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field or clown sheep. In the Chester Report full mention was 
made of the successful career of the Goodwood and Babraham 
flocks. These flocks have now an important rival in the Hove 
flock near Brighton, whose owner, Mr. Rigden, has of late been 
singularly successful at our national gatherings. 
Class I. — Shearliufj Rams : 34 entries. — In this class the 
Duke of Richmond received the first prize against the veteran 
breeder, Mr. Webb, who succeeded in carrying off the remain- 
ing 2 prizes and a commendation. There was a diversity of 
opinion in this class ; the public had many " bests :" with 
some, the Duke's sheep was far away the best, while others 
found their favourite in the Babraham flock. It was truly ludi- 
crous to hear the conflicting opinions passed upon these sheep, 
each admirer having his own stamp and style of a Southdown. 
Class 11. — A^ed Rams: 15 entries. — The Duke of Rich- 
mond carried away the first prize, while Mr. Rigden was close 
at hand with a second and third prize animal, and a commenda- 
tion. The prize sheep were good specimens, but beyond these 
little can be said, except that the class contained many plain 
animals. Surely these remaining specimens might be corrected 
in their bodies ; they want another rib or two to hold them up. 
Class III. — Sliearling Ewes: 10 entries. — Here, again, the 
Duke of Richmond received the first and second prizes, and 
Mr. Rigden the third ; Sir R. G. Throckmorton's ewes were 
highly commended, and those of the Duke of Beaufort com- 
mended. In this class we had 5 pens of ewes, which were good 
specimens, and 5 pens of a moderate order. 
LOjSTG-WOOLLED Sheep. — This is an open class for all the 
long-woolled breeds, such as the Cotswolds, Lincolns, Kents, 
&c., but it was represented by the Cotswolds alone, not a Lincoln 
or Kentish sheep being upon the ground. The answer to What 
is a Lincolnshire sheep ? — was best told by the 66 entries at the 
Lincoln meeting. These specimens, it will be remembered, went 
far to combine the true essentials of these long-woolled sheep ; 
they were upstanding in their form and carriage, had immense 
frames, with a good proportion of lean meat, covered by long 
and heavy fleeces of wool. Their long clean face and ear, set 
upon a muscular neck, gave them many admirers, as also did 
their robust forms, for the purposes of the farm, and that of sup- 
plying meat for the million, and long wool for the factory. This 
breed of sheep requires to be better known. I would suggest 
that it would pay any breeder of long-woolled sheep to visit the 
Lincolnshire sheep fairs in the spring of the year. Tliese occur 
about April, and are held at Lincoln, Caistor, Boston, Grantham, 
