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tancing his three competitors. The arrangements and the accom- 
modation of the show were excellent, but the classification wanted 
a little revision, as the exhibiting of yearling against two-year old 
colts, and three against four-year-olds, was hardly fair. Neverthe- 
less the meeting as a whole was most satisfactory ; and it is to 
be hoped that it will be the forerunner of many such gatherings, 
to the mutual advantage of both British and foreign breeders." 
Mr. R. Smith has favoured me with the following remarks on 
the Cattle and Sheep Classes, of both of which Juries he was a 
member : — 
" Cattle. — There were some first-class specimens among the 
Bulls, such as ' First Fruits,' ' Gamester,' and ' Lord Lovell.' They 
were constantly surrounded by foreign inquirers, and must have 
left their mark upon the foreign mind. Lord Kinnaird's bull, 
4 Honey-dew,' famous in the North, showed great merit ; he is a 
massive, well-formed animal of fair quality. Amongst the short- 
horns bred on the Continent were two prize bulls and a heifer, 
descended from the Townley herd. 
" The Ayrshires were by no means good ; but there were some 
good specimens of the Galloway breed, which sold readily and at 
high prices. They were chiefly from Forfarshire. The most 
prominent was Mr. D. Smith's (Leyshade) old bull ; Mr. Stewart's 
heifers, from Aberdeen, were also very choice. 
44 The French Charolaise breed was scarcely represented, and 
offered nothing remarkable. 
" The Continental breeds were of much the same order, but 
not so good a selection, as appeared at Battersea. Their enume- 
ration would not avail much. Some of them had been bred 
from English bulls ; and these were easily distinguished from 
their leaner brethren. The most remarkable cross was from a 
short-horn cow and a Zebu bull ; another of a similar kind, was 
from a Zebu cow by an Ayrshire bull. 
" The most striking feature of the foreign section of the Show 
was presented by the working-oxen, which were shown in very 
picturesque harness. They were of immense size, and often 
represented a cross from English breeds, especially the Sussex 
and Devon. 
" The sale department of the Meeting was successful. Besides 
a clearance of nearly all the English South Down and Cots wold 
sheep, of some few Lincolns and Leicesters, of all the Galloway 
cattle, and of lots of pigs, Lord Walsingham sold his second- 
prize bull, ' Lord Lovell,' and Mr. Crisp his ' Gamester,' while 
4 First Fruits ' was purchased by a company in the neighbourhood 
of Tonning, to be used by subscription. Several hundred Downs 
