470 Longhorn Cattle : their History and Peculiarities. 
the gold medal as the best cow or heifer of any breed in the 
yard. Of Longhorns, as I have said before, the appearance in 
stock showyards has been of a more limited nature than that of 
most breeds ; as since shows for stock beasts have attained their 
present importance in the agricultural world, the Longhorn has 
been in the oblivion from which he is only now just emerging 
to take his proper place amongst his compeers. 
To trace the doings of Longhorns in local showyards would 
occupy more space than I have at my disposal ; but having 
shown the position held by them at the great fat-stock show, it 
is only right that I should advert to their doings at the Shows 
held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England. As a rule no 
separate class has been provided for this breed, and it has gene- 
rally been their lot to meet opponents of any other breed than 
Shorthorn, Devon, or Hereford ; and, as a rule, they have been 
successful against all comers. 
At the Society's first Show they were not represented, or if 
any were shown they were not of sufficient merit to get in the 
list of prizes ; and we first come on them at Bristol in 1842, 
when, in the fourth class for " any breed or cross other than 
Shorthorn, Devon, or Hereford," the Hon. M. W. Bellew 
Nugent, of Higham Grange, gained a prize of 20Z. for his 2 
years and 3 months old Longhorn bull, bred by Mr. W. Horton, 
of Sherbourne, Warwickshire. Mr. Thomas Joseph Pensman, 
of Leigh, near Tewkesbury, also won a 15Z. prize for a 2 years 
and 4 months in-calf heifer, and the Hon. M. W. B. Nugent 
a 10/. prize for his 1 year and 3 months heifer. As might 
naturally be expected, they came to the front again in 1843, 
when Derby (situated in the district which may be termed 
the stronghold of the breed) was fixed upon as the site of 
the Show, and Mr. James Hextall, of Snibston, near Ashby- 
de-la-Zouch, carried off the 30Z. with his 3 years and 6 
months old bull, bred by Mr. John Dean, of Ibstock. Mr. 
William Daniel, of Burton-upon-Trent, also took 15/. for his 
3 years and 5 months bull, bred by himself ; and a prize for the 
best bull of any breed, other than Shorthorn, Devon, or Hereford, 
was withheld for want of sufficient merit ; so I fear we must 
conclude they were not, after all, a very grand lot. Amongst the 
cows, Mr. Edward Pratt, of Caldwell, Burton-upon-Trent, won 15/. 
for his 9 years and 3 months cow, bred by Mr. J. Minion, of 
Statfold, near Tamworth ; and we then come, for the first time, 
on the Duke of Buckingham's name as a successful exhibitor of 
this stock, he having won 15/. with a homebred 2 years and 
11 months old in-calf heifer. 
One would scarcely have looked for specimens of the breed so 
far south as Southampton, where the next Show was held in 1844; 
