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some men's eyes, the most sightly type. But accepting this, 
■pro tcni., as being the form to aim at, no breeder of yearlings 
could surpass " Garfield," or, it may be said, equal " Princess." 
Now, to have shone so with both sexes, is what no other breed at 
Reading did. Mr. Piatt's " Horace 4th " has gradually worked 
his way to the front. Third at Carlisle, he was second at 
Derby ; and now he gets first ; although, probably as a cham- 
pion for his breed, he would be put behind both " Garfield " 
and Mr. Aaron Roger's " Archibald." Of the latter, the 
Judges say enough to silence other critics. Yet it may be 
suggested that the excellence of this bull would have been even 
more apparent had he, and his compeers of other breeds, been 
weighed. Mr. Carwardine's previously unbeaten " Sir Bartle 
Frere," seemed short by comparison with No. 396. Mr. E. 
Lister's "Matador" (No. 397) was curious, as illustrating one 
of the gradations through which the earlier Longhorn form 
must have been transmuted into the modern Whiteface. Mr. 
J. H. Arkwright showed a rather interesting bull calf in 
No. 411. It was half-brother to Mr. Tudge's commended cow, 
and uncle to the third-prize yearling bull. He was said to have 
been produced by an old cow which had previously been barren 
for five years. Of Mr. H. W. Taylor's " Modesty," and his 
*' Lorna Doone," both of one breeder's herd, and each first in 
her class, the Judges speak in appropriate terms of praise. 
" Modesty" had a healthy newly born calf in the Yard with her 
(showing an unusual amount of white), to silence the frequent 
cavils at her extraordinary condition. Mr. T. H. Hutchinson's 
Shorthorns do not surpass Mr. Taylor's Herefords in this 
respect. Mr. Philip Turner's " Silvia " has a wonderful middle, 
Avhich makes her neck seem light in comparison with " Lorna 
Doone's," which is extraordinarily full of flesh. The curious 
width of the upper part of the skull is as noteworthy a feature 
in this breed, as is the precocious horn with the Devon. 
Another "Modesty" (second-prize heifer of 1880) was con- 
spicuous for intensely yellow horns. Is this combined with 
yellowness of fat, and high-coloured cream ? Mr. W. S. Powell's 
No. 433 had great length and size for her age ; and, like Lord 
Coventry's entries, proved that it would be very possible to 
breed huge Hereford females, did one desire it. 
Beport of the Judges of Herefords. 
We consider the exhibition of Herefords quite satisfactory as regards 
numbers and quality, as the subjoined Report shows. 
Class 47. — No. 388 (first iJiize), a bull of the best character, standing on 
.short legs, possessing great substance and very sujierior quality of flesh. 
No. 372 (second prize) is very large and a good animal. 
