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many useful bulls. In Class III. there was nothing; very good. The first 
prizu, Mr. Marjoribanks's ' Whipper-in,' bad bad hind-le,us, but a little better 
quality, though not siieli good symmetry, as the second. Colonel 'I'ownley's 
' Royal Butterfly 10th ;' and the third, Mr. Ambler's ' Windsor Augustus,' 
was a neat bull, short of condition. Class IV. was by far the best, as 
Mr. Jonas Webb's ' First Fruit' was the richest specimen I e\er saw at 
the age, both as regards symmetry and quality. Mr. Pawlett's ' Hopewell,' 
and Mr. Kobinson's ' Jericho,' which received the second and third prizes, 
were good, and there were at least ten more fit to take a prize." 
In tlie female classes, Mr. Ricliard Booth had the good fortune 
to win two first prizes and the gokl medal with the only animals 
he brought to Battersea. His gold-medal cow, " Queen of the 
Ocean," sister to "Queen of the May," "Queen Mab," and 
" Queen of the Vale," is " a short-legged, Avell-formed, and 
useful animal, and by far the best female shorthorn in the yard, 
with shoulders and hocks as near perfection as possible. Lady 
Pigot's ' Pride of Southwicke ' was second, easily enough," this 
being the third time in succession that lier ladyship has gained 
one of the cow prizes ; and Mr. Jonas Webb's " Lady Elizabeth 
Yorke," "not a good one, and overfed," came third. In point of 
massiveness and breeding qualities, this gentleman showed a 
remarkable lot of five in this class. Their united ages were under 
24 years, yet, without any twins to swell the number, they had 
bred 14 calves : one was within 3 and another within 7 weeks 
of calving, two had calved in April, and the time of the fifth 
was up in September. " Maid of Athelstane," " Wood Rose," 
and " Claret " — all winners at the Society's meetings — were now 
unnoticed, and no commendations of any kind were bestowed. 
One of the Judges thus speaks to the point : — 
" With the exception of Mr. Booth's cow, I did not think there were any 
really first-class ones, and in many instances they were very objectionable in one 
very important point, I mean as regards their milking. I do not find fault with 
tlie small quantity of milk they were likely to give, but a great many otherv.-ise 
good animals had uddp.rs of such ugly shapes, that a milch cow-dealer would 
not have them at any price. Now in my opinion, a cow with an udder that 
appears to be full of large stones cannot be the proper animal to breed from. It 
is a pity that the breeding animals should be shown so very fat, and I hope it 
was noticed by the public that the very fat ones did not in all cases obtain 
prizes, but only when in our opinion they would have done so had tlicy been 
less covered with flesh.'' 
He adds — 
" We may decidedly call the show of shorthorn females good, especially 
as regards the younger heifers ; the cows were not so good, two-year-olds 
about the same, and yearling heifers better, than at Leeds. The Duke oi 
Montrose's ' May Morn,' the winner in the two-year-old heifer class, is a good 
shorthorn in style and quality ; Mr. Lane's ' Maid of Athens ' (the second 
prize) is a nice even-grown heifer, and Mr. Douglas's highlj' commended 
'Queen of Athelstane' has good flesh, deep ribs, and a beautiful loin, but is 
over fed, and with bad shoulders. 
" In the yearling heifer class, Mr. Atherton's ' Lady Barrington Cth,' a 
