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The Boncaster Meeting. 
"William Williams took all the first prizes. The exhibits 
throughout manifested careful and judicious breeding. The 
first and second prize animals in Classes 69 and 70, for bulls, 
and the first prize animal in Class 72, for young heifers, dis- 
played in a mai-ked degree the correct type and true character 
of the Devon breed. 
Sussex cattle appeared in the same number at Doncaster as at 
Plymouth. There was no competition in the aged-bull class, but 
the Judges had no difficulty in awarding the first prize (Class 73) 
to its solitaiy occupant, Mr. C. T. Lucas's Golden Horn. In 
Class 74, the prizes went to Mr. Joseph Godman's Oxford Duke Ath, 
Mr. Stewart Hodgson's liochesfer, and Mr. W. Stewart Forster's 
Gondolier — all very useful animals. " The younger bulls did not 
show to the best advantage, as they were heavily handicapped by 
being classed with animals so much older." In Class 75, the 
prize-winning cows were those of Mr. Hodgson, Mr.Forster, and 
Mr. Louis Huth. All the heifers in Class 76 were commended, 
the winners — Major Best's Pearl, Mr. George White's Nuion, and 
Mr, Hodgson's Croats Srd- — being exceedingly good. The dis- 
parity of ages made the Judges' task a difficult one. 
Welsh. — Of this hardy breed there were four exhibitors 
and ten entries, all of the latter being present. Small as is this 
number, it is more than double the entry of Welsh cattle at 
Plymouth. Those at Doncaster all came from the Principality, 
and were all good specimens of the breed. Lord Harlech's first- 
prize bull (Class 77) "is of great scale and shows strong consti- 
tution." Col. Henry Piatt's fivst-jirize heifer (Class 78) " would 
do credit to any breed."' The same breeder's Windsor champion, 
Tudno, was placed second. 
Bed Polled cattle, though very much nearer to East Anglia, 
only came forward in the same number as at Plymouth. Hence 
the Judges say, " We were much disappointed to find the com- 
petition for this useful breed of cattle of so limited a character, 
nor do we think the standard of merit at all equal to that of 
many previous exhibitions." The 29 entries were arranged in 
four classes. Of aged bulls (Class 79) only four were shown, 
and the first and second prize animals were of good type, the 
former, Mr. J. J. Colnian's ]3ardolph, obtaining the champion 
prize as the best Red Polled animal, and the latter, Mr. Tyssen 
Amherst's Masher, getting the reserve. Amongst the young 
bulls (Class 80) Mr, Colman's The Gsm was first ; and though 
there were but four entries th ^ competition was so strong that 
the Judges recommended the award of a third prize. 
Of the cows (Class 81) Mr, Harry P, Green's Gleam 3rd 
was first, but " some difficulty was experienced in making 
