Goats, and Pigs at Kilburn. 
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departments at least, must command the respect which science 
claims. It is difficult to notice specially any of the pens without 
seeming to do injustice by the neglect of others good enough for 
special notice. The exhibitors were — His Royal Highness the 
President of the Society (two pens, one winning the third prize), 
Mr. F. M. Jones (reserve and highly commended), Lord Wal- 
singham, Mr. H. Gorringe (two pens), the Duke of Richmond 
(two pens), Messrs. Emery (two pens), Messrs. Heasman (second 
prize), Col. Kingscote, Mr. G. Jones, Mr. C. Durham, Mr. C. 
Chapman (two pens), Lord Moreton, Sir N. W. Throckmorton 
(highly commended), Mr. H.Humphrey (highly commended), and 
Mr. J. J. Colman (first prize) ; and the animals may be fairly 
described in the aggregate as of exquisite symmetry, having the 
lines of beauty and the high finish which appeal to the educated 
yet not technically critical eye, and the economy of form and 
flesh which win the approval of the practical connoisseur. 
The Report of the Judges of Shropshire sheep is so ample, 
and so exhaustive in its critical survey of the classes, that it 
would be superfluous to introduce any further description of the 
animals noticed therein. Whatever might be the differences of 
opinion upon the comparative merits of different sheep (and 
opinion, not merely that of outsiders, but of practised breeders, 
certainly did range very widely), it is not easy to contest the 
general conclusion of the Judges, that the Shropshire classes, 
although large, were, upon the whole, disappointing in quality. 
The figures of the Judges are given below exactly as they are 
written, but two should be subtracted from Class 167, in which 
withdrawals from number 2150 to 2153 reduced the actual number 
of entries to 70. The number of Shropshire entries was 116, of 
which 92 were rams (7 absent), and 24 were pens of ewes and 
lambs (2 absent), giving a total of 212 animals (17 absent). The 
Judges' remarks about shearing and disqualification have a 
general bearing upon the Show, and not upon the Shropshire 
classes exclusively : — 
Class 167. Shearling Bams. — There were seventy-two entries in this class, 
and only few were absent. 
_ In making our report we trust that the breeders will not be discouraged or 
disappointed if we pronounce this class below the average of the last few years. 
There were doubtless many good animals exhibited, but we failed to find 
anything particularly striking to lead us directly away from the general body, 
alter devoting an unusually long period to their inspection, which has been 
commented on by some members of the press. Mr. Graham's first-prize 
animal was a stylish sheep, having ears rather objectionable in colour, and 
being not quite perfect in his hind quarters. The second prize was awarded 
to Mr. T. J. Mansell's, a sheep of good colour, scarcely up to our standard in 
colour at the back of the ears, and weak in his pasterns, which did not add 
to his appearance. The third prize we awarded to a sheep bred in Ireland 
by Mr. Naper, with a good fleece and particularly firm touch, neck not 
