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and-Month Disease, the classes Nos. 59 and 60 (Jersey Bulls and Cows) were 
not well filled, and contained no animals of special merit, except a young bull 
belonging to Lord Chesliam. In Class 61, Jersey heifers not exceeding three 
3'ears old, the number of entries was twenty-three, and nearly the whole of 
the animals very promising for the dairy. The first prize was taken by 
Mr. Simpson with Queenie, a showy animal ; the second by Mr. Gilby, for 
a good heifer bred in Jersey, while Mr. Eendle had the reserve number with a 
very bloodlike imported animal. The Guernsey cows and heifers were a lot of 
first-class animals, and well worth}' the inspection of the public, and, perhaps, 
also deserved better premiums than the Judges were able to award ; for, in 
Class 63, Mr. Eendle took the first prize with a grand cow, and, moreover, a 
great milker, although now near calving. The other animals throughout the 
class the Judges highly commended, as being also superior milkers ; but 
the principal attraction seemed to lie with the Guernsey heifers. Class 64, 
numbering nine animals, almost every one a good specimen of the breed. 
The first prize, No. 657, was a verj' showlike heifer, with great milking pro- 
perties, and as level as a Shorthorn, while the second prize heifer was a straight 
afiimal, and was closely run for the prize by a much older heifer of Mr. Rundle 
AVatson's, No. 656. In the Guernsey class for bulls there was only one animal 
exhibited, and the Judges submit whether the single prize of 10?. would not 
I be better employed in augmenting or giving third prizes to the other classes, 
I as there are not a great number of herds in England requiring Guernsey bulls. 
In concluding this Report, we observe there are six prizes given for Jersey 
cattle, two of which were taken by Mr. Gilby for animals bred on the Island, 
and four by different gentlemen for animals bred in England. In the Guern- 
seys there are five prizes given, and they were all awarded to Mr. Eendle and 
Mr, Le Page for imported animals. 
I have seen the Clydesdales gathered together in Glasgow, 
the Suffolks spread all over that pleasant park at Ipswich ; 
the long red line of Devons at Barnstaple ; the white-faces 
blocking up the highways in Hereford ; and we have all fresh 
in our memories the show of Shropshires at Wolverhampton, 
and of Oxfordshire Downs at Oxford. If these were befitting 
' expositions of local strength and merit, then I cannot but think 
some general disappointment must have been felt over so short 
an array of native Welsh breeds as that got together at Cardiff. 
The Judges, however, who spoke on the authority of experience, 
would seem to have been better satisfied : — 
"We are of opinion that the cattle of these breeds were an attractive 
feature of the show, and we were much pleased with the uniformity of character 
they displayed ; more especially those called Castle-Martin. Nearly every 
animal to which we awarded a prize possessed great merit, and well deserved 
its distinguished position. Many of them have well-shaped heads and horns, 
with prominent eyes, soft hair, and thick mellow skins, indicating a superb 
quality of beef and good feeding qualities. They are also short legged, having 
hardy constitutions, and a peculiar adaptation to the country they occupy. 
I Some, only a few, had sour heads, small eyes, hard hair and skins. 
A gentleman from the neighbourhood of Pembroke has 
favoured me with some notes on the properties of the black cattle 
of South Wales, which will come well here as an appendix to 
the Judges' brief Report : — • 
