Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Preston, 1885. 649 
In the Class for Heifers calved in 1883, a very interesting 
contest took place ; some Heifers which had previously met in 
the Show-ring again appearing, the result of the judgment 
was anxiously waited for. The class was large, and of good 
quality — 19 entries, with 17 appearances. After much delibe- 
ration, Mrs. Mcintosh was credited with first place for her 
handsome roan, " Havering Nonpareil 2nd," full of " Tele- 
machus" blood, and with evident marks of her ancestry. This 
fine heifer, of large scale, rich colour, and full of firm flesh, was 
first at Shrewsbury as a yearling. She has now lost some- 
what of the regularity of form she then possessed, and is 
disfigured by an overgrown rump and a little coarseness of 
lower jaw. Second to her was Mr. Brierley's " Roscdale Snow- 
flake," from his celebrated cow by " Rosedale Oxford." This 
breeding ought to tell in future. She is a heifer of fine quality, 
and took the same position with regard to the winner at the 
Bath and West of England Show at Brighton, and was placed 
third at the Essex Show, where Mr. Savile Foljambe's " Queen 
Esther," of Townley-Booth extraction, which at Preston only 
reached the reserve and highly commended place, was placed 
first. Mr. Game's " Lady Ebury," third prize, is a very taking 
animal, showing much quality ; and the Judges highly com- 
mended two, and commended three others of this undeniably 
strong class. The awards here were the subject of much criti- 
cism ; but the balance of opinion was to the effect that the 
decision of the Judges at Preston was correct ; and had the 
Havering heifer retained her form of last season, she would 
have had no mean chance for the championship of her sex ; 
and certainly, if the production of fine butcher's meat in good 
quantity be a desideratum in cattle-breeding, it must be admitted 
that she was far in advance of her competitors in this respect. 
The Class for Yearling Heifers had 21 entries, and the winner 
turned up in Mr. Hoskins's " Alexandra 9th," a Siddington- 
Bates heifer of considerable promise, which beat, especially in 
touch, the Duke of Portland's good-looking " Queen of the 
Cressidas 3rd," and Mr. Teasdale Hutchinson's young but very 
neat " Victoria Formosa." Mr. Leney's handsome " Belle 
Blanche," a red heifer of " Cherry " blood, took the reserve and 
highly commended card in a strong class of youngsters. Three 
commended cards were distributed to others, of which the 
Queen received one for " Cowslip." 
Nine groups were entered, and all appeared, — the Cow and 
her Offspring forming the family circle on this occasion, in 
contradistinction to the order used last year, when the sire was 
considered the head of the family. The first prize went to 
Northants, for Mr. Sharp's " Julia 14th," of Babraham " Lord 
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