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a Sittyton  “ Butterfly  ” bull,  of  great  scale,  which  won  several 
prizes  when  in  the  possession  of  Sir  William  Forbes,  Bart. 
The  pedigree  is  of  a somewhat  mixed  nature,  with  a leaning 
to  Booth.  The  horn  of  “ Lord  Zetland  ” is  not  nice,  the 
neck  is  rather  short,  and  the  bone  is  big ; but  his  loin,  rib, 
hind-quarters,  flank,  and  thighs,  are  almost  perfection.  He 
easily  repeated  his  Derby  and  Reading  firsts,  and,  notwith- 
standing his  rough  head,  some  good  judges  would  have  given 
him  a little  more  at  York  than  he  received.  The  second  bull 
also  leans  to  the  Booth  side.  He  is  “ Hovingham,”  a ponderous 
white,  bred  by  the  exhibitor,  Sir  W.  C.  Worsley,  Bart.,  is 
nearly  four  years  old,  and  was  sired  by  Mr.  Linton’s  well- 
known  prize-bull,  “Sir  Arthur  Ingram”  (32,490),  while  the 
dam’s  sire  was  no  other  than  the  noted  prize-winner  “ Lord 
Irwin  ” (29,123),  also  of  Mr.  Linton’s  breeding.  “ Hovingham  ” 
handles  pleasantly,  has  a good  outline,  and  great  scale,  though 
he  is  not  so  well  made  up  as  the  “ Bainesse  ” bull,  very  properly 
placed  before  him.  The  white  is,  in  at  least  one  respect,  a 
remarkable  animal.  It  is  freely  said,  and  often  I fear  with 
truth,  that  prize-animals  do  not  reproduce  themselves  satisfac- 
torily : “ Hovingham  ” is  an  exception  in  that  he  is  the  son  and 
grandson  of  two  first-prize  Royal  bulls,  and  is  the  sire  of  Mr. 
Rowley’s  champion  bull  at  the  York  Show,  to  be  described 
presently.  Mr.  Robert  Thompson’s  “Beau  Benedict  ” (42,769), 
lrom  Inglewood,  Penrith,  and  bred  by  Mr.  Linton,  of  Sheriff 
Hutton,  is  a four-year-old  lengthy  roan,  which  was  Reserve  at 
Reading  and  second  at  Derby,  sired  by  the  Killerby  “ Hecuba  ” 
bull,  “ Paul  Potter  ” (38,854).  Mr.  Thompson’s  bull  has  a 
deep  chest,  good  forearm,  and  “ nice-touching  ” flesh.  His 
flank  might  be  fuller,  however,  and  his  rump  less  inclined  to 
be  gaudy.  It  is  wrorthy  of  record  that  the  three  money-prizes 
were  awarded  to  animals  bred  in  Yorkshire,  of  good  old  material, 
topped  by  bulls  more  or  less  directly  of  Booth  descent.  A con- 
siderable quantity  of  “ Oxford  ” blood  is  in  the  veins  of  a heavy, 
well-grown,  four-year-old  roan  of  Mr.  Swann’s,  from  Bedlington, 
Northumberland,  and  bred  by  Sir  W.  C.  Trevelyan,  Bart.,  but 
he  lacked  the  finish  and  quality  of  several  of  the  winners. 
The  leader  in  the  Three-year-old  Bull  Class  was  not  so  easily 
selected  as  in  the  senior  Class.  Mr.  Foljambe’s  white  “Bright 
Helm,”  from  Asberton  Hall,  bred  there,  which  was  so  much 
admired  at  the  top  of  his  class  at  Reading,  has  not  gone  on  quite 
so  well  as  could  have  been  desired,  and  Mr.  Wakefield’s  “ Baron 
Sedgewick  ” (44,373)  accordingly  proved  a more  dangerous 
opponent  than  he  has  yet  done  to  the  white.  The  white  is  of 
the  “ Aylesby  Bright”  tribe,  with,  however,  a “ Grand  Duke” 
cross  on,  as  the  sire  of  his  dam.  The  sire  of  the  bull  was 
