658 Report on the Exhibition of British and Foreign Sheep, 
exhibitors to be careful to avoid a repetition of auy infringement of the Eules 
of the Society. 
John Hogarth. 
James W. Paull. 
John Tapp. 
Devon Long-wool sheep had a fine class of shearling rams 
(18 entries, only 1 absent) ; and, still better, the personal 
merit of the animals was equal to their numerical strength. 
Fewer in number, yet excellent in quality, the aged rams 
(6 entries, all on the show-ground) also made a good class ; and 
the 3 pens of shearling ewes entered and exhibited were all 
very creditable to the breeders. Messrs. W. and G. Bird sent 
five sheep to the shearling class, and had the first prize and a 
commendation, but did not exhibit in either of the other classes. 
Mr. A. Bowerman, who had three in each ram class, gained the 
first prize for a three-shear, and one of his shearlings was com- 
mended : and Sir J. H. H. Amory, exhibiting in all the classes, 
took the first prize for ewes, the second prize for his shearling 
ram, and both reserves for rams, besides several high commenda- 
tions. INIr. R. Corner had the second prize in the aged class, for 
a good two-shear ram, and was highly commended for a shearling ; 
and Messrs. J. N. Franklin and C. Norris were the remaining 
exhibitors, both successful in taking honours in the select little 
class of ewes. The same Judges, whose notes upon the Cots- 
Avold and Kentish sheep have been already extracted (Messrs. 
A. Warde, R. L. Cobb, and R. Garne), conclude their Report 
with the following general remark upon Devons : — 
This class was excellent, the majority of the sheep being well formed, with 
heavy flesh and good wool. 
Roscommon sheep, considering the distance and incon- 
venience of transit from Ireland, came out perhaps as strongly 
as might reasonably have been expected ; but here the Inspectors 
of Shearing again interposed their fatal recommendation, and 
the whole class of shearling rams, comprising 3 entries, was 
accordingly disqualified. In the class for aged rams, the winners 
were Mr. 13. Hannan's " Paddy-go-easy " and Mr. P. Merlehan's 
" Paddy Whack," and the same exhibitors won respectively the 
first and second prizes for ewes, theirs being the only two pens 
exhibited. The entries in all the Roscommon classes numbered 
eight ; one pen of ewes being absent. The Judges, Messrs. J. 
Usher, W. Smith, and G. Rea, report : — 
Tlie Boscommoiis. — From the rules concerning clipping having been disre- 
garded, sevci-al entries in these classes were disqualified, consequently animals 
of merit did not come under the notice of the Judges. 
This remark presumably does not extend to the denial of 
