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was the best, the four pens containing twenty very good 
animals. The first prize two-shear ram, Mr. Smith's " Lord 
Oainsborough," although the line of his back is at a high level 
compared with the sheep standing near him, comes near the 
ground, has great breadth of back and width through heart and 
centre, carries abundant flesh, and wears a good coat. His 
shearling also deserves his place on the prize list, although 
Mr. Pears' second might attract first notice at a superficial 
glance ; but when examined more closely, he has rather too 
much daylight under him, and wants time to grow down to his 
legs, and has not the same width of " floor," or under-part of 
the body, as the sheep from Cropwell Butler. 
. Report of the Judges of Leicesters, Cotswolds, arid Lincolns. 
Leicesters : Class 113. — An average class ; short entry. 
Class 114. — On the whole a good class, both as to numbers and quality. 
Class 115. — A very good class, the whole worthy of commendation. 
Cotswolds : Class 116. — Short entry, but quality good. 
Class 117. — A very good class ; the first-prize sheep of good form and 
quality. 
Class 118. — Only two entries, but we think the second worthy of the 
prize. 
Lincolns: Class 119. — Small exhibition ; first-prize animal good sheep. 
Class 120. — Fair entry, class good. 
Class 121. — A very good class. 
EOBEKT FiSHEB. 
Robert Garse. 
William Hesseltiite. 
Oxfordshire Downs. 
The Two-shear Ram Class contained 5 entries, all shown ; the 
Shearling Rams made a strong class of 27 entries, only two 
absent ; and of 9 entries of Ewes, one had been cancelled, and 
all the rest appeared in their places. Not great in number, the 
Elder Rams were excellent in quality, and Mr. Albert Brassey's 
York first-prize shearling, " The Nobleman," now a grandly 
developed two-shear sheep, was fairly passed by Mr. Treadwell's 
" Bicester " and " Young Comet," the former a large ram of 
splendid form and quality, well set on his legs, with a thickly 
fleshed back, ample legs of mutton, and a heavy twist filling 
the space between them ; " Young Comet " is a sheep of great 
size and massiveness, excellent under the hand. In the Shear- 
ling Class, Mr. Brassey's " Toby 2nd," from a ewe by " Royal 
Kilburn," the grandsire also of " The Nobleman," was first ; 
"Peterborough 2nd," by "The Nobleman's" sire, "Peter- 
borough," had a high commendation ; and " Shifford," a son of 
Royal Derby," was commended. The Heythrop Park shear- 
lings, in fact, numbering six, were a remarkably grand lot. 
