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character. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales had a very good third 
in a neat little sheep, with very good neck, nice quality and 
character. 
Eight pens of Ram Lambs were entered, but only four appeared. 
The first prize went to jMr. Edwin Ellis for a pen of well-formed 
lambs of considerable promise. The second pen, shown and 
bred by the Prince of Wales, also exhibited desirable form and 
character. 
The Class of Shearling Ewes, with eight entries, made a 
creditable appearance. Here, as at Reading, Mr. Colman and 
INIr. Ellis contested keenly ; but the Reading decision was 
reversed, Mr. Colman being victorious this time. His ewes were 
handsome, hardy looking, and of excellent quality and character, 
and they withstood the fatigue of travelling wonderfully well. 
!Mr. Ellis's ewes, on the other hand, lost bloom a little. 
Beport of the Judges of Southdown Slieep. 
Though far away from the home of this breed, a fair number of well-kuown 
flocks were represented. 
The first-prize Old SJieej) is a big long sheep of very good form and quality. 
The second SJicep is rather small, but of good type. 
The first-prize Sheai-ling Bam is a well developed thick sheep, with a good 
leg of mutton, but just a little lacking in refinement of type. 
The Bam Lamhs are a weak Class. 
The first pen of Shearlinrj Ewes are strong useful sheep. The second pen 
were fatted too highly for breeding animals. 
JoHX A. Hejipson. 
EoBT. Breton. 
Hampshire Downs. 
This hardy and very useful breed of sheep has shown great 
improvement in recent years. It is also extending its hold, and 
it is worthy of mention that the large majority of the forty-two 
entries of the breed came from districts outside Hampshire. 
The Two-shear Ram Class had eight entries, but two pens 
were empty. Mr. F. R. Moore, whose Showyard success has 
lately been quite remarkable, came first with a big good-looking 
ram, just a trifle slack on the back. Mr. Henry Lambert, 
whose Champion Hampshires excited great interest at the last 
Smithfield Show, took the second prize for a well-formed, weil- 
furnished sheep. 
Sixteen entries make a strong Class of Shearling Rams. Again 
the first and second prizes go respectively to Mv. F. R. Moore 
and Mr. H. Lambert. The first-prize ram is straight, handsome, 
and true to the best Hampshire form and character. The 
second is a trifle light in the fore-rib, but is exceptionally good 
