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by winning the first prize for shearling rams, and for ewes, 
with sheep of dark-brown faces and legs, and close fleeces. 
Mrs. Beach was second in the shearling ram class with a sheep of 
rather looser avooI, and longer frame. Mr. Crane was first in the 
older ram class with a sheep of extraordinary back and rump. 
In this class Mr. Thomas Fenn was second, and Mr. Joseph Pulley 
third, while Mrs. Beach won the Reserve Number, as she did 
also in the ewe class. In this latter class Mr. John Hanbury 
Bradburn was second and third. 
There is no class of sheep which has improved more in the 
last few years than the Hampshires ; and those exhibited at 
Hull, though few in number, were no exception to the rule of 
progress. Mr. Morrison was first and second in the older sheep. 
Mr. James Rawlence had all the rest of the honours in all the 
classes, with the exception of a commendation given to Messrs. 
R. and J. Russell in the shearling rams. The report of the 
Judges, who were the same as for the Southdowns, says :■ — ■ 
These were but scantily represented in any class, but all those exhibited 
(especially the shearlinpjs) combined great size with good form and fair quality. 
We desire to bear testimony to the vast improvement which has taken place 
in this breed during the last few years. 
Cheviot sheep were a good, though not a large, show, num- 
bering altogether 16 rams, and (3 pens of ewes. Mr. Thomas 
Elliott, of Hindhope, was invincible in all the ^classes, against 
good sheep in all. Mr. John Robson, of Bymess, got the 
Reserve Number and a high commendation for the older rams, 
and the same for ewes ; Avhile Mr. R. Shortreed, of Attenburn, 
Kelso, secured the second prize for ewes, and a commendation 
in each of the other classes. The Judges, who also judged the 
Border Leicesters, reported : — • ^ 
Class 95. Was well represented, and of great quality. 
Class 96. On the whole a very superior lot of sheep. 
Class 97. The above remark will equally apply to this class. 
Of the Black-faced and Mountain Sheep, beyond their pic- 
turesqueness, there is little to be said further than what the same 
Judges add, namely, that classes 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 were 
badly represented, and, with few exceptions, a very middling lot. 
Class 104, consisting of pens of Ten Shearling Wether Sheep, 
of the same flock, competing for a prize offered by the Hull 
butchers, was represented by three lots, not deserving any 
especial mention. 
Pigs. 
Mr. Wakefield, Steward of Pigs, reports as follows : — 
The number of entries in this department was 191, against 
170 at Wolverhampton, and 190 at Cardiff. The absentees 
