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the merits of the competitors were, for the most part, evenly 
balanced : — 
We are very sorry to see such small competition in the Somerset and Dorset 
Horns, but what were exhibited were very good, especially No. 876. In the 
Dartmoor class there were some very useful animals, particularly among the 
ewes. In the Exmoor classes the shearling rams were very good, and in the old 
ram class. No. 895 was an extraordinary animal. There was but one pen of 
ewes, and they were very good. The competition in the Devon Long-wool 
classes was very numerous, and very close as to merit. 
John Carpenter. 
Henry Mayo. 
James W. Paull, 
Pigs. 
What might otherwise have been a fairly good show of pigs 
•was spoilt, to a great extent, by the disqualification of the 
following eighteen pens, because " the state of dentition indi- 
cated that they were over the age described : " — 
Class 98. No. 938 
(pig supposed to have been 
afterwards removed). 
„ 102. Nos. 963, 964, 
965, 967. 
Class 103. No. 968. 
„ 104. Nos. 976, 980. 
„ 106. Nos. 995, 997, 
1000, 1002, 
1003. 
Class 107. No. 1010. 
„ 108. No. 1016. 
„ 110. No. 1034, 
„ 114. No. 1078. 
„ 116. No. 1087. 
As is the case in all dairy districts, there are a great many pigs 
Tcept on most farms near Taunton ; but their owners do not seem 
to put a very high value upon them, for not one of the 162 ani- 
mals entered came from anywhere nearer than Bristol. It was 
noticeable, indeed, that here, as in the sheep classes, the entries 
were concentrated within a very few hands, for there were but 
one-and-twenty exhibitors for all the five breeds. Lord Ellesmere, 
Mr. Jacob Dove, and Mr. Sexton, divided the honours pretty 
well between them, Lord Ellesmere taking five out of the six 
prizes awarded for " other breeds " with his Lancashire whites. 
His only competitors were Mr. Moir and Mr. Jacob Dove ; and 
the entries were so small that the Judges withheld the second 
prize in two classes. In appending the Judges' Report on the 
pigs, I can but express my regret at finding that it is so meagre, 
the most significant feature in it being the remark that in 
Class 102 (for boars under a twelvemonth old, of the small white 
breed), and in Class 104 (for sows of the same breed), there were 
nine entries disqualified out of thirteen. The Report says : — 
Taken as a whole the pigs were a very fine show ; but, owing to numerous 
disqualifications, many good animals did not come into competition. 
Class 98. Only moderate. 
Class 99. A fair class. 
Class 100. A small entry. No competition. 
Class 101. A fair class. 
Class 102. Owing to several disqualifications, only three animals were left 
iH competition. A fair class. 
