Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Wolverhampton. GO I 
We thought the Lincohi Long-wool shearlings veiy good, ami commended the 
■whole class. The old sheep were a good class. The ahcai-ling ewes were a very 
good class, and we commended tlie whole of them. The It viands were not a 
very good class, except the first and second prize sheep. Tlie Hyland ewes 
liad only one pen, wliich deserved the iirize. 
Oxfordsliire Downs, like the Cotswolds, were a sad falling off 
from the Oxford Meeting of last year, wlien we saw them in all 
their native glory. The familiar names of Wallis, Howard, 
Treadwell, and Druce are amongst the exhibitors. The Judges 
say :— 
Class S3 is represented by 26 entries, containing amongst them' several 
sheep of good general outline ; but they do not come to hand quite according 
to their ajjpearance. Ko. 79"2, the first prize, is a neat-framed, good-fleshed 
animal of fair character, but somewhat deficient in tiie rump. 
Class 84 is only represented by 8 entries. No. 807, the first prize, is an 
animal of very good, true form, of superior quality of flesh and wool, and 
decidedly the best specimen of an Oxford Down in any of the classes. The 
second and third prizes in this class are also of good quality of flesh and 
wool, but not so true in form as the first prize. 
Class 85 is only represented by 3 entries, and those not calling for any 
particular comment. 
The aristocratic Southdown — having for its patrons His Royal 
Highness the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Richmond, Lord 
Sondes, and other men of note — like many other breeds already 
described, — showed a falling off in quality as compared with 
former years ; and tlie admirer of these beautiful creatures could 
not but regard, with regret and sorrow, the absence of any 
representative of the renowned and familiar Merton flock, which 
we trust, however, to see revived at no distant day. In de- 
scribing this class the Judges say : — 
The show of Shearling Southdowns was not so good as wc have seen m 
former years, nor equal in numbers. The first prize was very even and level, 
but had not so much size as the second prize, which did not handle on his loin 
as he ought. The third prize and reserve number were fair specimens of the 
breed. In the class of any other age, the first prize was a good sheep ; the 
second and third prizes were all true types of the Sussex Southdown. Taking 
this as a class, we considered it far superior to the shearlings. The reserve 
number was a well-formed animal, but not quite right in his wool. In the 
shearling ewes they were over an average, the first prize being a remarkably 
nice pen, showing the true character of what a Southdown ewe ought to be. 
The class was so good that we noticed them all. 
In the very centre of their home-district, and with so tempting 
a prize-list as that conjointly arranged by the Council and the 
Local Committee, the Shropshire sheep came out in strong force — 
to the unprecedented number of 528 animals — though this was to a 
considerable extent composed of the numerous entries of ewes and 
lambs. This breed of sheep is rapidly extending its usefulness 
throughout the country, for to my mind there is no better " rent- 
paying" sheep in existence, and I rejoiced to see them forming the 
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