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Class 3. Large White Boar. — Five entries, one absent. First, to No. 1104, 
a well-grown animal of excellent quality ; second to No. 1107 ; reserve to 
No. 1105, a good old pig, but grown a little coarse and uneven, being now in 
liis fifth year. 
Class 112. Young Boars of same breed. — Eight entries, all shown, two dis- 
qualified; a moderate lot. No. 1110 the best; No. 1111 second, rather leggy, 
and short of hair ; the rest of the class deficient in this respect. 
Class 113. Breeding Sows of same breed. — Nine entries, three absent. First, 
No. 1118, a good sow, of great size and quality, closely run by No. 1123, a 
clean-grown pig, with nice hair. Reserve, 1122, rather coarser. 
Class 114. Three Breeding Sows, imder eight months. — Seven entries, one 
absent. First, No. 1132, a nice level pen, fair quality, rather short of hair; 
second, No. 1126, not so much growth, and badly matched ; a remark which 
applies to the others in this class. 
Class 115. Boars of a small white breed. — Five entries, all shown. First, 
No. 1134 ; second. No. 1133 ; reserve. No. 1135 ; all three showing capital 
hair and great merit, and making a very close contest. 
Class 116. Young Boars of same breed. — Thirteen entries, five absent. 
First, No. 1140 ; second, 1141 ; a very moderate lot. 
Class 117. Breeding Sows, small white breed. — Sixteen entries, three absent. 
First, No. 1155; second. No. 1157; reserve. No. 1163. Both first and second 
sows were suckling healthy litters, and the Council maj' be congratulated on 
the fact that cases of dry nursing were much less frequent than at many of the 
Society's former Shows, although the young i^igs sent with No. 1167 in this 
class were of very doubtful parentage. 
Class 118. Three Breeding Sows same breed. — Nine entries, two absent, 
one disqualified; a moderate class. First, No. 1174, a nice pen of matchy 
pigs, of fine quality, and good hair; second. No. 1175, too fat for breeding 
sows, patchy, and not so nearly matched as the first pen. 
Class 119. Boars of a small black breed. — Seven entries, all shown. First, 
No. 1182 ; second. No. 1180 ; reserve. No, 1179. The whole class commended ; 
but we were sorry to find the rule against blacking or oiling had been infringed 
in every case, to the detriment of the jiigs themselves. 
Class 120. Young Boar, same breed. — Four entries, one absent, one wrong 
class. First, No. 1186; second, No. 1185; no reserve; the only other entry 
being a poor sample of the Berkshire type ; oil and blacking again. 
Class 121. Breeding Sows, small black breed. — Seven entries, one absent. 
First, No. 1192; second, No. 1193. Two nice level sows with good heads. 
Reserve, No. 1188, a good sow ; oil and blacking brigade again. 
Class 122. Three Sow Pigs. — Two entries, one in wrong class. First, 
No. 1195, fairish j^en ; second withheld. 
Class 123. Berkshire Boars above twelve months.^Fourteei^ entries, two 
absent. A very good class. First to No. 1208, a capital well-grown level 
pig, only just over the year, first-rate for his age; second, to No, 1199, another 
good pig, very wide and good head ; reserve, No. 1209 ; No. 1207 highly com- 
mended, a very good ]iig. 
Class 124. Berkshire Boars under twelve months. — Twenty-five entries, six 
absent ; a very good class. First going to No. 1215, a good thick-fleshed pig, 
with nice hair and light offal ; second to No. 1219, a very nice, evenl3'-niade 
young pig of great promise ; reserve. No. 1222, a good ]iig, but over fat, and 
several of the rest in this class had suffered from early forcing so much as 
greatly to impair their usefulness for breeding purposes. 
Class 125. Breeding Sow, Berkshire. — Twenty-seven entries, nine absent. 
A s]>lendid class, showing great quality in nearly every case, and requiring 
much labour to decide. First to No. 1261, a very grand sow, of great lengtli, 
and in proper condition for breeding ; second to No, 1249, a true Berkshire 
