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Messrs.  Linton’s  second  were  large-framed  nicely  furnished 
gimmers ; and  Mrs.  Herrick’s  commended  ones  were  well 
brought  out. 
COTSWOLDS. 
So  far  from  the  stronghold  of  this  heavy  breed,  the  display 
was  all  that  could  have  been  expected.  Four  good  tups  tried 
their  mettle  in  the  Two-shear  Class,  all  bred  and  shown  by  the 
two  exhibitors.  Mr.  Swanwick  had  the  best  of  the  encounter, 
as  he  has  often  before  now  had  with  large,  lengthy,  long-woolled 
specimens.  His  first  tup  had  thickened  since  the  Bridgwater 
Show  at  the  end  of  May,  where  he  was  only  Reserve.  Size  and 
quality  had  both  increased  in  the  interval.  The  Messrs.  Gillett’s 
second  ram,  also  full  of  substance  and  heavy  woolled,  was  first  at 
Bridgwater.  There  was  not,  however,  much  to  choose  between 
the  pair.  Shearlings  offered  stiffer  competition.  There  the 
visitor  found  eight  or  nine  very  fine  sheep  from  the  flock  of 
Mr.  Thomas  Brown,  of  Marham  Hall.  They  could  not  all 
get  tickets,  but  they  left  very  little  to  their  opponents,  which  is 
saying  a great  deal,  when  it  is  remembered  that  the  antagonists 
were  Messrs.  Swanwick  and  Gillett.  The  four  leading  tickets 
were  secured  by  Mr.  Brown,  leaving  only  a high  commendation 
to  Mr.  Swanwick.  The  Marham  prize  shearlings  combined  size 
and  wealth  of  mutton  with  good  contour  and  true  Cotswold 
character,  while  the  dry  climate  of  the  East  had  favoured  the 
preparation  of  Mr.  Brown’s  sheep  for  the  exhibition.  They 
were  very  creditably  shown  indeed.  The  Messrs.  Gillett’s 
shearling  ewes  had  no  opposition,  but  both  pens  were  so  level 
and  so  good  that  the  two  money  prizes  were  awarded,  and  oppo- 
nents would  have  had  hard  work  to  win. 
Lincolns. 
A larger  show  of  these  grand  wool-growers  was  expected. 
Quality,  however,  left  very  little  to  be  desired.  Mr.  Robert 
Wright  and  Mr.  Henry  Smith  had  a pair  each  in  the  Two-shear 
Tup  Class,  all  bred  by  the  exhibitors  and  all  good.  They  got 
slice  about  of  the  honours  ; Mr.  Wright  leading.  The  latter’s 
sheep  proved  admirably  under  the  hand,  had  splendid  wool, 
and  was  first  at  the  Lincolnshire  Show  and  at  the  Yorkshire  last 
year,  as  well  as  first  at  Lincoln  this  year.  Mr.  Smith’s  second 
sheep  has  great  thickness  of  mutton  on  the  rib  and  back,  and 
had  not  been  shown  before.  Though  other  competitors  appeared 
in  the  Shearling  Tup  Class,  the  two  just  named  got  all  the  tickets, 
except  one  commended.  Mr.  Smith  turned  the  tables  here, 
