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" Trueman," a capital shearling by "Sir George;" but his 
" Prince Teck " escaped notice in the multitude of high-class 
sheep competing. As the list of commendations is not added 
to the prize-list in the Appendix, and in these two classes 
of rams, commendation, whether high, low, or of medium level, 
means selection of exceedingly good sheep from among good 
sheep, the names of those breeders whose sheep in either or 
both of the classes received that honour may be here men- 
tioned : — Mr, Thomas Mansell (Harrington Hall) ; Mr. M. 
Williams, Jun. ; Mrs. Maria Barrs ; Mr. J. Bowen-Jones ; 
Mr. T. S. Minton ; Mr. T. J. Mansell (Dudmaston Lodge) ; 
Mr. T. H. Miller ; Mr. R. Loder, M.P. ; Messrs. Crane and 
Tanner (Shrawardine) ; Mr. R. Thomas ; Mr. Thomas Fenn ; 
Mr. J. E. Farmer ; Mr. F. Bach, and the Executors of the late 
Mr. W. German ; and there are two or three other exhibitors, 
whose names are also in the prize-list, or have been mentioned 
already in connection with the sheep highly or otherwise 
commended. To these might be added a long list of exhibitors 
of meritorious sheep unnoticed. Three very useful shearlings, 
uncoloured, were exhibited by Mr. Charles Randell, of Chadbury. 
Class 127, Pens of five Shearling Rams, contained 33 entries ; 
30 pens, or 150 sheep, were exhibited. Of course, the merit of 
the sheep singly was not quite equal to that of the rams in the 
immediately preceding class, because (as a rule) any exhibitor 
who had a supremely good one naturally chose to let it stand 
upon its merits in single competition rather than spoil the 
appearance of four good sheep in a pen ; but really the class 
was almost more wonderful and more creditable to the breeders 
and the breed, if possible, than the class of single entries. The 
matching in so many of the pens was something extraordinary, 
showing that the uniformity which every good breeder desires 
has been in a great measure obtained. Lord Chesham's first- 
prize pen, admirably matched in character, all large, of true 
symmetry and immense substance, with good heads, was an 
instance of exception to the rule that the best sheep go into 
single competition. Any one of the five was quite good enough 
for the strongest competition in a class of single entries, and it 
is questionable whether the best in the pen was not a better 
sheep than any exhibited singly. 
The Class of Pens of ten Ram Lambs, 13 entries, one cancelled, 
had each one of the 12 pens filled. The full number of lambs, 
therefore, was 120; and in the next following Class of Pens of 
ten Ewe Lambs, 14 entries, one cancelled, three other pens 
empty, 100 lambs were shown. These 220 Shropshire Iambs 
formed an interesting feature of the Show, as examples of the 
growth and development of the Shropshire at the age of about 
