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covered with flesh to make up a good level behind it. Mr. 
Arkwright's " Pearl 3rd," the second-prize cow, although not 
in high Showjard condition, has an immense grasp of loin ; 
naj, when we come to look lengthwise down her back, we may 
say a pair of loins, for the rolls of flesh have a clear line of 
division over the spine, a relative rather than a positive defi- 
ciency, from superabundance, if that may be, at the sides, 
Mr. W. H. Taylor's " Modesty," the first-prize cow at York, 
has the third place this year ; his " Adelaide," second at York, 
is here highly commended ; and Mr. R. W. Hall's " Lovely 1st," 
the first winner with her twin heifers at Reading, and second 
with two of her offspring at 1 ork, has here the reserved number. 
The twin daughters of " Lovely 1st," " Dorothea " and 
" Theodora," by " Lord Wilton," were the first and second 
winners in the Class of Younger Cows or Heifers. They show 
" Lord Wilton's" impress very distinctly, and retain much of that 
close resemblance to each other that has made the task of dis- 
tinguishing them a puzzle ever since they began their Show- 
yard career. The number in the class being short, only four 
competing, the offer of the third prize became void, accord- 
ing to the conditions : but the Judges specially recommended 
the grant of that prize to Mr. Myddleton's " Lady Mary 5th," 
a really good three-year-old cow in-milk, and apparently in full 
health, but unfortunately found dead on the morning of the day 
after her return from the Show. 
One of the most generally observed features of the Hereford 
Classes, and a common subject of conversation in the Showyard, 
was the excellence of Mr. H. W. Taylor's first-prize group in 
Class 66, for Cows and their Offspring, the prescribed number 
being two with each dam. The cow was " Rosamond," a nearly 
seven-year-old cow, of beautiful proportions throughout, and 
of most generous flesh-growth, in colour a lightish red ground, 
covered with dappling of a deeper shade, and of course with 
the true Hereford white points. She was only third in single 
competition in last year's class of cows, her owner's " Modesty " 
and " Adelaide " then beating her ; but she was this year in 
general estimation before both of them, although, being in the 
family class, and they again entered in the Class of Single 
Cows, she did not come into actual competition w ith them again. 
Her heifer calf "Rosette," by "Franklin" ("Lord Wilton's" 
son), is one of those rare young animals upon which very high 
hopes of future success may be placed in reasonably strong expec- 
tation of their fulfilment. " Rosette " — life, health, and the usual 
Showle Court skill in management granted — can scarcely fail to 
be, another year, a heifer that must meet a very good one before 
she can be fairly beaten. Mr. H. R. Hall's group made good 
