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appearance. His quality was fair, but lie also lacked true Short- 
horn character. The third-prize bull, owned by M. Derboven, 
was entered as a Dutch-cross, and would have passed as a 
cross between the Dutch and the Shorthorn. Black and white 
in colour, he was two years old, and was a thick well-fleshed 
animal ; muzzle and horns were black, fore-rib and shoulder-top 
excellent. A very fair Shorthorn-cross from West Flanders, 
thirty-nine months old, came fourth ; while an Ayrshire-looking 
Shorthorn-cross from Liege, Belgium, got an honourable men- 
tion. The latter showed fine quality and hair ; spotted muzzle, 
fair head and horns, stood neatly on his legs, but was plain and 
round behind. Several of the others in the class would have 
passed in England as good crosses between the Shorthorn and 
the Ayrshire breeds ; others were evidently crosses between the 
Shorthorn and Dutch breeds, showing better beef properties than 
the pure Dutch, but a plainer form than the pure Shorthorn. 
The female class, which numbered about thirty, was similar 
to the male class in regard to character, form, colour, and breed- 
ing. The first prize went to a very handsome four-year-old 
Shorthorn-cross, lacking substance and character, but full of 
quality. Dark roan in colour, she handled exceedingly well, and 
was owned by M. de Wonck-Valeraine, Cras-Avernas, Liege, 
Belgium. The second and third prizes went to Longhorns, 
already noticed. The fourth prize was won by a thick two-year- 
old Shorthorn-cross, owned by M. Tiberghien, Manage, Hainaut, 
who exhibited a lot of very good cattle. Several of the females 
were rather leggy and wanting in flesh and character ; nearly all 
had either black or spotted muzzles, and the majority had dark 
horns and plain hind-quarters. Thick stiff skins were also too 
plentiful, and so were flat ribs. One of the best-looking cows 
in the class, a heavy handsome six-year-old Shorthorn-cross, 
owned by M. de Wonck-Valeraine, was entirely passed over by 
the Jurors. She was a trifle light in the waist, but in every other 
respect was at any rate the third best cow in the class. In 
England she would have ranked above the average of Shorthorn- 
crosses. 
Danish Cattle. 
Denmark was represented in the Cattle Department by about 
a dozen animals, owned by two exhibitors. The Danish breeds 
of cattle are so fully described in the admirable " Report on 
the Agriculture of Denmark," drawn up by Mr. H. M. Jenkins, 
and published in part ii. of the 12th volume of the second 
series of the Royal Agricultural Society's 'Journal,' that little 
more need be added here. The first-prize bull was a gay-looking 
little animal, of the Angeln breed, close on four years old, with 
