l78 Tlie Agricultural Features of the Pai-is Exhibition. 
substance, but deficient somewhat in shape and symmetry when 
3 0U come to " take him to pieces." Still he pushed pretty 
closely on the first one, " Baron Australia Bates," a two-year- 
and-eight-month-old animal of Bates blood, shown and bred 
by Mr. George Fox, of Elmhurst Hall, Staffordshire. This 
bull was not all that could have been desired in a first-prize 
animal, though he is a strong, massive, useful-looking sire. 
The female classes were decidedly superior to the male. 
In the class of heifers under two years, perhaps the best 
looking Shorthorn in the Exhibition appeared in the shape of 
the Marquis of Exeter's beautiful twenty-three-month-old roan 
" Sea Bird." This charming heifer, bred at Burghley, is a worthy 
daughter of that distinguished prize bull " Telemachus," and 
out of the valuable breeding cow " Sea Gull." " Sea Bird " 
has inherited from her sire rare quality and wealth of flesh, is 
very level all over, with wide ribs, strong loins, nice hair, 
much style, and attractive head and neck. Shown as she was 
in the best of trim, and having nearly all the advantage that the 
maximum age could give, she was an easy first in a good class. 
The well-known Booth and Knightley herd at Windsor fur- 
nished a creditable second in " Cawlina 9th," a seventeen- 
month-old roan, daughter of the Knightley cow " Cawlina 5th," 
and after Mr, Booth's " Manrico" (26,805). This heifer is long 
in the quarter, level in flesh, and handsome in form. She did 
not display so much substance and wealth of carcass as "Sea 
Bird " did, being younger ; yet Her Majesty's exhibit showed 
much style and feminine character. She is the result of at 
least two crosses of Booth blood on Knightley. Those having 
experience of this cross would readily believe that she is not 
the produce of a first cross of this nature, because it is seldom 
that it appears in such good form.. Second and subsecjuent 
crosses of Booth blood on the grand milking Knightleys pro- 
duce excellent animals— generally nicer than those of the first 
cross. Lady Pigot and Mr. Fox had a hard pull for the 
tliird ticket. Eventually preference was given to Mr. Fox's 
tidy little roan, daughter of the celebrated American-bred 
" Duchess " bull, " 24th Duke of Airdrie." She was only 
thirteen months old, had a good coat of hair, handled well, and 
looks like making a good cow, not having been overdone in 
the way of feeding. Lady Pigot's " May Queen," a seventeen- 
month-old roan, half-sister to " I'he Beau," and by her Lady- 
ship's well-known bull " Red-Cross Knight," had more size 
and substance than the third heifer, with a truer outline ; but the 
West Hall heifer did not prove so sweetly under tlie hand, nor 
display so much feminine character as the other. Lord Bective 
got a well-deserved " honourable mention " for a good red and 
