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Judges remarked that they were rather low in condition, had a 
hardy, vigorous, weather-proof look about them ; nothing of the 
scoured, washed-out appearance of so many of the lambs of 
other breeds, after the deluge of eight or nine weeks' duration, 
and they were certainly well grown. The Heythrop Park flock 
supplied the first winners, Mr. W. Arkell, jun., exhibiting a 
good second-prize pen ; while Messrs. G. and F. Street, J. and 
F. Howard, and G. Adams, showed some useful pens. 
The Southdown beat all the other breeds in point of number, 
having 103 single entries of rams, and 29 entries of ewes and 
lambs, in pens of five, representing 145 animals. All the ewes 
and lambs were on the Show-ground, but twelve of the rams 
were absent ; so that the total number of Southdowns actually in 
the pens was 236. This was really a wonderful show, to which 
Messrs. E. Little, J. A. Hempson, and H. Overman, the Judges 
of Southdown, Hampshire, and other short-wool sheep, have done 
justice, and no more than justice, in the following Report : — 
The Southdowns formed one of the grand features of the Show. The classes 
were well filled with exhibits from nearly all the principal flocks in the king- 
dom. As will be seen from the awards of the Judges, the prizes and commen- 
dations were distributed amongst a larger number of exhibitors than has for 
some years past been the case, which is a proof that a large number of superior 
sheep were entered. A short detailed report of each class is appended. 
Class 163. Shearling Bams.— A very large entry, sixty-six. Very few 
were absent. Many of them, being splendid specimens of the breed, gave the 
Judges a considerable amount of work to make their award — there being five 
high commendations and six commendations in addition to the three prizes. 
Class 164. Aged Bams. — In this class there were thirty-five sheep entered, 
and many of them were of great merit, in addition to those to which the prizes 
were awarded. 
Class 165. This was probably the largest and best exhibition of shearling 
ewes ever since the foundation of the Society. There were twenty pens. The 
competition was so close that the Judges, after awarding the prizes and high 
commendations, felt it their duty to commend the class generally. 
Class 166. — This is the first time that prizes have been offered for ewe 
lambs. There were nine entries in the class, but several were absent. One 
pen, No. 2113, was disqualified for being trimmed. As a rule. Southdown 
lambs four months old do not show well. The competition was not so good 
as might have been expected. The President, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 
took the first prize with a matching pen with good backs. 
In each of the ram classes, the Catalogue gives one more entry 
than the Judges have accounted for. Besides the first prize for 
ewe lambs, prizes in each of the other classes were adjudged to 
representatives of the Sandringham flock, four prizes altogether, 
or one-third of the prizes olfered. With this exception, exclusive 
of the reserved numbers, no flock had more than two winners or 
winning pens in the Southdown classes. Mr. Colman's two 
first prizes, for a two-shear ram and for a pen of shearling ewes, 
made the next highest score. Mr. Alfred Heasman showed the 
