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but Mr. William Brine, of Tolpuddle, near Dorchester, won, 
beating a Sussex and a Hereford-Shorthorn cross bull with his 
4 years and 5 months old Longhorn, proving that the breed was 
known and appreciated even in the Southern counties. The 
Hon. M. W. B. Nugent was also again well to the fore, 
winning 15/. with a lO-year-old cow, bred by Sir Thomas Ball, 
of Swinford Lodge, Southam ; while Stowe again bore off the 
ribbon with a homebred heifer, 2 years and 10 months old. 
The Hon. M. W. B. Nugent had a wonderful time of it at 
Shrewsbury the next year, 1845, where he won 20Z. for a 4 years and 
2 months old bull, bred by Mr. T. Slingsby, of Foleshall, near 
Coventry ; 15/. for a 21-year-old cow (?), bred by Mr. W. Gibbs, 
of Henley-in-Arden ; 10/. for a 2 years and 10 months old heifer, 
from the same breeder ; and 10/. for a 1 year and 9 months old 
heifer, bred by himself. At the same meeting Mr. John Lees 
Brown, of Farewell, near Lichfield, also won lO/. for a 3 years 
and 6 months old bull, bred by himself. 
At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1846, the Hon. M. W. B. 
Nugent was again put first in the open class, and won 15/. with 
a 5 years old bull, bred by Mr. J. Twycross, of Canley, near 
Coventry ; a Galloway bull being second to him. He also won 
15/. with a 1 year and 4 months old bull, bred by himself; 15/. 
for a 3 years and 10 months cow ; 10/. for a 2 years and 7 months 
in-calf heifer; and 10/. for a vear and 6 months heifer ; all of his 
own breeding, taking what may be called a regular benefit. 
At Northampton, in 1847, although it is but a short distance, 
comparatively speaking, from the Longhorn country, there was 
a marked falling off, and the only animals of this breed to be 
found in the list are a 6 years and 4 months cow, in-milk, of 
Mr. William Umbers, of Wappenby, near Leamington, bred by 
himself, who took a prize of 15/. ; and a 2 years 11 months, and 
1 year 8 months old heifer, both exhibited and bred by the 
Duke of Buckingham, each of which won a prize of 10/. value. 
There was also a falling off at York in 1848, when a Sussex bull 
won in the open class ; and the only Longhorns in the list are a 
2 years and 8 months old in-calf heifer, the property of Mr. 
Thomas Beards, of Stowe, bred by the Duke of Buckingham, 
which won 10/. ; and a 1 year and 9 months heifer, the property 
of the same owner, bred by himself, also won a similar sum. 
At Norwich, where the Show was held in 1849, another name 
stands at the head of the list, that of Captain William Inge, of 
Thorpe Constantine, near Tamworth, who was very successful, 
gaining a prize of 10/. for his 1 year and 5 months old bull, bred 
by Mr. R. Baker, of Rollright ; 10/. for his 7 years old cow, 
bred by himself; and 5/. for his 5 years and 8 months in-calf 
cow, bred bv the Hon. M. W. B. Nugent, of Higham Grange ; 
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