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compete as Southdowns or Shropshires, were not very numerous^ 
but the Judg-es give them a good character. With the exception 
of the third-prize pen of shearling ewes (Mr. Homer's Dorset- 
shire Downs), all the prize-winners were Hampshire Downs, and 
the majority of the awards went to Air. Alfred Morrison and 
Mr. Rigg. The Judges' Report is that — 
The Hampshire Downs showed in average numbers, and a marked improve- 
ment was observable in quality and uniformity of type. 
In Class 83 were many suj)erior animals, the first-prize shearling being a 
particularly smart sheep, well grown, and of excellent quality. 'I he second- 
prize winner showed great substance and fashionable type ; while the third 
sheep was hardly so neat, but at the same time looking all over like a rent- 
payer. 
Class 84 produced some really fine specimens, the first-prize winner being, 
tmusually worthy of merit, with great depth of carcass, good quality of 
flesh and wool : the second-prize sheep had a rare back, but was somewhat 
leggy. No. 865, placed third, showed great substance, but was scarcely sa 
symmetrical. 
In the Class for Shearling Ewes, 2so. 870 were of beautiful character, with 
well-covered backs and excellent form. No. 872, placed second, were of great 
size, but a Uttle deficient in neck, and rather light about their legs of mutton, 
James E. Rawlexce. 
Heket p. Hart. 
He>;bt Overman. 
It might have been expected that the breeds of sheep peculiar 
to the district would have shown in great force, so far as num- 
bers, at all events, were concerned ; but any such expectation was 
doomed to disappointment. The Somerset and Dorset Horn 
sheep, noted for their early lambing and for the large proportion 
of doubles, are very much prized in the south-western counties, 
and they are eminently adapted to a good deal of the land in 
the neighbourhood of Taunton. Yet the only exhibitor was 
Mr. Culverwell, whose flock at Clavelshay, near North Petherton, 
has not its equal in the county. This, perhaps, was why he had 
the field to himself; and the Judges thought so highly of his five 
rams, that they did not withhold any of the four prizes in the 
two classes, and highly commended the fifth. There" was not a 
single entry of ewes. From Dartmoor, again, we might have- 
counted upon more than the twelve entries made by Mr. Drew 
and Mr. 5lay, both of whose farms are near Tavistock. Mr. 
Drew was first in all three classes, and second in the shearling" 
ram class as well, Mr. May being second in the two others. 
There were only seven entries of Exmoors, and here Mr. Pass- 
more was first in each of the three classes, Mrs. Langdon being 
second with her two rams ; while there was only one pen of 
shearling ewes. The Devon Long-wools were more numerously 
represented ; but Sir Heathcpte Amory and Mr. Corner took 
nearly all the prizes, though, as the Judges' Report will show» 
