Rejpori on tho Sheep Exhibited at Windsor, 687 
Report of the Judges of Leicester (Classes 157 to 160), Cotswold 
(Classes 165 to 168), and Lincoln Sheep (Classes 169 to 172). 
Class 157. Leicester Two-shear Hams. — A fair Class, the three Prize 
winners being good specimens of the breed. 
Class 158. Leicester S/iearlinff Mams. — A very good Class, the FiRSX 
(Mr. Hutchinson's) and Secokd (Mr. Green's) being good specimens of tho 
pure Leicester. 
Class 159. Pen of Three Leicester Ram Lambs. — Three pens of moderate 
lambs. 
Class 160. Fen of Three Leicester Shear li>if; Ewes. — A good Class. 
Class 165. Cotstvold Ttco-shear Hams. — A very commendable Class, 
Class 16(.i. Cotsivold Shearling Rams. — The whole Class Commended, 
being 25 entries, the best lot of Shearlings shown for many years. 
Class 167. Pen of Three Cotsivold Ram Lambs. — A very good Class. 
Class 168. Pen of Three Cotswold Shearling Lives. — A splendid Class, 
the three Prizes going to the same owner (Mr. Swanwick). 
Class 169. Lincoln Tivo-shear Rams. — Four entries only, the Fiest (Mr. 
Wright's) and Secoxd (Mr. Budding's) being very good animals. 
Class 170. Lincoln Shearling Rams. — This was a large Class of very 
good sheep, the three winners going to one flock (Mr. Budding's). 
Class 171. Pen of Three Lincoln Ram Lambs. — A fair Class. 
Class 172. Pen of Three Lincoln Shearling Ewes. — This was a very 
superior Class, 
Charles Clarke. 
George Turner. 
Thomas Thornton. 
Border Leicesters. 
The Border Leicesters are, perhaps, the only breed whose 
origin can be assigned to an absolute date. It was in the year 
1767 that Messrs. George and Matthew Culley, one or both of 
whom had been pupils of Bakewell, migrated from the Tees to 
the Tweed, and took with them a flock of Dishley Leicesters. 
They were followed soon afterwards by Mr. Robert Thompson, 
another of Bakewell's pupils, who established a Dishley flock 
first at Lilburn and then at Chillingham Barns. Others 
naturally followed their example, as the merits of the sheep 
became known. It is curious that the procedure of the early 
breeders of Border Leicesters is almost as uncertain as that 
of Bakewell himself. It is still a moot point whether any 
extraneous blood was introduced. Mr. John Usher, of Kelso, 
writing in Coleman's work on 27(6 Sheep of Great Britain, 
expresses an opinion that the Cheviot was used to some extent. 
On the other hand, Mr. John Wood, of Haddington, who vsrote 
an interesting newspaper article on the breed at the time of the 
last Newcastle Show (1887), is strongly of opinion that no such 
crossing took place. He argues, from the fact that in 1798 
Mr. Robertson, of Lady Kirk, gave 400 guineas for a Border 
Leicester ram, and other breeders gave high prices, that the 
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