480 
Report  of  the  Live-Stock  exhibited  at 
The  females  were  not  so  uniform  in  size,  set  of  horn,  and 
character,  as  they  generally  are. 
Judges'  Report  of  Devons. 
In  the  majority  of  the  classes  the  number  of  animals  exhibited  was  smaller 
than  on  many  former  occasions,  which  may  perhaps  to  some  degree  be 
accounted  for  by  the  distance  from  the  district  in  which  Devon  cattle  are 
produced. 
In  the  various  Classes  of  Bulls,  although  there  were  a few  good  specimens,  we 
think  that  on  the  whole  they  were  not  quite  up  to  the  standard  of  former  years. 
In  the  Cow  and  Heifer  Classes  the  above  remarks  apply  generally,  but  in 
Classes  81,  82,  and  83  (those  of  heifers),  there  were  some  very  meritorious 
animals. 
H.  W.  Keary. 
Kichard  Hamshar. 
John  Risdon. 
Sussex. 
No  breed  of  cattle  in  the  United  Kingdom  has  made  such 
marked  improvement,  in  its  Showyard  representatives  at  least, 
during  the  last  seven  or  eight  years,  as  this  variety.  The  vast 
progress  has  been  evidenced  both  in  the  Smithfield  and  the 
Royal  exhibitions.  The  Sussex  Cattle  have  not  only  improved 
in  size  and  shape,  but  decidedly  also  in  quality,  wealth,  and 
levelness  of  flesh.  With  something  like  the  scale  and  outline 
of  the  Shorthorn,  the  Sussex  breed  approach  the  Devon  in 
uniformity  and  quality  of  flesh.  They  are,  indeed,  grand  beef- 
producing  cattle,  and  deserve  a wider  hold  than  they  yet  possess 
of  this  meat-raising  country.  The  Messrs.  Stanford’s  “ Gold- 
smith ” (391),  of  Mr.  G.  Smith’s  breeding,  is  a magnificent 
six-year-old  bull,  first  at  Reading,  and  easily  first  this  year 
again.  With  a brisket  well  down  to  the  ground,  the  ponderous 
bull  is  no  more  noteworthy  in  respect  of  size,  width,  and  length, 
than  for  levelness  and  accumulation  of  flesh.  He  is  astonish- 
ingly coated,  and  retains  his  bloom  wonderfully.  The  same 
exhibitors’  successful  three-year-old  is  shapely  and  well  covered 
on  the  shoulder.  Bred  by  the  exhibitors  ; he  is  straight,  stylish, 
and  plump  as  a Devon.  Mr.  Stewart  Hodgson’s  second  bull,  bred 
by  the  exhibitor,  is  very  large  in  size  for  his  age,  but  he  does  not 
walk  so  gracefully  as  the  first.  The  Messrs.  Stanford’s  first  and 
second  bulls,  calved  in  1881,  were  both  bred  by  the  exhibitors, 
and  headed  the  Yearling  Class  at  Reading,  in  different  order,  how- 
ever, from  that  of  York.  The  first  one  this  year  is  a smart  son 
of  the  monster  old  bull  above  described.  Mr.  Agate’s  Reserve 
bull  curiously  took  the  same  position  last  year  against  the 
Messrs.  Stanford’s  pair,  which  are  well  furnished,  good,  sub- 
stantial bulls. 
