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classes be reasonably expected ? and if separate classes were 
granted, some aggrieved Herd wick breeder, or some breeder of the 
White-faced horned Limestone sheep, might complain that there 
was no room for him, and demand additional classes. The Two- 
shear Mountain Ram Class at Shrewsbury contained 13 entries 
(all pens occupied), of which 6 were Exmoor Horned, 2 Scotch, 
and 5 Welsh sheep ; the Shearling Class, 17 entries (all shown), 
comprising 4 Exmoor, 3 Scotch, 7 Welsh, 1 Lonk, and 2 Clun 
Forest ; and the Class of Ewes (5 shearlings in each pen),» 
10 entries, one absent, the 9 divisible into 4 Exmoor, 2 Scotch, 
1 Welsh, and 2 Clun Forest pens. In the Class of Older Rams, 
all the prizes and the reserve went to the Exmoor sheep ; in 
the Shearling Class, the first and second prizes to the Clun 
Forest sheep, the third to a Scotch ram, the reserve and a high 
commendation to the Exmoors, and a commendation to one of 
the Welsh entries (one of the 7 Welsh entries, by-the-bye, had 
much of the Exmoor type) ; and in the Class of Ewes, again, 
the first and second prizes were awarded to pens of the Clun 
Forest breed, the third prize and a simple commendation to 
Exmoors, and two high commendations to Scotch sheep. The 
only specimen of the Lonk (a pen of ewes of the same flock, 
entered, being absent) was passed unnoticed. 
Other Beeeds. 
" Other Distinct Short-woolled Breeds " were all comprised 
in two small classes : Rams, One-shear or Two-shear, having 7 
entries, six exhibited ; and Shearling Ewes, three pens of five, 
all shown. The six rams belonged to three exhibitors, two 
entries to each — Mr. F. Shepherd showing Ryelands ; Mr. 
Smith, Suffolk sheep ; and Mr. Herbert Farthing, the Somerset 
and Dorset horned breed. The same three breeds also were 
represented in the Class of Ewes, the Ryelands and Suffolks being 
exhibited by the same breeders; the Somerset and Dorset 
Horned by Mr. H. J. Smith, of Stoke Abbott. Mr. J. Smith, of 
Thorpe Hall, last year very successful with his Suffolk sheep 
at York, won the first prize for his shearling ram, " Ben," and 
the first prize for his pen of ewes ; the second prize in the 
Ram Class going to a Ryeland, and in the Ewe Class to the 
Dorsets. 
Itepori of the Judges of Mountain and other Distinct Breeds of 
Short-woolled Sheep. 
The classes of Mountain Sheep are certainly a most peculiar lot to adjudi- 
cate upon, there being so many breeds in the same class — some shorn, and 
others not — which makes it still more difTicult, and we think that a sub- 
division of these classes may be worthy of the consideration of the Council. 
