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He was entered as thirty months old, though to a stranger he 
looked more like twice that age. The first-prize cow, entered 
as a Fleming, would have passed as a cross between the Shorthorn 
and Flemish breeds, being a sort of roan in colour, propor- 
tionate in shape, nice in bone, and altogether just what, in 
England, would be regarded as a good average Shorthoru«cross. 
The second-prize cow, also entered as Flemish, showed similar 
symptoms of an admixture of Shorthorn blood. She too was 
roan in colour, of fair quality, fine head, and generally well- 
made-up frame, though rather plain quarters. Most of the 
other cows were good specimens of the Flemish breed ; two 
of them and all the heifers being of the same sort as the second- 
prize little black bull. In colour they were black and white, 
marked similarly to the Dutch breed, but in size and "make" 
they showed more resemblance to the Kerry breed of Ireland. 
Again, in the Section for different breeds, " not included in 
the preceding Sections," Belgium had not only the largest 
number of entries but also carried oft the lion's share of the spoil. 
Indeed, with the exception of a second and a third prize which 
came to England for Longhorns, Belgian cattle won all the 
honours. The majority of the animals in this Section were 
Shorthorn-crosses of different kinds. Unfortunately, only in a 
few cases did the Catalogue indicate the breeding of the animals 
beyond saying that they were " Durham Crosses ; " and the 
difficulty as to language made it impossible always to obtain 
satisfactory information where it was wanted. The majority, 
however, of those which hailed from Belgium were evidently 
crosses between the Shorthorn and the Flemish breeds, the 
characteristics of the former largely predominating. It certainly 
could not be said that success had been attained in ev ery case, 
but, taking the class as a whole, a great improvement had been 
effected by contact with the Shorthorn. Further on we shall 
refer to the wonderful ameliorating influence of the Shorthorn 
when crossed with other breeds, and shall here only give a few 
notes on some of the animals in this Section. The class for 
bulls contained about twenty animals, and presented perhaps 
nearly as much variety as any other class in the Exhibition. 
The winner of the first prize, belonging to M. Lorio Thulin, 
Hainaut, was clearly among the best in the class. Indeed, 
barring a little roundness, he would have passed as a fair speci- 
men of the Shorthorn breed. He was entered as a Shorthorn- 
cross, and looked like a cross between a Shorthorn and a Flemish. 
Red in colour, with white spots, his muzzle was blue, and his head 
rather short and clumsy. The second-prize bull, also from Bel- 
gium, was similar in colour, form, breeding, and general charac- 
teristics ; and though entered as fourteen months, he had an older 
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