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Council which, after the Plymouth Show, substituted the 1st of 
May for the 1st of April ; and it must be stated, as it has been 
on former occasions, that the inspectors have, in their anxiety 
not to do an injustice, given in every case the benefit of any 
doubt there could be, and have consequently passed, as fairly 
shorn, some sheep, especially in the Leicester and Cotswold 
classes, about which they had some considerable doubt. 
Taking the various classes in the older in which they appear 
in the catalogue, the Leicesters came first. There were 53 rams 
in the two classes (34 shearlings and 19 old sheep), and of these 
the best was Mr. Thomas Marris's ram, which was in the aged 
class, and was a sheep of great width and quality ; while Mr. 
G. Turner, jun., and Mr. John Borton, took almost all the rest 
of the prizes and commendations, both for rams and ewes ; Mr. 
Teasdale H. Hutchinson, of Manor House, Catterick, winning 
the third prize, and the Reserve Number, with a commendation 
for the shearling ewes. The Judges were Mr. C. Clarke, of Scop- 
wick, Sleaford ; Mr. T. Potter, of Yellowford, Thorverton, 
Devon ; and Mr. W. Sanday, of Radcliffe-on-Trent ; and they 
report : — 
The Leicesters of 1873 are inferior to those of previous years. 
The first-]irize shearling is a neat shee^j, rather too small, but has a good 
neck and hind-quarters, with a very nice fleece, and we think him a very 
useful sheeji. 
The second is a useful sheep of good size, but deficient in stylo. 
The third is very likely to grow into a good sheep. 
Among the old sheep we think the first-prize a very good one. The second 
is a very useful sheet), with good fleece. The third, a fine old sheep with a 
light fleece, a little defective in his carriage and over-fed. 
Of the shearling ewes, the first are very ntat with well-sprung ribs, good 
necks and fleeces ; a good pen. The second are large and very useful ; and of 
the third the same may be said. 
The Cotswold class were not very strongly represented in 
point either of numbers or of quality ; the pens of shearling 
ewes, especially, being of no very high excellence. As regards 
the rams, however, both shearling and aged, it cannot be said 
that they were below the average of the Royal Shows, and in the 
opinion of many they were a stronger lot than has been shown 
ot late years, with the exception, of course, of Oxford. Mr. 
Thomas Brown, of Marham Hall Farm, Norfolk, took all three 
prizes for shearling, and the first two and Reserve Number for 
aged rams ; while Mr. R. Swan wick secured the Reserve Number 
and a high commendation for his shearling ram, and the third 
prize for the older sheep. Messrs. H. Aylmer, of West Dereham, 
Norfolk ; Robert Game, of Aldsworth, Northleach ; and R. J. 
Newton, of Campsfield Farm, Woodstock, judged, and their 
report is as follows : — 
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