as in other breeds, it is more easy to combine perfection 
in form and quality with moderate than with extraordinary size ; but size 
must be maintained. Some of the ewes in other pens were too small and light 
of bone, wanting the characteristics of this breed, which are a bold head well 
covered, a big neck, strong bony limbs, the indications of heavy lean flesh. 
These qualities, combined with oblique shoulders and a spine well covered, 
dark-brown features, and a close heavy fleece free from grey wool, are the attri- 
butes we have looked for in awarding the prizes offered for Shropshire sheep. 
The services of the Inspectors of Shearing were dispensed with on this 
occasion, and we should have been glad to find that they were not necessary. 
Jn their absence the Judges were requested to notice those animals which had 
not been shorn bare after the 1st of April, one of the conditions of entr_y. 
There were a few suspicious cases ; but one. No. 1081, admitted of no doubt. 
We hope, for the credit of our fellow breeders of Shropshire, that there will 
be no instance of this sort in future ; it is quite certain that such attempted 
deception does not tend to success iu the Showyard. 
1?. H. Masfen. 
JOHX COXON. 
C. Ran DELL. 
Devon Long-wools. 
The muster was not strong here. Mr. Richard Corner's 
shearling ram was a good one, very level, a little small, but 
showing character. Sir J. H. Heathcoat-Amory, Bart., M.P., 
had a fine even pen of shearling ewes in high condition. 
The following Report has been received from the Judges : — 
The Devon Long-wools were a fair average lot. The comiietitiou in the 
Sliearling Ram Class was good. In the aged class the competition was not 
strong iu numbers, but of equal quality. There were only two pens of shearling 
ewes shown, each of which we thought well merited a prize. 
Thomas Wiixis, Jun. 
James Teemaine. 
Somerset and Dorset Horned. 
Mr. Herbert Farthing was the chief exhibitor and prize-taker 
among the rams, and Mr. John Mayo was the owner of the two 
pens of shearling ewes. 
Dartmoors. 
The chief characteristics of this rather uncommon breed are 
heavy-looking wool and white faces. Mr. John London l^rem- 
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