340 Rej)ort on the Exhibition of Live Stock at f-Farwick. 
The Leicester of the present day is much altered. The late 
Mr. Bakewell confined himself to symmetry and mutton-producing- 
qualities, consequently thin necks and light wool were produced 
as a rule, while they are now the exception. But had Bakewell 
lived he would doubtless have moved on like those who have 
succeeded him. The real essentials, as combined in a good 
Leicester, are : — Head well set on, wide across the forehead, 
but not too short ; fine bold eye ; neck very muscular and 
wide at the base, not too short (a very short neck being in 
my opinion a mistake) ; moderately wide between the top of the 
shoulders; shoulders oblique; chest wide; fore-flanks widelv 
developed ; ribs springing well from the vertebrae ; loin wide and 
well covered ; rumps wide, and a little projecting over the tail ; 
thighs large and Avell let down, and with what is provincially 
termed a good " twist ;" avooI long and thickly set, with rather a 
curly lock ; carcase deep and round, and with an unmistakeable 
appearance of good character. 
Class I. — Shearlivg Rams : 36 entries. — Amongst these were 
specimens from nearly all our leading breeders. The three 
prizes of 20/., 10/., and 51., were all awarded to Mr. Sanday, 
Holme Pierrepont. As a class they were not so good as usual, 
still there were some excellent sheep amongst them. Mr. Paw- 
lett's sheep were not up to their usual standard in condition. 
Mr. Cresswell exhibited four rent-paying sheep of good size and 
wool, but scarcely firm enough for the judges. Messrs. G. 
Turner, F. Spencer, S. Spencer, G. Radmore, and J. Borton 
exhibited useful animals. 
Class II. — Aged Rams : 4:7 competitors ! — Here, again, we 
had some capital specimens of the Leicester breed, exhibited by 
nearly all the leading breeders. Their frames in general were 
well developed, especially those sent by Messrs. Sanday, Pawlett, 
and Turner. The two first prizes were awarded to Mr. Pawlett 
for his two shear rams, and a third to Mr. Sanday for a 4-year old 
sheep. Two others exhibited by Mr. Sanday were highly com- 
mended. These animals were particularly true in their form and 
quality, especially the third prize sheep, No. 519. The public 
were loud in their praise of this sheep, and some wont so far as 
to pronounce him the best Leicester in the yard. Mr. V. Bar- 
ford exhibited three aged rams in this class, which had been 
produced from his Foscote flock, without a cross for upwards of 
sixty years. These were valuable animals, of vigorous constitu- 
tion ; the form of the chest was most remarkable in them. 
Class III. — Shearling Eices : 10 entries. — Mr. Sanday carried 
ofT two prizes, while ('olonel Inge received the third. They were 
all good specimens, especially the first prize pen ; these were 
