Itepoft on the Cdttle Exhibited at Windsor. 617 
Class 83, Bulls of 1883-4-5-6, contained nine entries. One 
animal was absent. Mr. H. W. Taylor's " Maidstone " began 
his Royal winnings in 1884 at Shrewsbury, where he was placed 
first in an excellent Class of yearlings, and described by the 
present writer in the official report of that Show (Journal, 
Vol. XX. S.S. Part 11.), as " combining size and quality, and 
from present appearances likely to make a name in the future. " 
His name is made. At Preston, in the following year, he was 
the First Prize two-year-old bull ; at Norwich, 1886, the First 
Prize three-year-old bull ; and at Newcastle, 1887, Nottingham, 
1888, and Windsor, 1889, three years together, he has taken the 
first place in the First Class of bulls, and in an unbroken sequence 
of six years the Society's First Prizes. He also won this year the 
Hereford Breeders' Champion Prize as the best male Hereford, 
and had the Reserve Number for the Queen's Gold Medal. 
His size, at first glance, is less remarkable than it was for his 
age at Shrewsbury, because he is compact in structure and his 
frame evenly covered. Perfect proportion of part to part not 
being conducive to the immediate realisation of size, he requires 
to be seen for some time — seen at different distances and from 
different points of view — before his ample dimensions can be 
duly appreciated. He is a bull of illustrious breeding, a 
grandson of " Lord Wilton " through his sire " Franklin," 
and of " Tredegar," the Royal First Prize bull at Birmingham 
and Liverpool, through his dam " Duchess 4th." 
Second in honour was Mr. Price's " Radnor Boy," bred by Mr. 
S. Robinson, Lynhales, a son of his " Highland Laird," and de- 
scended from " Horace " through both parents. Two different 
ways of development of a most generous flesh-growth were illus- 
trated by this bull, and that in the next stall, Mr. Fenn's " Vis- 
count Wilton " (Commended), bred by the late Mr. T. J. Car- 
wardine at Stocktonbury. The former had that heavy growth 
which gives thick, rounded edges to the loin, and a cleft in the 
centre. Mr. Fenn's bull, of equally wealthy development, could 
not hold water on his back, the top, evenly packed and gently 
rounded to the sides, having no place for it to lodge in, but at 
the "catch" was heavily loaded, and the thighs were rounded 
to enormous masses overhanging the hocks. Next to ^Ir. 
Price's bull as a winner stood " Rare Sovereign " (Third Prize), 
bred and exhibited by the Earl of Coventry, and uniting the 
blood of the Royal Prize bulls " Fisherman " and " Good Boy " 
with that of Lord Berwick's famous herd through Mr. Hill's 
" Merry Monarch " (bred by Mr. Burton, Longner Hall), and 
the "Rarity" tribe. "Rare Sovereign" is the sire of the 
Champion female Hereford, and winner of the Queen's Gold 
