204 The Agricultural Features of the Paris Exhibition. 
see in a collection of English Shorthorns. Few were wholly red 
in colour, not very many dark roan, a good many pure white, and 
the large majority light roan. This, of course, is explainable 
by the extensive and systematic use of white bulls in France. 
The French Shorthorn Section, divided into five classes, had 
no less than 522/. allotted to it as prize money ; while, in 
addition, three supplementary prizes were awarded in lour 
of the classes and two in the other, besides numerous tickets 
of commendation. The class for bulls under two years old con- 
tained 29 entries, fully one-half being really good, well-bred, 
promising bulls. A few were very plain, and showed little 
breeding and less skill in bringing them out. The first prize 
went to a lengthy, well-balanced, well-formed red and white 
bull, eighteen months old, shown and bred by Count de iNIassol, of 
Souhey, Cote d'Or. This bull showed a slight want of charac- 
ter, which was increased by a bareness of hair, and he was also 
plain in the shoulder ; but still he possessed many of the better 
points of a true Shorthorn, and was deserving of the position 
into which he was placed. His grandsire, " Tout Blanc," a 
famous French bull, traces back through Mr. Jonas Webb's 
"Duchess," by "Vanguard" (5545),* a daughter of Earl 
Spencer's ,' No. 6 Marmisole," and " Dedona," by "Alabaster" 
(1616), to " Favourite " (252), " White Bull " (421), " Boling- 
broke " (86), and " Hubback " (319). Count de Massol showed 
two others of similar breeding in this class, one being a very 
neat and promising white bull, twelve months old. The second- 
prize bull, shown by Count de Falloux, of Bourg-d'Ire, Maine- 
et-Loire, was neater in form than the first-prize bull, and had 
excellent front and neck-vein, but lacked hair and substance. 
Through " Young Primrose," by " Pilot " (496), this neat little 
bull's sire runs back to "Flora," by "Young Comet" (157). 
M. Lacour, of Saint-Fargeau, Yonne, came third with a shapely 
little yearling bull, red and white in colour, with good rib, 
very strong loins, and fine quality. Through " Autumn Rose," 
by " Vatican, " he traces back to the best of Mason's and Colling's 
blood. One of the most handsome, most promising, and best- 
haired bulls in the lot got only honourable mention, namely, 
" Lord Derby," a neat thirteen-month roan, got by " Sir Olive 
Barrington " (35,384), and owned by M. Cazenove, of Idron, 
Basses-Pyrenees. This was the highest price bull, and was sold 
for 120/., to go to Italy. 
Bulls over two and under four years old numbered 22, and 
were a good lot. A few were very plain, and there were no 
stars of the first magnitude. The majority were heavy, fairly- 
* The numbers withui brackets, thus ( ), refer to ' Coatca's Herd Book.' 
