Report on tlio Gattlo JExhihitod at Windsor. C31 
— the Shorthorn, Hereford, and Devon breeds. For the first 
seven years those mixed Classes were open to any other breed 
or cross, and for the next following five years to any other 
breed, cross-bred animals being excluded. 
At Windsor, in 1851, special Classes were first open to the 
Sussex breed, when twenty-two animals were entered — four 
bulls exceeding three years old, five bulls under that age, six 
cows, three heifers not exceeding three years old, and four 
yearling heifers. It may interest those Sussex breeders who 
do not happen to possess the back numbers of the Society's 
Journal to learn that, on this first appearance of the Sussex 
cattle at a Eoyal Show as one of the distinct and leading breeds 
of the country, the winning exhibitors were Mr. Henry Catt, 
of West Firle, Lewes, for a three-year-old bull ; Mr. John 
Waters, of Motcomb, Eastbourne, for a yearling bull ; Mr. 
Thomas Child, of Michelham, Hailsham, for a cow ; and Mr. 
William Marshall, of Bolney Place, Cuckfield, for a two-year- 
old heifer and a yearling heifer. 
The next year, 1852, the Show was held a,t Lewes, where 
of course there were special Classes for Sussex cattle. The 
entries numbered seventy-five, the Classes of bulls containing 
thirteen and ten, those of cows and heifers twenty-three, seven- 
teen, and twelve respectively. We read in the official report 
on the live-stock at Lewes that "the Sussex cattle did not 
disgrace their native county, but sustained a good position 
amongst the other breeds of cattle." 
Nine years then passed before special Classes were again 
granted to the breed, and it is curious to notice that whilst the 
Society within those nine years visited Canterbury, Chelmsford, 
Salisbury, and other places easy of access from Sussex, the 
Classes were not restored until the Show was held in the heart 
of Yorkshire — at Leeds, in 1861. In the meantime, competing 
with all comers in the Classes open to the unspecified breeds, 
and under conditions of uncertainty whether the Judges would 
give the preference to beef or dairy properties, Sussex cattle 
won prizes at Gloucester in 1853 and Chelmsford in 1856. At 
Leeds, in 1861, the only Sussex breeders who exhibited were 
Messrs. J. and A. Heasman, whose bull and heifer, the only 
entries, each received a prize. 
The Battersea International Show in 1862 brought out the 
Sussex cattle in good strength, and they were officially reported 
by the Judges and Stewards of stock as good and decidedly 
improved, but the younger animals hardly equal to the older 
ones. " They had fine, deep flesh," one of the Judges wrote, 
" and quite maintained the improvement which they have shown 
