Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Birminyham. 571 
The heifer-calves were probably of higher merit still, and Mr. 
Farthing, as in the previous class, came to the front with a 
beautiful specimen, having lovely head and shoulders, very sweet 
character, and, with the exception of being a little faulty behind, 
of shapely j'onn. But, regarding perfect symmetry alone, Lord 
Portman's " Ladybird," the second calf, had probably no superior. 
This was a beauty cast in an almost faultless mould, who, but for 
her too light colour, would have seemed perfection. There was 
also an elegant little " Temptress," whose comely looks and sweet 
touch proclaimed a likely prize-winner of the future ; and Major 
Buller exhibited one to take the Reserve, which seemed far above 
average merit. The class was a thoroughly good one, and all 
the other animals not alluded to, numbering five, received com- 
mendations. 
Reporting on the Devon classes, the Judges say : — 
"We briefly state, tbat although the classes were not so numerously repre- 
senteil as nii^lit have beea desired, yet in each class there were specimens 
possessing more than ordinary merit, wliich may be regarded with favour by 
the:r resjicctive owners, more especially referring to the Male Classes 61 
and G2, and tlie Female (Jlass 64, not forgetting the babies in both classes. 
Samuel P. Newbury. 
James 'Jremaine. 
Henuy Overman. 
A prominent feature of the Birmingham Show was the grand 
display made by Jersey cattle, which now come to the Show- 
yard every successive year in increasing numbers, and with a 
marked and striking improvement in quality. The Judges have 
relerred to this matter very prominently in the Report appended, 
and have so minutely entered into the respective merits of the 
various classes and animals, that I need scarcely go in detail 
over the ground which has been traversed by them so well. The 
remaik may be made, however, that the prize and reserve bulls, 
"Madman," "Silver Prince," "Steel," and "Prince Charlie," 
in the older class, and " Luton Hoo," " Mohawk," " Nobleman," 
and " Fanfaron," in the younger, all seemed fashioned after a 
different and far more symmetrical model than the male animals 
of the breed which were brought to the Showyard ten years 
since. This fact strikes the reflective observer quite as much 
as the large number of entries in the two classes — thirteen in 
one, and seventeen in the other. 
But the cow and heifer classes were far larger, and still more 
striking. In making their awards. Judges look to colourings of 
the skin, and other points which indicate good milking qualities, 
rather than to comely forms, and those charming features which 
attract the fancy : to which fact may be attributed the inability 
of the public frequently to understand tlieir decisions. In the 
