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ceding classes ; there was some difficulty in placing a robust and 
strong-grown animal in a leading position over those with more 
symmetrical proportions. Such an animal must be placed first, 
or not mentioned at all ; hence the result. The first prize was 
awarded to Colonel Towneley's "Fidelity," a worthy daughter of 
the justly celebrated bull, " Frederic," out of " Vestris the 
Third." Mr. Fowler, near Biggleswade, received the second 
prize for " Daisy," a very even and well-proportioned animal, 
while the third prize was awarded to Colonel Towneley's " Pearl," 
a beautiful animal. The Colonel also received a high commenda- 
tion for his heifer " Emma." Two other heifers, the property 
of Mr. Douglas and Mr. Marjoribanks, were very highly com- 
mended. Nos. 119, 124, and 128, the property of Messrs. Mar- 
joribanks, Captain Gunter, and E. Bowley, were severally com- 
mended. The judges also commended the class generally. 
Class VI. — Yearling Heifers: 30 entries. — Here, again, we 
had a splendid collection of heifers, the whole class being 
generally commended b}' the judges. The three prize animals, 
viz., Mr, Grundy's " Faith "' (first), Mr. Douglas's " Maid of 
Athelstane " (second), and Captain Gunter's " Duchess Seventy- 
Seventh " (third), were indeed magnificent animals. To show the 
importance of this gathering of heifers, I may name that there 
were also five highly-commended animals in this class, which 
represented the names of Messrs. Grundy, Stratton, Hon. and Rev, 
T. H. Noel Hill, Colonel Townelej', and Jonas Webb. To review 
the respective qualities of these animals would be tedious. Public 
opinion went far to extol this rising generation of Short-horns, 
but was equally severe upon the aged bulls and many of the 
breeding cows. 
Heuefoeds. — What is a Hereford? Although a few years 
since there were four distinct sorts, each having its admirers, and 
each brought to a high state of perfection by the assiduous atten- 
tion of tlien- respective breeders, the breed now presents an almost 
uniform appearance. Being occasionally reminded of these classes 
at Warwick, I have taken some pains to trace (through the 
medium of the 'Hereford Herd-book') the pedigrees of all the 
prize and commended animals in each of their classes. This 
resulted in a fact worthy of notice, and one which strongly indi- 
cates the intrinsic value of that work, viz., that as far as I was 
able to trace them, every animal noticed by the judges claims a 
near relationship with either the ligiit grey, the dark grey, or the 
mottled-face variety, and in some cases with all three ; yet, with 
the exception of Mr. Roberts' light grey heifer, " Gipsy Queen," 
they presented the uniform appearance which characterises the 
true-bred Hereford. The face, mane, throat, the under portion 
