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The Berkshire Boars (Class CIV.) were very inferior in every 
way to those shown at Worcester, and Messrs. Hewer and Joyce, 
who contributed ten out of twenty- three entries on that occasion, 
were conspicuous by their absence. The Rev. H. G. Baily won 
both the first and second prizes, as Mr. Hewer did last year. 
The first was a fair, useful pig, and the second had not a 
particularly nice head, and was rather slack behind the shoulders, 
and narrow between the ears. Mr. A. Stewart's " Garibaldi " 
was only seven months old, but his quality and symmetry were 
remarkably good, and he well deserved the silver medal. 
Class CV., for Middle Boars, was as short in numbers as it 
was last year, when Mr. Wainman won with " The Nabob." 
This gentleman (who took five first and two second prizes) won 
again with " Perfect Cure," by " King Cube," the Worcester 
first prize winner in the small white boar class. " Perfect Cure " 
has a rare back, good hair, and hams fully suggestive of his name. 
Mr. C. W. Graham's "Pride of Leeds" again holds the second 
place ; but he does not fill all his points so well as the winner, 
and is hardly so straight in his back or so wide below. 
The Large White Sows made up a good level class (CVI.) of 
thirteen, or six more than last year, when it was won by Mr. 
Wainman's " Fresh Hope," whose hams when she was killed 
in the spring weighed 941bs. each. Mr. Wainman was first and 
second with two very deep sided and short legged sows, " Rival 
Duchess," and "Rival Hope." The former, which won at 
Hamburg last year, was the youngest by six months, and was 
in better bloom ; while the latter, as well as the medallist, 
Mr. J. Hickman's " Young Princess," had a litter of pigs at her 
teat. 
The Small White Sows were a capital class (CVII.), 
though Mr. Crisp, who was first in this as well as three other 
classes at Worcester, did not send any of his entries. Mr. Wain- 
man's " Silver Branch," a wide, deep sow, of great activity, and 
with capital hair, took the first prize, but her appearance rather 
suffered from her being so heavy in pig. The second prize taking 
sow, Mr. Steam's " Victoria II.," which was also second at Wor- 
cester through the disqualification of Sir Edward Kerrison's 
" Annie Laurie," had a rare lot of pigs at her side. Mr. Findlay's 
third prize sow, " Lady Emily," by his " George I.," was very 
symmetrical in her back, but perhaps rather wanted depth ; and 
Mr. Hatton also exhibited two good ones, " Queen of the West " 
and " Reine de Flora." 
A good Class (CVIII.), of Small Black Soics was headed by 
Mr. Sexton's " Breeze," own sister to his " General Peel," a sow 
of very true proportions, well backed up by Mr. Steam's " Queen 
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