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The difference between the number of entries and the number 
of animals of course arises from such entries as represent, saj, 
mares and foals, pairs, or larger numbers of cattle, and pens of 
sheep and pigs. In these figures the total number of entries in 
each class is taken without any deduction for the absent animals, 
whose entries appear in the printed Catalogue, or (as in a very 
few instances), having been cancelled, are indicated only by 
breaks in the continuity of numbering. 
The Catalogue of 1845 is headed by Shorthorns, numbering 
69 entries. Herefords follow, with 72 entries ; then Devons, 
with 11 ; Cattle of Any Breed, 11 ; and Extra Stock, 10. 
Horses stand next in order : Agricultural, 28 entries ; Thorough- 
bred Stallions, 4 ; Extra Stock, 4. Sheep : Leicesters, 75 ; 
Southdowns, 63 ; Longwools, not Leicesters, 23 ; Mountain 
Breeds, 14; Extra Stock, 11. Pigs, no distinct breed specified, 
are classed as Large and Small, and number altogether 42 
entries. 
The Catalogue of 1884, beginning with the Horse Classes, 
according to custom since 1867, when, in the absence of Cattle 
Classes, on account of the rinderpest, horses took the first place 
at Bury St. Edmunds, contains 155 entries of Shire and Agricul- 
tural, 54 of Clydesdale, 26 of Suffolk Horses, 85 of Thorough- 
bred Sires and Hunters, and 82 of Hackneys and Roadsters, 
including Stallions and the Pony Classes. Cattle were sub- 
divided thus : Shorthorn, 108 ; Hereford, 144 ; Devon, 49 ; 
Sussex, 41 ; Longhorn, 14 ; Welsh, 60 ; Red Polled, 44 ; 
Jersey, 90 ; and Dairy Cattle, 16. Sheep : Leicester, 29 ; Cots- 
wold, 18 ; Lincoln, 20 ; Oxfordshire Down, 41 ; Shropshire, 247 ; 
Southdown, 60 ; Hampshire Down, 21 ; Mountain, 40. Other 
Distinct Shortwool, lO. Pigs : Large White, 32 ; Middle 
White, 29; Small White, 47; Small Black, 17; Berk- 
shire, 69. Any Other Distinct Breed, 16. 
The classification accordingly is enlarged by the addition of 
Clydesdale and Suffolk horses. Hunters, Hackneys, Roadsters, 
and Ponies ; Sussex, Longhorn, Welsh, Red Polled, and Jersey 
Cattle ; besides a Class for Dairy Cattle without restriction as 
regards breed ; Cotswold, Lincoln, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, 
and Hampshire sheep, with a class open to Shortwool sheep of 
breeds not specified ; and by a more systematic division of the 
classes of Pigs, the separation of the Black from the White 
varieties, and of the Berkshire from all other breeds, distinct or 
indistinct. 
The arrangements of the Showy ard must not be overlooked, 
as the effective display of the live-stock depends so much upon 
them. It is the fashion in critical Reports to find fault, 
and even in its own ' Journal ' the Society has permitted very 
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