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previous exhibition have buyer and seller been brought together 
so frequently with success, and the piices realized for many of the 
animals at once bespeak their superiority, and indicate the liberal 
spirit of the purchasers, of whom there were some of the most en- 
terprising present, from the United States, Canada, and Australia. 
Shorthorns and Herefords seemed most to take their favour, and 
if they carry with them across the seas, as they will do, some of 
our choicest specimens in form and blood — Bates as well as 
Booth, and other kinds — they are surely entitled to possess them, 
with our best wishes for their success in distant climes, for the 
weighty considerations left in exchange. The enormous or 
almost fabulous prices realized of late for shorthorns are beyond 
all precedent. Two thousand guineas for a seven year-old cow 
is surely a startling if not a tempting price. That such an offer 
Avas made and declined, the writer has it from the best authority. 
This priceless treasure is " Lady Fragrant " (" Extract of Gold," 
or " The Nugget," would have been equally appropriate names),, 
owned by that well-known breeder, Mr. T. C. Booth of 
Warlaby. Selections were made from the same herd at 1500 
and 1000 guineas each. Duchess blood, too, now so rare, has not 
escaped the compass of these spirited visitors, as Mr. Cochrane 
of Montreal has charmed away two of Captain Gunter's gems, 
both yearling heifers — "Duchess 101st," and "Duchess 103rd" 
— the consideration being no less a sum than 2500 guineas. 
The first and second prize yearling heifers at Oxford also found 
buyers at 500 guineas each. The first, an undeniably good one, 
owned and bred by Mr. D. Mcintosh of Havering Park, Essex, 
goes to Australia, and her second competitor, bred by Mr. 
Dudding, follows suit to America. All this, and much more 
that cannot here be given in detail, should be highly encouraging 
to breeders, and in the absence of Continental buyers the vast 
amount of business done is the more astonishing. 
The entries of stock, like those of implements, have a pro- 
gressive annual increase, as will be seen in the following 
summary : — 
Cvttle. 
Hoioe'. 
Sheep. 
Pigs. 
Stock at Leicester 
.. 291 . 
167 . 
. 418 
. 119 
„ Manchester 
,. 336 . 
. 384 . 
. 461 ., 
. 132 
„ Oxford 
.. 441 . 
. 203 . 
. 550 
. 192 
In cattle, sheep, and pigs, it will be noticed the numbers are 
considerably in excess of former years, whilst there is a notable 
falling off in horses, in the aggregate, as well as in the quality 
and character of some of the classes. Last year, however, there 
were unusual attractions in the way of hunters, hackneys, and 
other classes, by reason of the largely augmented prize lists 
offered through the liberality of the local committee, for in no 
