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gave the Judges quite enough trouble. Possibly those with- 
held from the yard would not have added to the Judges' duties. 
Anyhow, this was a very grand class, including many animals 
not unknown to the Show-going public. The best part of two 
hours were spent by Messrs. Aylmer, Sanday, and Beaulord on 
this class. Of course that time, or much of it, was not neces- 
sary to select either the first or the second bull. Breeders and 
admirers who watch Showyard ups and downs expected that Mr. 
A. H. Browne's "Pioneer," if he had gone on well since last 
year, would give Mr. Linton's " Sir Arthur Ingram " and the 
Marquis of Exeter's " Telemachus 6th " a heat for the premier- 
ship of the year. The white bull from Northumberland, 
however, had not kept his form, and he was rather unwell on 
the judging-day. The field was thus clear for " Sir Arthur " and 
his victor of 1876, and it was about equally obvious that the 
Birmingham order of these two would have to be reversed, 
" Sir Arthur " having thickened and improved considerably 
since the Burghley Bull beat him at Birmingham in July, 
1876. "Sir Arthur Ingram" was accordingly, with common 
assent, placed comparatively early into the comfortable corner, 
and there patiently waited for his first ticket. Sired by Mr. 
J. B. Booth's " Sergeant-Major" (29,957), this bull has a few good 
Booth crosses on a mixed foundation. At Hull, in 1873, he 
topped the yearling class, a position which he repeated in the 
two-year-old class at Bedford the following year. At that Show 
he looked exceedingly blooming. In each of the next two years he 
stood second at the " Royal " — in 1875 to " Duke of Aosta," and 
in 1876, to " Telemachus 6th." At Liverpool he looked better 
than he has done in public since the Bedford Show in 1874, and 
so turned the tables on his conqueror of the previous year. His 
quarters are long, deep, and massive ; loin good, and general 
outline attractive. He has a very deep good brisket, and walks 
out with great gaiety. Though apparently highly fed, he lacks 
wealth of flesh somewhat. His shoulders might lie in better, 
and more width between his fore-legs when he stands would 
raise him in a Judge's estimation. " Telemachus 6th," a 
typical son of his father, has, like the old and very distin- 
guished sire of that name, got uneven in the fore-legs, while 
his hind-quarters are not " pointy " enough. Rather short or 
round in the quarters, this bull has a fascinating head and neck, 
rare quality of flesh, very wealthy middle, and good hair. It 
was when a third came to be looked for that the trying work 
began. Four or five animals were almost neck-and-neck in the 
contest for the third ticket. Nobody can complain of what the 
Judges did. They performed their arduous duties — rendered 
all the more difficult on account of the absence of " tops," already 
