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prize pen combined beautiful form and style with good coat; 
The second pen were also of choice quality. 
Southdowns. — A very fair display of this breed of sma 
joints was to be seen, 62 out of the 75 pens entered bein 
occupied. A dozen entries were made in the two-shear rai 
class, the leading award in which went to Mr. J. J. Colman, M.P. 
for " a sheep of good Southdown type, possessing substance wit 
quality and good wool." To this sheep was awarded th 
champion cup as the best Southdown ram in the yard. Mi 
Toop took second prize for a ram of good size, with grand legs o 
mutton. The third prize went to the Duke of Richmond am 
Gordon, " for a sheep of good quality and pure character, but i 
little deficient in the hind-quarters." The shearling rams wen 
not on the whole so good a class as the preceding one. Hi: 
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales came to the front witl 
a massive shearling, which was placed in reserve to Mr. Col- 
man's two-shear ram for the championship. Mr. Ellis's seconi 
prize ram is a very smart sheep. Ram lambs were a rathei 
small class, in which Mr. Ellis won easily with a good level pen 
Mr. Toop's second prize pen containing lambs of great size. I 
a strong and good class of shearling ewes Mr. Colman was fi 
" with a matchy pen of ewes with good shoulders and nic 
quality." Pens of Mr. Ellis and Mr. Toop were second an 
third. 
Hampshire Downs.— The Hampshire breeders did not invad 
the West to the extent that might have been anticipated. Nin 
flocks were represented, and whilst one of these is located as fai 
away as Cambridge, the county of Dorset did not send a single 
entry, though it deserves to be noted that an entry was made 
from a flock in Cornwall. In the two-shear ram class Mr. 
Henry Lambert's first prize sheep is wide, with great substance, 
and has a good head, neck, and leg of mutton. The second 
prize went to a bigger sheep, but " with head not masculine 
enough, and thighs light." The shearling rams the Judges did 
not regard as a good class. The first prize again went to the 
Babraham flock for a ram much resembling the first prize sheep 
in the preceding class. The remaining prizes went to Mr. 
Robert Coles, the second for a lengthy sheep with good dock 
and hind-quarters, but rather loose in fleece ; the third for a 
smarter, level-back sheep, but too narrow and light in the 
thighs. The ram lambs were a decidedly useful class, the first 
three pens being close together in quality, and the first and" second 
prize lambs of Mr. Erank R. Moore causing some difficulty a 
to relative merits. The first prize pen, however, were smarter 
and better matched than the second pen, which, though big 
