378 Report of the Stewards of Stock at the J3attersea Show. 
nice level heifer, which looks older, and would look very different if she 
was poor, was highly commended, and eight others owt of the forty-four 
were commended. In this fine class. Colonel Townlcy with his ' Frederick's 
Faithful' was second to Mr. Booth's ' Queen of the i\Iay 2nd,' a real short- 
horn, but not so good as she might be in the foreribs and shoulders. Lord 
Fevcrsham's ' Barefoot,' the winner of the third prize, has good quality, but 
not a nice head, and looks like making a cow ; and the flesh of ilr. Marjoribanks' 
' Winning "Witch ' was too coarse for a female. There were several nice animals 
in the class, but too many of them over-fed and without nice quality ; and, 
moreover, one or two of the best had not the hair of a shorthorn." 
The winner in the Calf class, Mr. Middleborough's " Lady " 
was " on a high leg, and looks like making a cow ; but is long 
in the face, and not very good in the shoulders." The second 
prize calf, Mr. Douglas's "Pride of Athelstane," "had nice 
quality of flesh as well as two good ends, but was hollow on the 
loins ;" and the Judges pondered long before they conld decide 
to prefer Mr. Robinson's " Claret Cup " for the third prize to 
Lady Pigot's " Castianira," which was highly'commended. Others 
in this class are judicially mentioned as "having capital coats, 
with flesh too coarse for heifer calves, and unnaturally fed." 
Of the Herefords, a Judge writes : " I consider that as a whole 
they showed well, and the cows and yearling heifers were the 
best I have ever seen at a Royal Show ;" and another : "I con- 
sider them^ superior to those at Leeds in quality as well as in 
number, especially in the classes for 2-year-old bulls, bull calves, 
cows, yearling heifers, and heifer calves." This important class 
showed in stronger force than at any previous meeting of the 
Society, which gives, we trust, a good earnest for the next year. 
The largely-increased area over which they now extend was men- 
tioned in the Leeds Report, and this year we can congratulate 
the breeders on a still further extension, and the marked success 
Avhich has attended the efforts of distant exhibitors to compete 
with the great local herds. Thus the gold medal for the best 
l)ull in the classes Avent into Shropshire, and that for the best 
female into Dorsetshire ; the first prizes for aged bulls and 
yearling heifers to the Prince Consort's Flemish Farm in Berks ; 
that for 2-year-old heifers into Gloucestershire ; and for heifer 
calves to Warwickshire ; two prizes only being left for the county 
from which the breed takes its name. With only two excep- 
tions, all the animals presented that uniform appearance in 
colour and marks which popularly characterises the pure-bred 
Hereford. The spots on the face and legs of " Maximus," the 
winner in the Aged Bull class, as well as his general appearance, 
tell that he is closely allied in blood to the Tomkins's mottle- 
faced Hereford ; and he seems from the herd-book to have a 
dash of Tully Grey, as well as red with white face — an amal- 
gamation to be found, as in former years, in nearly all the animals 
