Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stoch at Derby. 563 
bloom of condition. Mr. Stratton must be congratulated upon 
taking the third prize with a very usel'ul heifer, " Mirthful," which 
was afterwards sold, as it is understood, to go to South America. 
Of twenty entries of Yearling Heifer Calves only fourteen 
appeared. This is usually one of the most attractive of the 
Shorthorn classes, but, with two or three exceptions, there was 
not much merit in the class this year. The decision of the 
Carlisle Judges in respect of " Lady Georgina Newcomb " and 
the Rev. R. Bruce Kennard's " Blossom 5th " was upheld, Mr. 
St. John Ackers's heifer being put first ; but Mr. Pugh's heifer, 
" Czarina Manoravon," not noticed at Carlisle, was put second, 
and " Blossom 5th " came in only for the third place. At 
the Tunbridge Wells Show of the Bath and West of England 
Society, Mr. Kennard's heifer was placed before " Lady Georgina 
Newcomb." These three are very useful heifers, but, in the 
humble opinion of lookers-on, were somewhat over fat. 
The Judges evidently thought the Heifer Calves a fairly good 
lot, as they noticed eight out of twelve. Colonel Kingscote was 
easily first with "Honey 81st," a very stylish beautiful calf, 
which will in all probability yet bring more distinction to 
the Kingscote herd. The late Mr. Mcintosh's "Havering 
Gwynne 7th," in the second rank, is a pretty calf, with a 
wonderful back and loins and an abundance of good hair. 
" Gertrude 5th " was rightly placed as reserve number, having 
excellent quality and a good head well set on ; but she is a 
little leggy, and her hocks are not quite well set. 
For the two Champion Prizes of 30Z. each, offered by the 
Shorthorn Society for the best male and female Shorthorn in 
the Showyard, Mr. Willis's " V ice-Admiral " and Mr. Teesdale 
Hutchinson's "Gratia" were selected, after much deliberation. 
The Judges of Shorthorns have sent in the appended Report : — 
Class 39. — Aged Bulls were not up to average Royal form, with the excep- 
tion of Mr. Willis's, wliich not only was placed first in his class, but won as 
well the champion prize for bulls. He has greatly improved since last season, 
and were it not for his head and want of hair he would be a very good animal. 
Years are beginning to tell on the second-prize bull, owned by the Marquis of 
Exeter. The third-prize animal, Mr. Handley's, is high on the leg, with light 
thighs, though he may improve in these points with j'ears, and the Judges 
were not unanimous in placing him before the reserve, a nice white, owned 
by Mr. Nicholson, Northumberland ; the head of the latter was considered 
objectionable. The Marquis of Exeter had a nice bull, " Great Northern 
Diver," commended in this class. This latter will probably develop into a 
very good animal ; at present he, in common with other three-year-olds, is at 
a bad age to compare with the rest of the class. 
Class 40. — Two Years old, with the exception of two or three, were not good. 
Many would prefer the second-prize animal to the first, and were it not for a 
little lightness of thigh and an inclination to get down in the back, which the 
second-prize bull has when not in motion, he would have been placed before 
Mr. Outhwaite's roan, whose shoulders are upright and bead objectionable. 
