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Report  of  the  Live-Stock  exhibited  at 
in  better  luck  at  York.  She  is  sweet  in  front,  and  has  an  ad- 
mirably sprung  rib,  with  great  wealth  of  flesh  over  the  crops,  but 
defective  hind-quarters  and  legs.  Still,  she  is  a thick,  deep,  well- 
furnished  cow,  descended  from  some  fine  old  Angus  or  Tyneside 
blood,  and  the  best  of  the  three  prize-winners.  Mr.  D.  A.  Green’s 
second  cow  is  not  yet  four  years  old,  and  for  her  age  she  is 
well  grown.  Bred  by  the  exhibitor,  she  is  largely  of  “ Bates  ” 
blood,  has  the  best  rib,  perhaps,  in  the  class,  a magnificent  loin, 
and  good  neck-vein.  Mr.  Sharp’s  third  cow  is  a sweet-looking 
four-year-old,  bred  by  the  exhibitor  from  his  “ May  Duchess  ” 
family,  crossed  with  “ Duke  ” and  “ Oxford  ” bulls.  She 
handled  well,  has  fine  hair,  charming  under-line,  and  much 
quality.  She  was  third  in  the  Heifer-in-Milk  Class  at  Reading, 
and  looks  as  if  higher  honours  were  in  store.  Highly  com- 
mended tickets  were  deservedly  given  to  Mr.  Pugh’s  four-year- 
old  roan,  first  at  Reading,  of  his  own  breeding,  got  by  the 
“ Flower”  bull  “ Falmouth,”  and  Mr.  Harris’s  “Ringlet  7th,”  of 
“ Peepy  ” descent.  Mr.  Pugh’s  cow  has  great  width  in  front, 
and  handles  well,  with  immense  thickness  behind  the  shoulder ; 
but  she  is  deficient  on  the  rump  or  hind-quarters.  Mr.  Harris’s 
was  bred  by  Mr.  T.  H.  Miller,  Singleton,  and  is  a good  spe- 
cimen of  his  well-known  prize-family,  whose  name  the  cow 
bears.  She  is  good  on  the  loin  and  rib,  but  rather  low  in  front. 
Five  of  the  fourteen  entered  in  the  Cow  Class  were  absent. 
Cows  or  Heifers,  in  milk,  calved  in  1880,  formed  a small 
Class,  but  at  least  two  of  the  animals  were  very  good.  Mr.  Ackers’s 
“ Lady  Carew  9th,”  of  his  own  breeding,  sired  by  the  Christon 
bull  “ Lord  Prinknash  2nd  ” (38,653),  and  belonging  to  a 
well-known  prize-family,  confirmed  her  premier  place  of  1882. 
In  front  of  the  “ hooks  ” she  is  covered  admirably  with  the 
very  finest  of  flesh,  and  the  nice  soft  hair  enhances  the  charm 
with  which  one  handles  her.  A good  feminine  head  and  neck 
are  backed  by  slanting  shoulders,  on  which  flesh  was  better  taken 
on  than  is  the  case  with  probably  any  other  Shorthorn  in  the 
Yard.  Behind  the  shoulder  she  is  developed  to  perfection.  On 
the  rump,  however,  she  is  bumpy,  and  she  does  not  walk  so 
easily  as  could  be  wished.  Withal  she  is  a wonderfully  good 
animal,  a little  more  like  what  one  expects  to  find  in  Smith- 
field,  perhaps,  than  Mr.  T.  H.  Hutchinson’s  second,  “ Good 
Tidings,”  of  his  own  breeding,  and  out  of  the  same  cow  as 
“ Gratia.”  The  Catterick  heifer  has  undeniable  Booth — I may 
almost  say  Warlaby — character,  and,  not  being  very  forward  in 
condition,  fascinated  the  breeder’s  eye,  especially  walking. 
Standing  wide  in  the  chest,  she  has  a splendid  head,  attractive 
colour,  and  is  grandly  furnished  without  being  in  any  way 
overdone.  Mr.  Gibson’s  highly  commended  heifer  is  a heavy 
