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good many could claim but few strong points. The want of 
stvle and true Shorthorn character, already spoken of, was more 
noticeable here than in anv of the other four classes : but while 
this was the case, it must be admitted that, in regard to the 
size and substance of the animals, the muster of cows was a 
very strong one. The majority were strong, massire, use- 
ful, but common-looking animals, healthy and active in appear- 
ance, but lacking the style and gaiety which usually charac- 
terise the display of Shorthorn cows at the English national 
Show. M. Despres, of la Guerche, Ille-et-Vilaine, came first, 
with a good four-year-old roan cow, M. Salvat following closely 
with a five-year-old roan. M. Lepine, of Rouez-en-Champagne, 
Sarthe, won the third prize with a four-year-old roan cow, 
showing fair stvle, and out of a cow descended, through " Lexi- 
con "(7139 j, from "Marske" (418; and " Comet (155 j, of 
which latter bull there is a double cross. A large but rather 
common-looking five-year-old cow, owned by M. Dandier, of 
Naifles, Mayenne, came fourth. She claims descent, through 
" The Baron" (9711 from " Wellington" (686;, and a son of 
" Favourite " (252), of which bull there is a double cross. M. 
Tiersonnier won the fifth prize with a red and white cow, three 
years and five months old, out of a cow got by " Baltic " 
(12,431), and tracing back, through "Morning Star" (217), to 
" Orpheus " (473 ; and " Favourite " (252). A sixth prize went 
to the Marquis de la Tullaye. In addition to three supple- 
mentary prizes, no fewer than eighteen tickets of '• very honour- 
able " and " honourable " mention were awarded in this class, so 
that more than one-half of the forty animals entered carried 
tickets of distinction over their heads. 
One of the largest cows in this Section girthed 7 feet 9 inches ; 
another, less in size, 7 feet 3 inches ; and another 7 feet 2 
inches. One three-year-old bull girthed 7 feet 9 inches : an- 
other, of the same age, 6 feet 6^ inches ; and a two-vear-old 
bull, 6 feet 11^ inches. In taking leave of this part of the 
subject we would say, in a sentence, that France has proved 
itself admirably adapted to the rearing of Shorthorns, and that 
the very slight deterioration which the breed has shown since 
its introduction into the country is perhaps more directly trace- 
able to a want of knowledge and care on the part of the French 
breeders than to any defect in the soil or climate of France. 
Native Fkksch Breeds. 
Normandy Cattle. — Of these there were no fewer than 150 
entries, and thus they formed the ]ar<rest Section in the Cattle 
Department. The native cattle of Normandy have branched out 
