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Report on Live-Stock at Carlisle. 
winners — a fact which should give confidence to breeders pro- 
secuting their difficult vocation, and induce them to begin and 
persevere with good sorts. Cumberland and Westmoreland, as 
already mentioned, sustained well the honours of their district, 
especially in the Bull classes. 
Bulls over three years old (Class 53) comprised a dozen useful 
animals, nearly all of North-country descent, headed by the 
imposing massive " Duke of Howl John," bred and exhibited 
by Mr. John Vickers, of Mown Meadows, Durham. Although 
six years old, this white bull is active and serviceable ; he is 
straight, wide, and deep ; he girths 9 feet 1 J inches, weighs 
26;^ cwt., and carries his beef well to his knees and hocks. His 
only prominent defect is roughness over the shoulders. Of 
nearly pure Booth blood, he is sired by " White Duke " of the 
Mantalini tribe, from the stock of Mr. Atkinson, of Peepy ; 
the foundation of the pedigree is full of the finest Booth blood ; 
" Priam," the earliest sire recorded, being the father of the 
celebrated Warlaby prize-winners " Bracelet " and " Necklace." 
Beginning his victorious career as a yearling, he has won many 
local honours, earned a high commendation at the Bristol 
Royal ; last year at the Durham County he beat his present 
antagonists " Vice-Admiral " and " Rear- Admiral," and has 
been awarded nine silver cups in various showyards. Besides 
having the red ribbon as the best in his class, he gained the 
Champion prize, value 25/., as the best Shorthorn bull at Carlisle. 
Next on the roll of honour came Mr. Thomas Willis's 
" Vice Admiral," from " Windsor's Hyacinth," of well-known 
Carperby Booth blood, first in his class at th^ee consecutive 
Royals. He is very level and shapely, without lumber, some- 
what disfigured by feeble backturned horns, and poverty and 
hardness of hair. Mr. Willis's " Rear Admiral " has a better 
head, but is disposed to be patchy in his rumps, is barer over his 
blades than his younger brother " Vice Admiral," and although 
second in the senior class at Kilburn, he only took the fifth 
place here, a pretty good evidence of the superior quality of the 
Carlisle competition. Lord EUesmere's " Attractive Lord," the 
popular champion of many crack county shows, and of the 
Bath and West of England, stood third, as he did at Kilburn. 
Some good judges outside the ring would, however, have given 
him the second, or even the first place, which he held at Bristol. 
He certainly showed more style than either of his more successful 
rivals, and has the well-bred head which so generally demon- 
strates impressiveness, but work and six years' training have taken 
from the levelness of his back and his bloom, while his great 
length leads to slackness behind the shoulder. Mr. John 
Relph's " Bright Duke," bred by Messrs. Dudding, fourth as a 
