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fication was an aged Border Leicester Earn, and on our second examination of 
the sheep referred to, we gave the Exhibitor the benefit of the donbt, and 
allowed him to pass. We are glad to say the improvement is very great indeed. 
We still find dressing to go on freely in the Yard, and would again venture 
to ask the Council not to allow dressing with wool shears during the time of 
the Show. 
The dressing of Lambs has been carried out to a large extent, so that we 
had to recommend for disqualification — in Class 122, No. 1080 ; Class 126, 
Nos. 1201, 1202, 1203, and 1204 ; in Class 130, No. 1625, and Class 134, 
Nos. 1291 and 1295. As previously stated, and as contrary to the rules of 
the Society, several lots were very much trimmed, which we consider takes 
from their good appearance at the time of the Show. 
William Jobson, It , ^7 
W. B. Workman, 
PIGS. 
It must be admitted that the show of Pigs was on the whole 
disappointing. There were many absentees, and although the 
number of animals entered was considerable, many individual 
specimens were not of the standard excellence observable on 
former occasions. The prevalence of swine-fever may have had 
something to do with the non-appearance of many valuable 
pigs, and so have reduced the actual Show to smaller dimensions 
than the entries promised. 
Large White Breeds. 
The competitors in the first Class for Boar's were reduced to 
two, and Mr. Davies's " Jonathan " got promotion from his 
Shrewsbury position. He is now a good well-fleshed pig. His 
opponent, "Samson," was chiefly remarkable for his enormous 
size and fatness, and his strength certainly does not lie in his 
hair, he being nearly destitute of that ornament. In the Younger 
Class, Mr. Ashforth won against a single competitor with a^ neat 
boar, but with a snout too prominent. The Sow Class had 
more competition, Colonel Piatt getting first with " Sal," the 
enormous animal which won at Shrewsbury. Mr. Duckering's 
sow, placed third, is a more taking animal than either of those 
before her. Mr. Walker-Jones's reserve is very large, with a 
nice litter, and was thought by some to merit a higher place. 
The Pens of Breeding Sows had eight appearances. The 
winners may be classified as second, " bare ;" third, " bristly ;" 
and the first, Mr. W^alker Jones's, uniting both these cha- 
racteristics. 
In Middle Whites, a useful boar, with a good head, of 
Mr. Newsham's, was placed before a more compact one of 
Mr. Ashworth's. The Breeding Sows had 12 pens, headed 
