516 Report on the Exhihition of Live Stock at Hull 
Class 73. HliearUug I^ams, had a fair entry as to number. The first- 
prize sheep, No. G64, was a sheep of good form, of good Cotswold character, 
and of good general appearance. The second-prize sliceji, No. 66G, was of 
good form and good qxiality of mutton, but ratlier wanting in size. 
Class 74 was of fair average merit, but did not contain any animals 
requiring particular notice. 
Class 75 contained only G entries, and those not up to the usual standard 
of excellence we have formerly seen at the Eoyal Shows. In fact, we consider 
this class very badly represented. 
Of Lincolns there were 19 shearling rams, and only 3 older 
ones, with 5 pens of shearling- ewes. And here again, as in the 
Cotswold, the ewes were inferior in quality to the other two 
classes, which were, however, of superior excellence. Messrs. 
W. and H. Dudding took first prize in both the ram classes, 
with two grand sheep of immense width and substance. Mr. 
E. J. Howard, of Nocton Rise, was second for shearling rams ; and 
Mr. John Pears, of Mere, third, with a sheep having a little 
more of the Leicester type ; and in the aged sheep the same 
gentleman took the third prize ; while the second fell to Mr. 
W. F. Marshall, of Branston, Lincoln, whose sheep had no cause 
to be ashamed of his defeat by the first-prize one. No. 709. The 
shearling rams were thought so good by the Judges, that they 
commended the whole class. Messrs. J. H. Casswell, of Laugh- 
ton, Folkingham ; J. Greetham, of Stainfield House, Wragby ; 
and R. J. F. Howard, of Temple Bruer, Lincoln, reported as 
follows : — 
We consider Class 76 of Lincoln Longwool Shearling Hama to be a verj- 
good class both in wool and mutton, and, being large in number, had no hesita- 
tion in commending the class. 
Class 77 was small, but very good. 
Class 78 is only a moderate class. 
It is satisfactory to find an increased number of Border 
Leicesters coming to the Royal Shows. There were at Hull 
19 rams entered, of which only 1 was an absentee, and 5 pens 
of shearling ewes ; so that these useful sheep, now appreciated 
in other districts beside the Borders, were, comparatively speak- 
ing, as well represented as any class in the Show. Mr. Thomas 
Forster, jun., of Ellingham, Chathill, Northumberland, exhibited 
three rams, and took, easily, two firsts and a second prize ; his 
sheep. No. 735, being of immense girth and width, and good 
quality. Mr. Alexander Bell, of Linton, Kelso, took the second 
prize for shearling rams. Mr. William Purves, of Linton- 
Burnfoot, Kelso, took the third prize and the Reserve Number 
with a commendation. The same gentleman was first and second 
for shearling ewes, in which class Mr. R. Tweedie, of the Forest, 
Catterick, Yorkshire, obtained the Reserve Number with a level 
lot of ewes of good quality, but of less size. In the aged rams 
