Goats, and Pigs at Kilburn. 
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of The Forest, Catterick, Yorkshire, showed four remarkably 
fine shearling- rams and three two-shear rams, winning first and 
second prizes in both classes ; but one of his best, if not his 
very best, sheep, the two-shear " Royal Stuart," and one of 
his shearlings, were disqualified by the inspectors of shearing. 
These, and his two pens of ewes (first prize and reserve), and 
one pen of lambs (third prize), were really such a lot as it is 
not easy to select from one flock in any one year. The shear- 
lings and two of the two-shears are by " Royal James." The 
first prize shearling, wide through the heart, and of generous 
flesh-growth, and the first prize two-shear, " Royal Victor," were 
specially good specimens, and the prize ewes were also a very 
good even lot. Indeed, all the three pens of ewes from The Forest 
flock have the characteristic of similarity. Nearly the whole 
flock is bred from one foundation-dam, and home-bred sires 
have been used for many years. Of the fifteen ewes exhibited, 
seven were by " King James," four by " Royal James," and four 
by " Prince George," all well-known prize rams, in-bred from 
winners, whose live weight at the shows has been up to 33 st. 
and 34 st. of 14 lbs. Mr. Tweedie, however, had no easy 
winning, for Mr. Thompson's shearling ram (third prize), and 
pen of ewes (second prize), put in a very creditable appearance 
for the Baillicknowe flock, and his lambs were the best of all ; 
and the entries of Mr. C. E. Hay, and those from Woodhorn 
Manor, did ample justice to the character of the Border 
Leicester in its English stronghold of Northumberland. Asrain 
it becomes necessary to divide the judicial report in conse- 
quence of the difference between the order of the show catalogue 
and that of the various classes assigned to each triumvirate. 
Messrs. Usher, Smith, and Rea, who awarded the prizes to 
the Border Leicester, Cheviot, and Roscommon sheep, write as 
follows : — 
The Judges have to report a good exhibition of Border Leicesters. Although 
this breed was not so numerously represented, the merit of the classes generally 
was good. 
The Cotswold classes comprised 52 entries, of which onlv 
13 were from the native county of the breed — that of Gloucester. 
Oxfordshire contributed 27 and Norfolk 12. Single rams 
numbered 39, ewes and lambs, 13 pens of five ; absent, 4 rams 
and 1 pen of ewes. The following general and brief Report is 
supplied by Messrs. A. Warde, B. C. Cobb, and R. Game, the 
J udges of Cotswold, Kentish, and Devon Longwool sheep : — 
Cotswold. — The entries in the classes were numerous, and well upheld the 
character of this excellent breed of sheep. 
With the general unagricultural public, the Cotswold is 
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