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Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Hull. 
class were good, consequently it was a task to select the reserve numter; 
but the choice seemed to be between Mrs. Simpson's "Prince Crocus" and 
Mr. Digby's " Cowboy." The point was decided by the majority in favour 
of Mr. Digby's Island bred animal. As regards the Jersey prize cows and 
heifers, the quality — that is, the fineness of breeding of the animals— was very 
apparent. They were also very symmetrical and bloodlike, and showed also 
to be great milkers ; in point of fact, they one and all exemplified the familiar 
Latin phrase, " Multum in parvo," and also proved to be a great attraction to 
the admirers of Aldemeys, and more especially to the lady visitors during the 
Show. The next three classes of Guernseys were poorly represented, and, 
instead of being a grand lot as at Cardiff last year, they were here only a 
middling lot for a Showyard. There were in the Galloway classes about 
enough animals to take the prizes, yet withal they were good animals, and 
showed like making first-class beef for the consumer. In the three classes of 
Ayrshires there were only three animals exhibited, viz. two fairish females 
and a bull. The last three classes we had to adjudicate on were the other 
established breeds. Now these classes were entirely filled with Norfolk-polled 
animals and two dandy little Shetlanders. The polls were throughout a good 
lot of heavy-fleshed animals, with fair pretensions to milk ; and, from seeing 
such good animals coming from a distance, we feel, perhaps, it would not be 
presumption on our part to suggest whether or not a satisfactory class of 
Norfolk and Suffolk Polls might not be formed at Bedford next year, as that 
place would be nearer their homes ; for we consider they are breeds which for 
general usefulness and docility ought to find favour at the Eoyal Show. 
Sheep. 
Mr. Ridley, the Steward of Sheep, has sent an admirable 
report, which requires no addition from me. 
It may be said generally of the exhibition of sheep at Hull, 
that, though none of the classes, with the exception perhaps of 
the Southdown and Shropshire shearling rams, were very largely 
represented, there were yet but few of them which did not dis- 
play a fair average of good sheep, while some, as the report of 
the Judges will show, comprised sheep of extraordinary merit. 
And it is satisfactory to be able to state, that while this year's 
Show compares not unfavourably in those respects with those of 
former years, it does, as regards honest shearing, evince that the 
efforts of the Society for the last few years have borne some good 
fruit. For the inspectors of shearing (who were Mr. H. Bone, 
of Avon, Ringwood ; Mr. R. Brown, of Wigginton House, 
Tamworth ; and Mr. W. Jobson, of Buteland, Bellingham) were 
this year in a position to report to the Stewards that there were in 
their opinion no cases in which the sheep had not been " really and 
fairly shorn bare ;" and whereas six entries of Shropshires were 
disqualified last year, one of the inspectors (and not the least 
experienced) was able to say that he had never at any of the 
Royal Shows seen this class of sheep so fairly dealt with. It is 
idle, however, to pretend that the question has been finally 
settled, as perhaps it might have been, had not the objections of 
various breeders obtained a reversal of that decision of the 
