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breeders may be mentioned His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, 
Messrs. G. J. Gaskell, H. Barnett, J. Roberts, C. Gillett, 
J. Bryan, John Hitchman, William Gillett, W. Hobbs, 
A, Edmonds, C. Howard, William Hemmings, and Samuel Druce, 
of Ejnsham. 
Some excellent sheep of this breed have been shown at the 
various meetings, but tlieir career has been most noticed in the 
yard of the Smithfield Club Cattle Show. As fat wethers they 
have again and again astonished the public, while the prize ram 
exhibited by Mr. Druce at Warwick went far to recommend 
them as male animals. 
The following Table gives the girth of the first prize animals 
in each of the classes for the " Established Breeds " of sheep : — 
Class. 
Number 
of Entries. 
Leicesters. 
Shearling Rams 
Aged Rams 
Shearling Ewes 
SocTH Downs. 
Shearling Rams 
Aged Rams 
Shearling Ewes 
LoNG-WOOLI.ED ShEEP 
(All Cotswolds). 
Shearling Rams 
Aged Rams 
Shearling Ewes 
36 
47 
10 
93 
34 
15 
10 
59 
44 
19 
10 
Age of the 
Prize Animals. 
Girth of the 
Prize Animals 
Yrs. Months. 
1 4 
1 
Ft. Inches. 
3 
1 
11 
9 
West-country Doions. — This is a new stamp or breed of sheep, 
created by Mr. Humfrey, of Oak Ash, near Wantage. They ori- 
ginated with the Hampshire, from a cross between the pure Sussex 
Down ram and the old Wiltshire horned ewe, and the Berkshire 
large ewe without horns. They are of better form, quality, and 
style than the old Hampshire. They combine the great essentials 
necessary for the occupation assigned to them — that of " hard 
work" in a down country. Their faces and legs vary from a 
pale brown to a dark brown colour. Their carcase is of a sub- 
stantial cast, they stand high and carry good fleeces of wool. 
Their robustness of form represents a good amount of lean meat, 
and at 14 to 16 months old they weigh from 10 to 14 stone. 
