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Calves were entered, of which Mrs. Langdon's " Duke of Flitton 
17th" was facile princeps. Mr. Skinner's "Famous 2nd," bred 
hy Mr. Walter Farthing, carried off the first prize as the best 
cow, followed closely by Mrs. Langdon's " Temptress 8th." 
" Fuchsia," a pretty heifer, gained the red ribbon in the Heifer 
Class for Mr. Fryer, who also carried off the palm in the Classes 
for Yearlings and Calves with " Canterbury Belle " and " Picotee," 
both very pretty animals, and likely to make a mark in other 
showyards. 
Sussex. 
To those who saw the magnificent exhibition of 126 "red 
Sussex " cattle at Tunbridge Wells in June last, the 24 specimens 
of this breed at Derby must have seemed a comparatively poor 
display. Yet the numbers were not below the average, as we 
find that there were only 20 at Carlisle, and about the same 
number at Bristol. Derby is a long distance from the homes of 
this useful breed, and, with very few exceptions, the preparation 
for the Showyard, entailing the fattening of animals from their 
earliest youth upwards, is not undertaken by those who breed 
them for profit. No breed has been so improved as the Sussex 
during the last 30 years, and no breed is so admirably suited 
for the pasture-lands of Kent, whether in the famous Romney 
and Sandwich marshes, or in the rich Pevensey Level in Sussex, 
or in the poorer meadow-land of the Weald of Kent and of the 
clays of the Hastings Sand. Their form has been levelled up 
to fair and comely proportions, and their touch mellowed by 
happy selection ; and it is acknowledged that in respect of early 
maturity, as evidenced at the Shows of the Smithfield Club, 
they are fast approaching to the standard of Shorthorns. Kentish 
and Sussex butchers prefer well-bred Sussex bullocks to any 
others. Much credit is due to the Messrs. Heasman for their 
steady persistent work in this direction of improvement of the 
Sussex breed. They established the Sussex Herdbook, and 
showed this breed when its value was not appreciated, when 
Shorthorn, and Hereford, and Devon men passed by them with 
significant shoulder-shrugs. Separate prizes were given for 
Sussex cattle first at Leeds, Previously they had been classed 
with " other established breeds," but at the Canterbury Show 
in 1860, where Messrs. Heasman first took Royal prizes, it was 
seen that they were worthy of distinct classification. This was 
given in several cases from 1861 to 1874, but since the Bedford 
meeting in 1874 it always has been granted. 
In the Old Bull Class, Messrs. Stanford's " Goldsmith," a fine 
level bull, was first, beating Mr. Hodgson's " Oxford " (304), 
put first at Tunbridge Wells. " Lord Stanley," belonging to 
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