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11. de Clare Boscawen's " Mangold 5tli," and Mr. Huth's " Lilly 
8tli," a half sister to his Second Prize cow. The whole Class was 
most deservedly Comnieuded by the Judges. 
A splendid Class of nineteen Heifers calved in 1877, Class 99, 
was also Commended without exception. Here, again, there was 
not a vacant stall. ,The First winner, Mr. Barclay Field's " Prim- 
rose," by " Gold Dust 2nd," from a " Goldsmith " cow, and the 
Second, Mr. Vickress's " Noblesse," closely related by the sire 
and dam's sire to Mr. Child's Champion bull, were so evenly 
matched in merit that the two Judges of Sussex cattle could not 
settle between themselves which was the better, and eventually left 
the decision to one of the other Judges of cattle. Mr. J. Stewart 
Hodgson's "Peace 6th" and "Pride 7th" were respectively 
Thii"d and Highly Commended, and Mr. Waterlow's beautiful 
" Marguerite," half-sister to " Elsa," had the honour of a Reserve. 
Judging, at Midsummer 1889, a Class of twenty-two heifers 
calved at various dates from January 7 to August 17, 1888, cannot 
be a very easy task. The stage of growth is just that at which a 
month or two often makes a great change for better or for worse, 
and every breeder knows how individual animals, sometimes 
whole families and tribes, excellent at or near maturity, are plain 
in their earlier growth, and vice versa. Judging, therefore, 
such a Class, is partly guessing. It is quite possible that some 
of the unnoticed yearlings or calves before another show season 
comes round may " take the wind out of the sails " of their 
superiors at Windsor ; and their so doing need not imply any dis- 
credit to this year's decisions. Of two beauties shown by Mr. 
Barclay Field, one had the First Prize and the Reserve Number 
for the Champion Female Prize — a bold compliment to a 
seventeen-months-old heifer. 
Meport of the Judges of Sussex Cattle. 
[Classes 95 to 100.] 
Class 95. Bulls calved in 1883, 1884, 1885, or 1886.— No. 1401 (Mr. 
W. S. Forster's Mikado) is a very massive, heavy-fleslied animal, well 
worthy of the Fiest Peize, a grand specimen of the Sussex breed, and 
although beaten in the competition for the Sussex Herd-book Society's 
Prize, was not disgraced. No. 1399 (Mr. Robert AVhitehead's Gold Dust 
l\th) is a bull of great merit, taking Second honours; No. 1407 (Sir 
F. A. Montefiore's Gold Dust 9tk) taking a good Thied place. Some of the 
other BuUs in this Class were worthy of great commendation. 
Class 96. Tico-year-old Bulls.— No. 1411 (Mr. Charles Child's Jubilee) 
took the Fiest Peize in this Class, and is a splendid two-year-old bull, 
with great weight of flesh, and, taking his age into consideration, we felt 
compelled to give him the Champion Peize for the best male Sussex ex- 
hibited ; he was also Eeseeve Numbbe for the Queen's Gold Medal. The 
winners of the Second Peize, No. 1409 (Mr. Joseph Godman's Oxford Duke 
1st), and of the Thied Peize, No. 1413 (Mr. A. Heasman's Goldjinder), were 
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