Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Shrewsbury, 1884. 655 
York. By this alteration, the breed has the advantage of 
showing its capabilities of growth in an earlier stage of life. 
The female classes are the same as last year's, with of course 
the one year's difference in date, and are for Cows calved on or 
before 1880, Cows or Heifers of 1881, Heifers of 1882, and Heifers 
of 1883. The numbers are — Aged Bulls, 5 entries, two absent ; 
the next class, 7 entries, three absent ; and the next, 4, one 
absent. A withdrawn entry, No. 720, belongs either to this class 
or to the Cows, which in the Catalogue have 5 entries, one absent. 
The three Younger Cows or Heifers were all on the ground ; two 
of seven heifers of 1882 were absent, but one was a cancelled 
entry ; and only one heifer of 1883 failed to appear in her place. 
The first-prize bull in Class 79, Messrs. E. and A. Stan- 
ford's " Reading," is the son of a bull which occupied the same 
position at Derby, Reading, and York ; and his grand-dam 
daughter of a bull which had the same place at Bristol ; while 
this year's winner was himself first as a two-year-old at York. 
He is a bull of good flesh-points, remarkably well packed 
behind the hips, with also heavy thighs, and a deep, hanging 
flank. Mr. T. A. V^ickress' second - prize bull is a son of 
" Berry," a neatly-built and not very large bull, but one that has 
made an extraordinary mark wherever he has gone, giving that 
equality of surface which some of the Sussex cattle wanted for 
exhibition purposes, without destroying the robust character of 
the breed. " Shirley " affords an example of this in the won- 
derful amount of flesh so evenly laid over the shoulder-blades, 
shoulder-point, neck-vein, and up the neck itself. Pass the 
hand lightly over those parts, and nothing comes in its way, the 
surface being so smooth (excepting an ample growth of hair) ; 
but let practised fingers play upon the surface, and the depth and 
solidity of the covering of the frame are perceived. The bull 
has a well-coupled and well-covered middle, but goes off com- 
paratively light in the hind-quarters. He has made an advance 
since last year, when he had only the reserve in his class. The 
reserve and a high commendation were awarded to Mr. Agate's 
" Frankenstein 3rd," as also last year. Messrs. Heasman's 
strain comes to the front in Mr. Agate's " General Roberts," the 
first-prize two-year-old, who is a very creditable example of 
heavy development at an early age. Another son of the Messrs. 
E. and A. Stanford's " Goldsmith " is second in the class, and 
the third, " Prince Rufus," from the well-known prize-winning 
Lythe Hill herd in Surrey, is in the act of growing too rapidly 
to be presentable in true Showj ard form. The Yearling Bulls 
did not come out so showy-looking as their elders, but had 
plenty of frame for age. 
A beautiful cow, shown just as a cow looks her best, although 
