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of the breed, being muscular, tbick, and level. He walks well and carries bis 
age well. No. 753, altbougb well brought out, did not stand nor walk so 
well. 
In the Three-year-old Bull Class only three Bulls came before us, but they 
were so good that we specially recommended the Society to give three jirizes. 
Class 84. — Bulls calved in 1884 — was a large and good one. 
In the Yearling Bull Class, 85, we had a number of really good animals. 
Nos. 794, 791 and 787, are of great promise. Several were shown in this 
II class which ought not to be retained as sires. 
I Class 86. — Cows calved previously to 1883 — was beyond question an extra- 
' ordinary one. Having selected 12 cows, we placed them together in a line, 
and we venture to say few people have seen 12 better cows of any breed shown 
I together. No. 821, a seven-year-old cow, we placed before 804, as she had 
I great depth and substance, and here perhaps we looked more to the beef than 
to the milking qualifications. This class was so good that we commended 
II the whole of the exhibits. 
I Class 87 — Heifers calved in 1884 — was well filled, and the animals were of 
i exceptional merit. It was rather difficult to arrive at a decision, as part of 
j them were in-milk. No. 833 is very good. 
I Class 88, although not large, was a splendid one, No. 857 being unusually 
I good. 
j Class 89 was a large and good one. No. 875 was very good, and, in 
1 awarding second prize, it was difiScult to decide between Nos. 872 and 883. 
' The Champion prizes we unanimously agreed to award to the aged bull, 
No. 749, and the cow, No. 821. 
Robert S. Bruce. 
Robert C. Cooke. 
George Napper. 
Jerseys. 
This useful and ornamental variety of stock was more 
numerously represented at Norwich than any other breed of 
' cattle. The Jersey boom — to use an Americanism — appears to 
continue longer, if in a less acute form, than it lasted in the 
l' States, where the prices paid for specimens of the breed ran into 
i several thousand dollars ; but the natural result followed, as the 
fever was too severe to last for any length of time. In our 
country the Jerseys have gradually grown into popularity, so 
that we may hope that their favouritism will be more lasting. 
There was, as usual, some slight demur at one or two of the 
decisions of the Judges ; there may or may not have been any 
cause, but this I can safely aver, " I never saw a trio of Judges 
take such evident pains to thoroughly examine every point of 
each animal." In the Aged Bull Class, no fewer than thirty-four 
bulls were entered, but some of them did not put in an appear- 
ance. A very handsome bull, the property of Mr. T. H. Hyde, 
was placed first, a position with which " Royal Blue " was not 
unfamiliar, as he had previously won first honours at the Bath 
and West of England and at the Essex Shows. The Hon. C. R. 
C. W. Bamfylde's " St. Mary's King " was placed second, in 
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