536 Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Newcastle. 
the list, in which there were several other valuable young 
heifers. 
Iteport of the Judges of Shorthorns. 
"With the exception of the first prize animals, the Bulls generally were 
below the average standard of the Roj^al Agricultural Society's Show. 
Class 62. Cozds.— Only three animals exhibited ; all of great excellence. 
Class 63. — A very good lot ; the whole class commended. 
Class 64.- — ^Numerous and good ; whole class commended. 
Class 65. — Twenty-five animals, many of exceptional merit ; class, 
commended. 
H. Chats'dos-Pole-Gell. 
G. Drewtiy. 
E. Stkatton. 
Hereford Cattle. 
Hereford cattle, with their striking uniformity of colour and 
well-defined and deeply imprinted configuration, always make 
an imposing sight on parade. Good Herefords look well 
wherever seen ; they look specially well amongst other cattle. 
At Newcastle the breed was well represented in numbers, 
although a few of the sixty-six entries were not sent. It was 
not the best display of Herefords we have seen ; yet it reached 
a high standard of excellence, especially creditable so far from 
the home of the breed. 
Three-year-old Bulls were included in the Class for Adul' 
Bulls, which was limited, on the other hand, to five years. 
Mr. H. W. Taylor's celebrated "Maidstone" (8875), one of the 
grandest living bulls of any breed, came out once more in good 
form, and, in the absence of his old compeer, the Earl of 
Coventry's " Good Boy," which he has sometimes beaten, won 
easily. " Maidstone " has now, we believe, won over sixty 
first and Champion prizes. He is a lengthy, massive bull, 
with grandly-covered top, bred by Mr. Taylor, and got by 
his prize bull " Franklin " (6961). The second-prize bull, 
" Magnet " (8873), shown and bred by Mr. R. Edwards, of The 
Sheriffs, Kingston, is a thick, well - fleshed, four - year - old, 
exceedingly well covered along the back, and exceptionally 
strong in the loins. He was sired by " Marquis " (6057). The 
Earl of Coventry's three-year-old bull, " Rare Sovereign " 
(10,499), made a close third. He is a trifle light in the under- 
line and fore-rib, but is thickly fleshed and very good along the 
top. He was bred by his Lordship, got by his well-known 
prize-bull, " Good Boy " (7668), out of " Rare Jewel," by that 
fine sire, " Merry Monarch " (5466). 
Nine Two-year-old Bulls were entered, but two or three were 
absent. Those exhibited showed very high merit. Mr. W. 
Tudge's "Regent" (11,589) was undoubtedly one of the best 
