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consequently it was generally liiglily commended. To Mr. George Mangles was 
assigned the second place and the reserved number, with, his ' Prizetaker ' and 
' Lottery,' of the Yorkshire and Cumberland breed. The tirst prize went to 
Mr. Gavin's ' Roger Bacon,' a cross between Lord Wenlock's ' Cato ' and the 
Prince Consort's ' Windsor Lass.' 
"Class in. Boars of the small black Ireed. — Here the first and second prize 
pigs (Messrs. Sexton's and Crisp's) were very good, as also the highly-com- 
mended ones belonging to the same gentlemen. It was a very good class, but 
not so good on the whole as Class II. 
" Class IV. Boars of the Bvrhshire Breed. — In this class I cannot say much 
of a flattering nature, as I think I never saw the Berkshires show to so little 
advantage at any of the Society's meetings, — take Warwick, for instance, as a 
contrast, where they were first-rate. 
"Class V. Boars not eligible for the preceding Classes.- — In this class some 
ver'y good and useful animals were sho\vn, combuiing quality and quantity 
with ajJtitudc to fatten, — a most valuable sort to encourage. 
" In Class VI., for sows of the large breed, as with the boars of this 
kind, nothing struck us as extraordinary but their size. In Class VII., for 
sows of the small white breed, we came to an extraordinarily good class of 
animals, among which we had great difficulty in choosing the best. The first 
prize (Mr. Wainman's ' Silver Wing ') was a beautiful specimen of what a pig 
should be ; the second (Mr. Steam's ' Victoria ') and several others came close in 
her wake, and it was agreed by all three of us that we never saw so good a 
class generally. Class VlIL, for sows of the small black breed, was good, but 
not quite equal to the last, although the first and second prize i^ens (Mr. Sex- 
ton's) were a credit to their owner, and the class was generally commended. Of 
Class IX., sows of the Berkshire breed, we can only remark that they were 
better than the boars, but did not show the improvement which they might 
have done with stricter attention to breeding. Class X., sows of the middle 
iDreed, quite kept up the reputation of their sort, as a most useful one to 
encourage. In Class XL, for young sows of a large Ijreed, there were only three 
pens, but these were good specimens of their kind. We now come to the 
quality-lot. Class XII., pens of j'oung sows of a small white breed, the first and 
second of which (Lord Wenlock's) would be hard to beat at any show. They 
were magnificent, and as good as those exhibited b\' his lordshijD at Leeds, 
which then struck me as being perfection. Class XIII., pen of small black 
sows, quite equalled the boars of their kind. In Class XIV. the pens of young 
Berkshire sows showed some signs of improvement, but with the exception of 
the first pen (Rev. H. G. Baily's) there was little merit ; and in Class XV., pen 
of young sows of the middle breed, we found some very useful animals, carrying 
out the description given in Classes V. and X., especially the first prize pen 
(Mr. Wainman's)." 
Anotter Judge adds the following remarks : — 
" So excellent were some of the classes that the Judges were occupied for nearly 
seven hours in making their awards, and nearly two hours were bestowed on 
one class alone. Nothing could speak more strongly for the great merit of the 
animals exhibited. Visitors to the Show who run their eye over the pens, 
and see most of these obese creatures lying down, cannot possibly arrive at a 
just estimate of their several merits. Pigs (of all animals required for breeding 
purposes) should not only be seen standing, but walking, and how often is the 
effort to accomiilish the latter feat abortive ? Hence the formation of feet and 
legs to carry such a weight of fat and progeny must not be overlooked, and 
such defects cannot be perceived in a good bed of straw. I think the breeding 
too closely in and in should be particularly guarded against. Weak ancles, 
loss of tails, and want of hair (which was rather apparent in some of the 
