exhibited at the Society's Meeting, 1882. 
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and quality, as to render the display one of which the various exhibitors 
might justly be proud, but for the markings, which on some of the otherwise 
bast specimens were very imperfect, and materially affected their jjosition 
in the prize-list. The Small Blacks were a decided improvement on those 
exhibited at Derby and Carlisle. There is still great diversity of type amongst 
the animals shown in the various classes; this renders the duties of the 
Judges more difficult, and tends to cause slight dissatisfaction amongst some 
of the exhibitors, who each imagine that their i^articular fancy is the " correct 
thing." 
We regret to be compelled to report that the show of "White Pigs of the 
various breeds, except the first-prize winners, was not so good as we have 
been accustomed to see at the Royal, if we except the class for Sows of the 
Small White Breed, which we commended in its entiretj^ ; and in the class 
for Middle Breed Sows we had very great difficulty in finding animals suffi- 
ciently good and true to breed for second place. There would, of coui'se, be 
many and diverse opinions as to the cause, but we are inclined to think that 
one of the principal reasons is the great foreign demand for really good and 
pure bred pigs of the various breeds. 
Class 119. — The first-prize young boar is of great length and of good 
quality ; the one placed second has more of the Middle Breed character. 
Class 120. — -The same remarks will apply to this class. 
Class 121 contained nothing very striking. 
Class 122. — A grand sow took first prize ; the second was somewhat weak 
in the loins. 
Class 123. — Poor class. 
Class 124. — Three of the five entries were absent. 
Class 125. — Very moderate. 
Class 126. — The first-prize sow was very good ; the second was of a good 
' type, but weak in the loins and girth. 
Class 127. — Again but one really good animal in the class. 
Class 128. — First prize very good, and a true type of a small breed i)ig. 
Class 129. — One pen far better than the others. 
Class 130. — The only superior class amongst the White Pigs ; the winners of 
I the "first, second, and reserved cards were very nearly equal in point of merit ; 
there were also some very good sows not fortunate enough to get a place in 
the prize-list. Class commended. 
Class 131. — A large entry for Blacks. We awarded the first prize to a very 
thick-fleshed pig, wonderfully good in loins and hams, and with well-sprung 
1 ribs, but rather light in the neck; the winner of the second prize was also a 
very good pig of a different style. 
I Class 132. — The boar which won the first prize at Derby in the class for 
Viiung boars easily repeated his victory to-day when shown in the class 
r older pigs. 
Glass 133. — First- and second-prize pens were good. 
Class 134. — A very good class, with twelve entries. 
Class 135. — Tweuty-one entries, and at least five of the exhibits were 
good enough to win a first-prize at an average show of Berkshires at the Royal ; 
a third prize was recommended. 
Class 136. — Not so good as a class ; the first-prize boar was decidedly the 
Ijest, but he was not quite true to marking. 
Glass 137. — We noticed nine of the twenty entries, eight of these for 
mdaral, one for artificial merit. 
Class 138 was a grand treat for admirers of good pigs ; the whole class 
ivas commended, and a third prize asked for, so good was the class. 
G. M. Sexton. 
Sanders Spencer, 
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