580 Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Derby. 
Desciiu'Tios. 
Amount of Prizes in cacli 
of tlio Three Clu.sses. 
I.f'icestcrs. 
Southdown 
and other 
SliortwooUed 
Sheep. 
Longwoolled 
Shiep not 
qualilied as 
Leicesters. 
I. Shearling Earn . . 
II. Earns over 2 years 
III. Shearling Ewes 
/ 1st Prize £30 ..1 
\Lua 1 rize ilo . . J 
/1st Prize £30 .. ) 
l^ziia X rize xio .. ) 
/ 1st Prize £10 ..\ 
\2nd Prize £ 5.. ../ 
No. of Entries. 
35 
28 
17 
No. of Entries. 
13 
15 
6 
No. of Entries. 
8 
8 
2 
80 
34 
18 
Total Amount of 
Prizes in the Threej 
Total number of entries 132. 
Leicesters. 
At the late Show at Derby there were only forty entries in 
the Leicester classes for 90Z. in prizes, and of these only 
twenty-seven animals were present ; while at Carlisle there were 
forty-six entries, and at Kilburn sixty-two entries. Mr. Teesdale 
Hutchinson carried off the three prizes for shearlings, and the 
first and second for rams of any other age, pretty much as he did 
at Carlisle and Kilburn. It was a refreshing change to see a new 
■exhibitor, and that one a lady, win double honours with her pens 
of level ewes. It may be high treason to say that the glory of the 
Leicesters appears to be waning. They have, however, done 
good work in their generation, and have imparted their aptitude 
for fattening to other breeds. For example, there is no doubt 
that the " Romney Marsh " breed and " Hill Kents " have been 
very much improved in respect of laying on fat and flesh, and 
also rendered less leggy, by a judicious intermixture of Leicester 
blood. Their influence may also be seen in the curly wool of 
some Kent sheep, in which fineness and lustre and staple have 
been increased. 
The over-fat condition of the cattle, sheep, and pigs, at the 
Shows of this Society is the subject of unfavourable comment 
by the public and hy the agricultural press, and Mr. Dent's 
remarks upon this subject, which will be found in another part 
of this Report, pp. 590-593, are well timed and pertinent, and it 
does seem that the time has come when a determined stand 
should be made by the Council to discourage a practice which 
is seriously lessening the usefulness of the annual exhibition of 
stock. Many would-be exhibitors exclaim, " What is the use of 
my sending animals to the Royal, I cannot afford to feed them 
up to the standard prescribed by conventional fashion, nor can 
I afford to run the risk of making my best stock unfit for 
breeding purposes." The cattle are fat enough, in all conscience, 
