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finely shaped, stylish, well-brought-out light roan, not all that 
could be wished in the horns, and possibly a little rough in his 
blades ; but altogether a good first. . . . This class is not a very 
meritorious one." Mr. Caird, in his report on the live-stock at 
Bristol, writes : — " Mr. Thomas Willis's ' Vice-Admiral,' a roan, 
with good outline, was first among the Yearling Bulls. He is 
rather short of hair, and his horns show delicacy of constitution 
and lack of masculine character. This was a middling class — 
some useful animals — nothing leading." This bull, put second 
at Carlisle, is described by Mr. Finlay Dun as " very level and 
shapely, without lumber, somewhat disfigured by feeble, back- 
turned horns, and poverty and hardness of hair." The Judges 
of Shorthorns at Derby remark, that the Aged Bulls were not 
up to average Royal form, with the exception of Mr. Willis's. 
" He has greatly improved," they write, " since last season, and 
were it not for the head and want of hair, he would be a very 
good animal." This reporter, fortified by good judges who 
kindly gave him their opinion, could but admire the symmetry of 
" Vice-Admiral," at the same time thinking that a perpetuation 
of short hair and back-turned horns is not altogether desirable, 
and that this bull should henceforth take his chance with his 
peers. Then there is " Telemachus 9th," over seven years old, 
upon whom age and forcing have evidently left their marks — 
indeed, the Judges say : " Years are beginning to tell on the 
second prize, owned by the Marquis of Exeter ;" yet he is put 
second, as being distinctly a more fully developed animal than the 
grandly topped level " Master Harbinger," or the extremely good 
" Great Northern Diver," or the shapely white " Harold," of 
Whicholm. No fault is found with the Judges, but rather with 
the system, which cannot be upheld by any such arguments, 
if a Champion Class is formed. Of this class it must be said 
that it was not up to the standard of the Royal Agricultural 
Society. 
After very much careful deliberation, the Judges awarded the 
chief honours in the Class for Bulls over two years old, to 
Mr. Outhwaite's " Lord Zetland," a roan bull with a good 
barrel, but having a plain head and horns. This bull was only 
honoured with the reserve number in the Yearling Class at 
Carlisle. Many outsiders liked " Beau Benedict " better than 
" Lord Zetland," but, though he has a better head and horns, 
he is not so well shaped. The third-prize ajiimal, " Oxford 
Duke of Killhow," will make a grand bull some day. There 
were thirteen animals in this class, which may be characterised 
as a somewhat commonplace lot. 
In the next class of eighteen Yearling Bulls, beyond the prize- 
winner there was nothing very special. " Orange " easily led. 
