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on the loins. Mr. H. Perry-Keene got the third prize with 
a good useful ram. 
The breeders of Hampshlres have been wonderfully successful 
in developing lambs, and here, as usual, the Class of Ram Lambs 
is one of the best in the Section. Mr. Moore once again took 
the lead. His first-prize ram lambs show great size and sub- 
stance for their age, and they are also true in form and ex- 
ceedingly well matured. ]\Ir. Lambert followed closely with a 
pen of thicli, well-furnished lambs, rather shorter in the frame. 
There were only three pens of Shearling Ewes, but Mr. Perry- 
Keene had a very grand pen for the first prize. They are big, 
handsome, well-proportioned sheep, admirably furnished with 
mutton in the best parts. They have won at several Shows 
this year. The second prize went to a fairly good pen fron^ 
the College of Agriculture at Downton. 
SUFFOLKS. 
The Suffolk breed makes an important addition to the list 
of recognised English breeds of sheep. They possess properties 
which are sure to gain a good name for them as rent-payers, 
and it may be expected that, under the fostering care of the 
Suffolk Flock Book Society, and with the stimulus derived from 
separate classes in the Royal Show, the breed will make rapid 
strides in improvement, as well as in public favour. Consider- 
ing that this is only the second year in which separate classes 
have been provided for the breed, and that the distance from 
the home of the breed to Newcastle is so great, the collection, 
numbering twenty-two entries, must be regarded as very credit- 
table. The sheep displayed undoubted merit, and when the 
breeders have had time to cultivate uniformity of type, as 
well as perhaps a little more refinement, they will make a good 
appearance amongst the best of the English breeds. Some of 
them approach pretty nearly to the Hampshire type, but are 
scarcely so wide in the frame. They are very hardy an4 useful- 
looking, with their dark faces and well-set legs, but their 
appearance would be considerably improved by cleaner and 
smarter-looking heads and faces. 
In a small Class of Two-shear Rams the Marquess of Bristol 
got the first prize for a straight good-looking sheep, with hand- 
some outline, but wanting a little in width. He was first in the 
Shearling Class at Norwich. The second prize went to Mr. 
Robins for a sheep of a different type, somewhat leggy, but 
well furnished with mutton. Amongst Shearling Rams, the first 
prize went to Mr. Joseph Smith for "Norwich" (170), a big 
handsome sheep of his own breeding ; not quite so well furnished 
