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and greater promise, one was told to go to their County Show and 
look at them there. But no one ever ventured to suggest that 
a finer lot of Cotswolds would be found this season wherever one 
might go to look for them. The custom, too, of the breeders of 
this variety — to do no more to set off their flocks than simply 
bleach their fleeces — seems prepossessing, after the evident 
trickery with which pens of other breeds have been manipulated 
before the public are admitted to see them. The success 
of Messrs. Jacobs as breeders, in 1881, was very marked. 
Both tups and ewes of that season, from their flocks, were first 
in their class. It is to be regretted that the entry forms for 
sheep do not include references to the breeders from whom 
grandsire and great-grandsire came, so that the merit done may 
be properly apportioned ; at least half the credit of a winning 
pen belongs to the breeders of its parents. 
A further subdivision of Longwools is recommended ; because 
the style of sheep which suits the mild pastures of Devon does 
not find itself happy in Romney Marsh. This would be an 
excellent plea, if made use of for a Show about to be held in 
Kent or within a short distance of Exeter. But, as regards the 
country at large, the difference between such purely local sub- 
varieties does not seem worth taking into account. If either of 
them need acceptance outside its own district, within which it is 
acclimatised, it should prove itself fit to compete with other 
Longwool varieties, between which, it must be repeated, the 
divisions already are, in my opinion, far more artificial than 
real. 
Beport of the Judges of the Cotswold, Kentish, Bomney Marsh, a/nd 
other Longwoolled Breeds. 
The class of Cotswold sheep was much above the average in point of numhers 
and quality ; and the general excellence of the breed was well maintained. The 
Judges recommended that, owing to the large competition in Class 91, a third 
prize should be given in this class to No. 883. 
In the class for Kentish, Bomney Marsh, Devon and other Long-woolled 
Breeds, the Judges recommend that, at future Shows, the Devons and Kentish 
breeds should have separate classes; for it is difficult to judge between sheep 
so different in symmetry and character ; whilst no doubt each is a useful 
breed in its district, and both are well worthy of the support of the Society. 
Egbert Garne. 
Ambrose Wakde. 
OXFOEDSHIEE DoWNS. 
Possibly, as Oxfordshire sheep arc more of a long than of a 
shortwool breed, and as the Shropshire, too, indicates a not 
distant alliance with its fleecier rivals (the Devonshire Long- 
wools), these two varieties may with justice be introduced, above 
the Southdown, among Down sheep, to break the transition from 
