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butcher-beasts. M. Parage, of Chaze, Maine-et-Loire, headed 
the cow class with a heavy four-year-old cow of the Durham- 
Manceau cross, well-clad with flesh of superior <[uality, but not 
very neat in form. M. Daudier, of Xiafles, Mayenne, also shfjwed 
a few very good specimens of this cross, finer in the bone than 
the average of the other crosses in the Section. It is evident 
that the two breeds blend together admirably. The charac- 
teristics of the ^Manceau, however, are giving way to those of 
the popular " red, white, and roan." 
Eleven specimens of Durliam-Charolais crosses were entered, 
and deserve to be placed next to the Manceau cross. They were 
awarded one first, one second, one third, and two fourth prizes, 
and two honourable mentions. In the class for bulls under two 
years old, Count de Massol, of Souhey, Cote d'Or, led off with a 
white that had better quarters than the pure Charolais breed, finer 
bone, better quality, and finer shoulders. He was a little round 
in shape, but would otherwise have passed as a very good Short- 
horn. The Count was second in the corresponding class among 
the females with a stylish roan, rather too far from the ground, 
but neat, and true in outline. She was a little bare on the 
shoulder and on the thighs, and her horns came rather straight 
out. Her head was neat, and her rump and quarters were 
greatly improved from those of the pure Charolais. Again, in 
the class for two-year-old heifers he was fourth, with an animal 
displaying a good deal of Shorthorn character, while in the cow 
class the third prize fell to a plainish exhibit of his. M. Mativon, 
of Bannegon, Cher, was awarded the fourth prize in the old bull 
class for a very large three-year-old white bull, strong in the 
bone, bare on both sides of the tail, not heavy in the waist, and 
with rough horns ; but neat head, white muzzle, good front, fair 
quality, and longer in the body than the pure Charolais. 
Next to these would rank the S]iortlLorn-Normancro%s,oi \\\Ac\i 
eleven specimens were entered. These were generally good ani- 
mals, and had a fair share of the prizes — one first prize, one sup- 
plementary prize, one third, and two fourth prizes, and one ticket 
of honourable mention. MM. Gregorie and Son, of Almeneches, 
Orne, topped the class for heifers between two and three years 
old, with a roan, thirty months old, very strong and fleshy. 
Neither style nor quality, however, was displayed by her. In 
the old bull class the same gentlemen were third with a strong 
animal, unsatisfactory in the outline, more like the Norman 
than the Shorthorn breed, and bare on the top, but soft and 
kindly under the hand. An honourable mention was also 
awarded to these gentlemen for a big plain five-year-old soft- 
handling roan cow. As a rule, these Norman crosses were big 
and pleasant to touch, though not true in form. M. Ancelin, 
ol Chapelle-sous-Gerberoy, Oiso, got the fourth prize in the 
