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The Canterlmry 3Ieef7nr/, 1860. 
wove specimens enough to content a virtuoso wlio would prefer a 
c-liolce cabinet to a large gallery of pictures. 
Among short-horn bulls the portrait of the " Royal Butterfly " 
has thus been drawn : " With really a line of beauty running 
along him, a splendid forehand, great girth and size, and true 
symmetry, he unites in the highest degree the yet more innate 
(intrinsic ?) advantages of quality and pedigree. He has, too, a 
grand, massive head, kindly expression, but still with all the 
attributes of the male animal, while his condition was ad- 
mirable." 
It appears that the " Prince of Prussia," his competitor, did 
not show to quite the best advantage. 
Amongst younger bulls, Mr. M^joribanks' " Harkaway " (sire, 
the " Great Mogul ") was one of the most taking, his quarters 
and touch being remarkably good. 
The success of Captain Gunter's twin heifers (" Duchesses ") 
was, of course, a distinguishing feature in the Show. In the 
3 year-old heifer class, Mr. Ambler had the honour of beating 
another " Duchess " with his " Wood Rose." The short-horn 
judges report, that they were decidedly of opinion that the 
animals they have highly commended in all the classes would 
have been entitled to prizes, if those to which prizes have been 
awarded had not been exhibited. 
The Herefords were well, but not fully, represented : other 
and better opportunities may be found for criticism on the com- 
parative merits of the leading representatives of this breed. 
The Devons, though so far from home, formed a nice " cabinet 
collection." It is to be regretted that the standard of excellence 
in this bleed is to some extent a matter of debate. 
Among the sheep, Mr. Jonas Webb and Mr. Sanday main- 
tained their pre-eminence for Southdown and Leicester rams. 
Mr. Heasman, a new exhibitoi", was fortunate enough to beat 
Lord Walsingham with his shearling ewes. In the Cotswold 
rams, Mr. J. Walker and Mr. R. Garne took the lead in a 
department which was generally commended. But attention was 
especially attracted to the classes in which the Hampshire and 
Oxford Downs were exhibited, in Cimsequence of the marked 
advance which these breeds (especially the former) have made of 
late. Mr. Humphrey, Mr. S. King, and Mr. Channing were 
among the most successful exhibitors of Hampshire or West 
Downs ; whilst the judges assigned many high commendations to 
the Oxford Downs as the best solution of their difficult task of 
comparing things unlike in themselves. The Shropshire sheep 
had already attained to separate prizes and classes, and were 
rejjresented in a manner to justify this decision. 
The judges in these classes report to me as follows : — , 
