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Report on the British and Foreign Cattle 
Having accompanied the Judges during their work, I feel that I can confirai 
their Report as to the excellence of the Scotch cattle exhibited. It showed no 
little pluck in our North-couutry friends sending their animals such a distance 
under very discouraging influences of weather. At Carlisle we may expect to 
see the Galloway and Angus cattle more numerously exhibited, and I should 
.strongly advise that at that Show there should be Classes for Aged Bulls over 
Three-years-old, and also for Bulls not exceeding Three-yeai-s-old, and Bulls not 
exceeding Two-years-old. 
John Dknt Dext. 
Foreign Cattle. 
Those visitors to Kilburn whose main object was to see and 
admire the Foreign Cattle must indeed have turned away wofully 
disappointed ; that is, if they estimated them according to our 
English views of what constitutes a good beast. Arrived at the 
Showyard, they found, probably for the first time, that for wise 
and obvious reasons sheds for the reception of the foreign 
animals had been provided at an extreme corner of the enclosure, 
as far removed as possible from the British Section. .Moreover, 
on reaching this spot, visitors found that, notwithstanding the 
liberal sum (over 2000/.) offered by the Mansion House Com- 
mittee, and which was spread over no fewer than fifty-six classes, 
many of the most picturesque and most interesting breeds were 
totally unrepresented. In fact, this remark applies to eight of 
the fourteen varieties or breeds invited, a condition of things 
attributable partly to the inconvenience arising from the neces- 
sary quarantine at the port of debarkation, but still more to a 
dread of the serious delay and probable loss that must have 
arisen had there been any outbreak of disease in the Showyard. 
Foreign-bred Shorthorns stood first on the list, and here 
there was only one entry, a very useful-looking, level-made 
bull, with well-placed shoulders, mellow touch, and good 
flesh. He was sent from Denmark, but no particulars of his 
breeding were furnished by the Catalogue. The remainder of 
the Shorthorn divisions, as also those for Charolais, Garonnais, 
Limousin — all French breeds — were totally void of entries. 
The four classes of Normans, however, contained together fifteen 
entries, the two Aged Bulls being massive and fairly fleshed, 
but wanting in quality, apparently docile, and not over-fed. The 
first-prize Yearling Bull had a better and thicker middle than 
most of the specimens ; but he drooped behind, and was too 
strong in the hair, which generally indicates a slow feeder. 
The second prize was a plain but growthy youngster of twenty 
months ; fish-backed, and rough in the shoulders. The winning 
Norman cow was neat in front, well-filled behind the shoulder, 
with good twist, but plain, drooping quarters, and showing 
that singularly-broad heavy muzzle which seems to belong to 
