Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Preston, 1885. 673- 
Classes 145-G. Welsh Sheep. — Both i?«//is and Shearling Euscs of ordinary 
merit. 
John Clay. 
ItOBERT PaTEESOX. 
David Da vies. 
Wensleydale. 
These, the last heading in the Catalogue of sheep, competed 
for prizes offered by the Local Committee : only five Rams and 
two pens of Ewes were shown. These " bonny bluecaps " 
attracted much attention. They are great favourites in the 
Craven district, and have the peculiarity of blue or black 
mottled skins with white wool, and of fine carriage and great 
size. The Rams of Mr. Lambert and ^Ir. Pilkington, both 
from Bedale, are very fine fellows, and did not appear to dis- 
advantage amongst the different breeds exhibited. The Ewes 
also are pretty specimens of a breed which is evidently in- 
creasing in the estimation of breeders of sheep " in the North 
Countrie." 
Bej)ort of Judges on Lank, HerdicicJc, and Wensleydale Sheep. 
In the Lonk Class we were soiTy to see such a poor entry ; but we think we 
were recompensed b\' finding some of the best Shearling Ewes that have \>een 
exhibited at the Eoyal Show for several years. 
The Eerdwicks, on the whole, were a fail class. The animals to which 
prizes were awarded were of good quality, and showed marks of that pure 
breeding which is so essential in these sheep ; any cross or admixture of other 
blood, however slight, making the Herdwick less able to endure the hardships 
of -ivinter on the Lake District mountains. 
The Wensleydale Earns were exceptionally good, and we had great difBculty 
in deciding. The first prize we gave to a Shearling Ram (which is very 
unusual), one good in es^ery point, both as regards symmetry and wool. 
The second prize was a Two-shear, a remarkably good sheep, and, taking the 
whole class together (though small in number), they have never hitherto 
been exceeded. 
In this Class the Shearling Ewes (though we were sorry to find only two- 
entries) were exceedingly good. The firsc-prize Ewes were the best that we 
have seen at the Eoyal Show for many years. The second-prize Ewes were 
well deserving. 
Before concluding our remarks we should wish (if friends would allow)- 
to separate Shearlings and Aged Barns, as it is almost impossible to give 
Batisiaction, and, more than that, they are difiBcult of judgment. ^ 
J OHK Inglebt. 
James Pickard. 
Hugh P. Holme, M.E.A.C. 
Heports of the Inspectors of Shearing. *. 
We, the undersigned Inspectors of Sheep Shearing, have to report that we 
have, after careful examination of the sheep in the Yard, to congratulate the 
Council on the marked and satisfactory improvement in the shearing of sheep 
from year to year. The only sheep we could have recommended for disquali- 
