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for fancy breeding, and that without size and substance th( 
Devons could not be made to pay. There may be much force 
in this objection : and the great roomy animals which are rearei 
in the Somersetshire pastures are doubtless well suited to thi 
soil ; but that is no reason why they should be confounded wit! 
the smaller cattle which represent more faithfully the Devon o 
five-and-twenty years ago. Lord Falmouth and jNIr. Farthinc 
had the game pretty well to themselves in the three first classe; 
for Devon bulls ; but none of the animals exhibited in these 
classes were of exceptional merit, and the best of the male 
Devons were to be found in the class for calves, Mr. Smith's 
" The Earl " and Sir Alexander Hood's " Robin Hood " being 
quite worthy of the encomiums passed upon them. In the class 
for older cows, in which what the Judges term " the Somerset 
Devons " predominated, there was a good muster, and " Lovelv 
Queen," winner of the first prize would, but for her indifferent 
hind-quarters, be a perfect specimen of her race. Sir Alexandei 
Hood was again second here with his " Lovely ;" but Mr. Far- 
thing's cow, " Nellie," which took first prize at Croydon, did not 
get beyond a high commendation. The heifers in-milk not ex- 
ceeding three years old were good though not numerous ; while the 
yearling heifers were not only a very large class, but, beyond all 
manner of doubt, the best Devons in the yard. Her Majestv 
the Queen won the first prize with a beautiful animal, full ol 
style and substance, while another animal from the Norfolk 
farm came in for hiffh commendation. Mr. Trevor Lee Senior 
may think himself fortunate in getting the third prize here, for 
his " Moss Rose the Second looked more like the shambles than 
the paddock. But only too many of the Devons, Shorthorns, 
and Herefords were overdone ; and it is easy to foresee that, at 
the present rate of progress, the day is not far distant when the 
Judges will have to be preceded by the Society's veterinarian, or 
by a competent and impartial butcher. The same Judges who 
awarded the prizes in the Devon classes looked over the Sussex 
cattle : but this part of their task was a verv easy one, for the Sussex 
breed has fallen on evil days. What with the foot-and-mouth 
disease, which has played such havoc with them, and the 
distance at which the Show Avas held from their home, the entrv 
was a poor one, and of the twenty entries more than half were 
not sent. It is true that the number and value of the prizes 
given for Sussex cattle is less than is offered for most other 
breeds, and this may have had something to do with the 
miserable competition in these classes. The Judges of Devons 
and Sussex cattle write as follows : 
The Devon classes were nearly all well filled, and some of them contaiDP<l 
aniuials of very great merit. We feel it necessary, however, to remark tha: 
