232 Tlie Agricultural Features of the Paris Exhibition. 
this animal needs no further comment here. He was still in 
grand form, and attracted manv admirers, carrying, as he did, his 
mutton very evenly. Mr. Colman's second ram was a handsome 
two-year-old, specially good in front and well covered with 
mutton and wool. The ^lessrs. Emery were third, with a tup 
of similar breeding to their fourth-prize y oungster ; while the 
Prince of Wales came in fourth with a tidy twentv-seven-month 
tup, showing good style and breeding. 
The contest in the class for females under eighteen months old 
was exceptionally keen, and yet Mr. Gorringe was clearly en- 
titled to the highest position with his stylish, well-brought-out, 
well-bred pen. They had smart, lively heads, attractive sym- 
metry, and excellent quality. The second-prize pen, owned by the 
Prince of Wales, were lengthy well-covered sheep, showing good 
breeding and fine quality. Two were specially good : the other 
lacked character a little. A well-matched pen shown bv Mr. 
Colman stood third. Lord Walsingham having to be contented 
with a fourth prize, as he had reserved his best pen for the 
Bristol " Roval," where they were unbeaten. In the ewe class, 
however, his Lordship pulled up into his wonted position, coming 
first with an excellent pen, two of which were got by " Royal 
Manchester, ' and the other by " Perfection. ' Two of them were 
very fine ewes, splendidly covered all over, but the third was 
rather weak on the loins. Messrs. Emery came second, with a 
pen got by " Old Hurston,"' Mr. Gorringe third, and the Prince 
of Wales fourth. 
With such success in the Section, Lord Walsingham was 
early expected to have a strong chance of carrying off the 1500- 
franc prize (60/.), for the best group of mutton-producing sheep 
of any breed not French, in the Exhibition ; an honour which, 
in due time, fell to his Lordship's credit. Stiff as sales were, as 
a rule, at the Exhibition, the demand for Southdown sheep was 
brisk, and nearly all the English specimens which were offered 
found ready purchasers in French flock-owners. Mr. Gorringe 
sold a tup to Count de Bouille, of \ illars, Xievre, a prominent 
breeder of Southdowns in France. The whole of Lord Walsing- 
ham s group was soM to M. Xouette-Delorme, Loiret, wh6 ex- 
hibited in the French Division a lot of good specimens of the 
Southdown breed. He also showed a tup among the English 
animals, beside which it lacked finish somewhat. 
Orford Downs. — Originally, Shropshires, Oxford Downs, 
Hampshire Downs, and similar breeds were grouped together in 
the premium list ; but before the judging took place each breed 
was arranged by itself, and awarded prizes. Of the Oxfordshire 
Downs there were thirty-three entries from England, and four 
or five from Belgium. Mr. J. Treadwell, Upper Winchonden, 
Aylesbury ; Mr. Chas. Howard, Biddenham, Bedford ; Mr. G. 
