Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Liverpool. 563 
Sheep. 
For a considerable number of years back the breeding, rearing, 
and fattening of sheep has, as a rule, been more remunerative to 
English farmers than any other kind of stock-farming. Sheep- 
farming is generally better attended to than cattle-rearing in 
England. Whether this is due to the more encouraging returns, 
or whether the larger profits are attributable to the better man- 
agement, I need not stop to inquire. As on the English farm, 
so in the Showyard, the fleecy tribe take a prominent position. 
This year the display of sheep quite maintained the high reputa- 
tion of the leading English breeds. One interesting feature in 
this department at Liverpool was, that in several of the classes 
the more distinguished breeders were unable to hold their own 
against the younger or less widely known exhibitors. This 
fact, of course, might signify more than that the younger men 
were spurring on ; it might mean that the celebrated men were 
falling off. This last is not the sense in which I wish to 
convey the statement to my readers. There can be no doubt 
that the hitherto less fortunate exhibitors are progressing, which 
is a hopeful sign. 
Leicesters. — The Catalogue gives the first place to this fine old 
breed, of which there was a capital representation. Competition 
in the shearling-ram class was very strong. About the destina- 
tion of the first ticket, however, a short examination could have 
left no doubt in the mind of any Judge. Nothing in the large 
class could have fairly claimed the premier ticket from Mr. T. H. 
Hutchinson's finely woolled, symmetrical, well-covered ram of 
his own breeding. The animal's loin was strikingly good, his 
head and neck excellent, and bone very superior. He was very 
well brought out — as Mr. Hutchinson's Showyard animals of any 
variety usually are — and was sired by Mr. Hutchinson's winning 
shearling at the Taunton Royal, in 1875. Mr. George Turner, 
Jun., who was in indifferent luck at Liverpool, had a pretty 
strong pull for second, with a stylish sheep of his own breeding, 
which showed nice countenance, plenty of length, good quality, 
and excellent character. His shoulders and his fore-rib are not 
particularly well covered. 
Mr. John Borton's third ram was better over the shoulder, and 
is a well-furnished handsome animal, very strong in the loin 
and good on the rump. A stylish sheep, not very good at tail- 
head, from the same flock, deserved his commendation. 
Mr. Creswell's Reserve ram, from Ravenstone, was the biggest 
sheep, to all appearance, of the prize lot. For some people's 
taste, however, he handles just a little too soft on the back. 
Mr. Borton and Mr. Turner had some lively work in the aged 
