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tained a greater amount of average excellence. The subdivision 
of the Aged Bull class was successful in every way, as the 
3-year-old bulls formed one of the most interesting classes, and 
the two included 53 entries as against 38 last year. In the Aged 
Bull class, the second and third at Leeds only shared the general 
commendation, and a highly-commended one now took second 
honours. " As a lot, they had fewer rough points, but still there 
was not one tip-top bull " to give character to the class. Though 
not what is technically termed " a show bull," the American- 
bred " Lord Oxford," had some grand points about him ; and 
the fiUing-in of the fore-ribs of " Cceur de Lion," who girthed 
9 feet 7 inches, was worthy of the last Smithfield Gold Medal 
ox. The Scottish luck began with Mr. Stirling's " Forth," in 
the 3-year-old Bull class ; and two firsts, a second, and a third 
constituted their share of the Shorthorn prizes. It was also 
specially observable that the owners of small or more recently 
established herds contended very successfully with some of the 
most formidable exhibitors of bygone years. Still the peculiar 
feature of this part of the Show was the winning of the gold 
medal for the best male animal in the classes by a bull calf, 
" whose wonderful maturity and careful preparation have perhaps 
never been equalled." 
Of the Bull classes, one of the Judges reports thus : — 
" III Class I. tliere was certainly nothing very good, but there was a gi-eat 
improvement in this respect, that none of the class were unable to work. 
Mr. Wood's ' Lord Adolphus,' to which we awarded the first prize, although 
rather flat on his sides, and thin across his shoulders, was by far the best 
in quality, and in my opinion best adapted to produce good stock either for 
breeding or the butcher. The second, Mr. Langston's ' Lord of the Harem,' 
was a very useful bull, and more compact, but not of such good quality as the 
first ; the third, Messrs. Hosken's ' Prince Frederick,' being older, was well 
finished, but deficient in quality and hair. The class altogether was useful, and 
none of them were overfed." 
With respect to this decision, which was unanimous, another 
Judge writes — 
" We were not to take into consideration the present value of the animals 
to the butcher, but the f>ociety"s object of promoting the cheapened production 
of the best meat, regard being had to those animals in a breeding state most 
calculated for that object. ' Lord Adolphus ' had the best head and best fore- 
qirarters in the class, that point of all others being most difficult to get in all 
male breeding animals, and his forequarters, which were the type of what 
they should be in a breeding animal, were worth a shilling per stone more 
as a carcase than those of any other bull in the lot." 
The first report proceeds thus : — 
" Class IL was a very good class generally ; Mr. Stirling's ' Forth,' which 
got the first prize, was, if anything, too fat, which rather put him out of 
shape ; the second, Mr. Ambler's ' Gamester,' was a particularly nice bull, but 
short of condition; and the third, Mr. Balfour's 'Great Seal,' useful, but 
nothing particular as to quality. In the remainder of the class there were 
