Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Leeds. 223 
" The Sussex and other Breeds Classes finished, the review 
was resumed, the die was cast, size again prevailed, and the first 
card up was placed upon Mr. Farthing's lieil'er, the second and 
third upon Mr. Merson's, and the remaining two, viz., Mr. James 
Hole's and Mr. (i. Turner's, were highly commended. 
"Mr. James Davey's months-old prize heiler calf was a 
perfect (/em. Its touch, coat, offal, and beautiful contour, sur- 
passed anything we remember to have seen in former years. 
Mr. Turner's second calf was a useful specimen, as was also the 
commended one, exhibited by Mr. Hole, of Hannafcnd. 
" Sussex Cattle. — These classes brought out but two entries, an 
in-calf heifer and a yearling bull, and they each received a prize, 
although the latter scarcely deserved to be noticed. 
" Other Breeds. — It would seem by the scanty competition for 
these prizes, that the door opened as a convenience to them had 
been but little appreciated ; a pair of Suffolk heifers, a few 
Bretons, and an Aberdeenshire bull formed the competition for 
the premiums. 
" The Aberdeen bull was a splendid type of his breed, and 
would have been hard to shake off, even by a numerous entry. 
The Suffolks were said to be good of their order, as were also 
the black and white Bretons of Mr. Baker. Indeed the bull 
was very beautiful ; his head and eye were a complete study. 
"The real dairy cow for once was at her post, and truly repre- 
sented by a finely grown animal of immense proportions, yet 
with an even outline, a 3-gallon-a-ineal bag, and a somewhat 
bony frame. 
" Two high-bred cows, full of beef and no milk, were entered 
for ' dairy purposes,' but the Judges of course treated this as 
a ruse, and passed on to the milhimj specimens." 
Horses. 
There were few greater treats at Leeds than the exhibition of 
horses ; while the plan, first adopted here, of showing the dif- 
ferent classes day after day in the ring in which they had been 
judged was so much enjoyed by the spectators, that I very 
strongly recommend its continuance, so that the public may 
again be enabled to see the horses exhibited to the best advan- 
tage — that is, when in action. The following extracts from the 
report of Mr. Spooner, the Veterinary inspector, are highly satis- 
factory, demonstrating that the Horse Show of the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society of England is not only improving in its general 
character, but that in the great essential of " soundness " our 
horses are becoming more and more valuable. How far this 
may be attributable to the regulations recently enforced may 
be with some a matter for consideration : for my own part I fully 
