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The three classes comprising the Channel Islands cattle numbered in total 
58 entries. 
In Class 49, i. e., bulls above one year-old, 15 animals competed, some of 
which were very creditable. No. 522, to which was awarded tlie first prize, 
was i)articularly good in his fore-hand ; the head, neck, and shoulders well 
proportioned and well put together; the crest beautifully arched; the throat 
clean ; and the horns small, well curved, and of that yellow tint which is so 
indicative of richness. In the rump there was a slight deficiency, but on the 
whole this bull was decidedly good. No. 519, which carried the second prize, 
was a younger animal than the former ; though somewhat flat, he stood well, 
with a good back, head, and horns, the latter fine, tapering, and of good 
colour. Nos. 508 and 512 were very close together in merit. The horns of 
the former, which were unusually strong, marred considerably the general 
appearance of his head ; but the rest of his frame, especially the neck and 
shoulders, were well formed. No. 514 was also highly commended on his 
unmistakable signs of good blood. The general absence of coarseness in this 
aged animal was particularly striking. 
In Class 50, i. e., cows in-milk or in-calf above three j^ears of age, 17 com- 
peted. Here the same difBculty was experienced in judging the cattle that 
has been felt on former occasions when animals of totally different breeds 
have been mixed in the same class. It is obvious that the thorough distinc- 
tion existing between the Jersey and the Guernsey breeds of cattle is such 
that it must render the task of judging on their respective merits, when in 
the same class and in direct competition for the same prizes, one of very great 
difiGculty, and alike unsatisfactory to the Judges as it must be to the 
exhibitors. In this instance, therefore, when a goodly number of cattle of 
each breed competed together, it became a point of serious consideration as to 
what course to adopt in the selection for prizes. The great point, and that 
which seemed to the Judges should be principally borne in mind, was to 
remember that the cattle exhibited in this class were essentially for dairy 
purposes and for the reproduction of stock calculated for that same purpose, 
and maintaining with that special quality good and characteristic symmetry 
of form. In other words, to discard altogether such animals as were the most 
defective, to bring together such as had claim for closer investigation, and ■ 
finally to select from these those which appeared to combine the jioints recog- 
nised as necessary and relative to the production of milk, with, as has been 
before observed, good symmetry of form. To arrive at this it was necessaiy 
to throw aside all those exceptional considerations which are known to be 
entertained for special fanciful colours, which have really no other value than 
that of peculiar fancy, and solely to embrace the question of general merit 
without regard to any fanciful considerations. The first prize was awarded to 
No. 529, a cow of great depth ; frame beautifully formed, fine in the bone, 
good, capacious iidder, particularly well up behind, and with teats squarely 
placed. The second prize was taken by No. 523. To the inexperienced 
observer, or the fancier of, perhaps, the more fashionable self-coloured beast, 
this animal may not have seemed to possess merit approaching to the taking 
of this prize ; but in reality this cow showed more positive evidence of good 
milking qualities than any other in the class. Her udder was perfect, the 
fore part full in form and well in line with the belly and hanging also well 
behind ; the teats well fomied and squarely placed on each quarter ; the 
hide thin, and the colour of the skin indicating richness of produce; the 
horns small ; in every respect the true type of a good and rich milker. With 
this she combined (although very poor in flesh, as is commonly the case with 
the majority of good cows when in-milk) a well-shaped form, which when 
moving in the ring she showed to considerable advantage. Few, if any, sur- 
passed her carriage and gait. The reserve number went to 528, which was 
