572 Report on the Exhibition of Live- Stock at Newcastle. 
merit. Fairly good pens of Shearling' Ewes, showing desirable 
type and quality, were exhibited by Mr, Balfour, Mr. T. Clark, 
and Mr. Melvin. 
Bejpori of the Judges of Border Leicester Sheep. 
We are very much disajipointed iu the exhibits. 
Class 157. — The first-prize >S/jeep was very neat, but deficient in size. The 
remainder were of an inferior class. 
Class 15S. — With tlie exception of the prize numbers, this Class was a very 
inferior one, and not what one would expect for the Eoyal when held in their, 
native counties. 
Class 159. — A very poor Class. 
Class 160. — A fair good show; first and second very good. 
Geokge Tokrance. 
James Chrtsp. 
Cheviots. 
A better display of Cheviot sheep has seldom been seen in any 
Showyard. There were forty-six entries of the breed, and it is 
remarkable that, with the exception of one third, all the prizes 
should have been won by two brothers, Mr. John Robson, 
Newton, Bellingham, and Mr. Jacob Robson, Byrness, Otter- 
burn, both in Northumberland, The flocks possessed by these 
gentlemen are of old and pure descent, and one could not desire 
truer representatives of the hardy Cheviot than were exhibited 
by them at Newcastle. Mr. John Robson had the best of the 
contest, his sheep being rather larger in size and in higher 
condition than those shown by Mr. Jacob Robson ; but in regard 
to quality, character, and hardiness, there was little advantage 
on either side. 
In an excellent Class of Two-shear Rams, with fifteen entries, 
Mr. John Robson took first, second, and fourth positions with 
very excellent sheep ; the first winner being a deep and square 
handsome sheep of desirable quality. Mr. Jacob Robson came 
third with a neat ram of smaller size, but excellent quality. 
Amongst Shearling Rams, the three prizes, as well as the " re- 
serve " ticket, went to Mr. John Robson ; his first-prize ram being 
one of the finest sheep in the Show, remarkably deep and 
thick in the carcass, with good quality, character, and cover 
of wool. Two or three rams, slightly smaller in size, shown 
in this Class by Mr. Jacob Robson, were greatly admired for 
their type and symmetry. 
Mr. John Robson's first-prize pen of Aged Ewes are well- 
shaped and very hardy-looking. They were pressed closely 
by an excellent pen shown by Mr. Jacob Robson. Again 
amongst Shearling Ewes the Messrs. Robson competed keenly 
with sheep of high merit. Mr. R. VV. Laidlay, of Halls, 
