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excellent Shorthorn characteristics ; while the well-ribbed, fine- 
boned, short-legged, long-quartered "Suleiman Pasha," bred and 
exhibited by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, had a 
host of admirers, and will be heard of again. He was ticketed 
for sale, and looked all over a good seller. 
Class 60. The Bull-calf Class at the Rojal is always an 
interesting and generally a good one. It has, however, often 
been larger and more uniformly excellent than at Kilburn : still 
there were some highly promising youngsters, boasting the best 
blood of the day. The winner, exhibited by Mr. Joseph 
Stratton, of Alton Priors, was fortunate in beating the third 
prize. He has, it is true, a broad back, deep flanks, rich quality, 
abundant hair, grand bosom and twist, but he lacks the style of 
the Shotley bull-calf, which I reckoned the best in the class ; his 
one slight fault being the tiniest defect behind the elbow. 
Mr. Jabez Cruse, from North Devon, showed two useful calves, 
one of which, having a remarkably long name (the Shorthorn 
Society — indeed all compilers of herd-books — should limit names 
to three words at most), and highly commended at Exeter, 
took second prize, and was sold at a good price to go abroad. 
No. 815, also owned by Mr. Cruse, was slightly out of health, 
and lost a place in consequence. This pair were got by " Oxford 
Duke 10th " (38,830) — the winner, I was told, of 16 prizes 
out of 19 competed for. The fourth prize was gained by 
Mr. Mumford, from Oxfordshire, with " Country Boy," a dark 
red, full of soft hair, but crooked behind. The " reserve," out of a 
" Darlington " cow, and sired by Mr. Davies's " Grand Duke of 
Gloucester" (36,721), struck me as a well-haired and highly 
promising stirk. 
Class 61. Cows. — This class, notwithstanding the accounts 
one reads to the contrary, must be pronounced first-rate, and 1 
was not surprised to hear an experienced breeder and frequent 
exhibitor and winner at all leading Shows exclaim, " I've not 
seen as good a class of cows at the ' Royal ' these twenty years." 
After this assurance, coming as it did from high authority, and 
seeing that of the twenty animals exhibited no fewer than ten got 
prizes or commendations, what shall be said of the fortunate 
dame which outstripped the lot ? I am aware that the deci- 
sion was not universally approved (few decisions are) ; we have 
it in the Judges' own Report that one of their number would 
have placed Lord Exeter's cow first. This, again, would not have 
satisfied those, and there were many, who preferred Mr. Bull's 
white cow. But to return for a moment to the first-prize cow, 
"Grateful," bred and exhibited by Mr. T. H. Hutchinson, 
and the heroine of many a Show-ring both before and since 
