Report on Live-Stock at Carlisle. 
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forthcoming. But even the Royal requires in bad times to 
economise ; and notwithstanding considerable merit, and much 
expense incurred in forwarding these animals so far from home, 
the Society is perfectly justified in adhering to its rules and 
withholding third prizes in classes which do not fill. 
The four Old Bulls (Class 61) were grand imposing specimens 
of mountains of evenly distributed beef, carried very near the 
ground. Mr. Aaron Rogers's " Grateful " and Mr. William 
Taylor's " Thoughtful " were first and second, as they were last 
year at Kilburn. " Grateful," in an open champion competi- 
tion at the Bath and West of England at Oxford in 1878, beat 
the famous prize-winning Shorthorn bull " Sir Arthur Ingram ;" 
" Thoughtful " won the first prize in the Old Class at the 
Bristol Royal. More than three years' anxious care and skilful 
training have been bestowed on these repeatedly decorated 
prize-winners. Is the result commensurate with the expendi- 
ture of time and expense ? Is it desirable for the Royal to 
encourage the continued maintenance of such animals in un- 
profitably high condition, and allow them year after year to 
win the same chief prizes ? Would it not widen competition 
if in all breeds animals having gained a first prize should 
be ineligible to compete in subsequent years in corresponding 
classes for money prizes ? Victorious animals which it may 
be thought desirable to keep before the public, in case of tran- 
scendent merit, might be specially rewarded with extra prizes or 
medals. 
Amongst Bulls, two and not exceeding three years old (Class 
02), Mr. John H. Arkwright was first with " Conjuror," a massive 
level bull, a trifle faulty at the setting-on of his tail, the first 
yearling at Kilburn, and first in his class at the recent Bath 
and West of England Exhibition at Worcester. The second- 
prize bull is narrow, hard in his hair, and plain in his scooped 
quarters. The yearlings were a better class, Mrs. Sarah Edwards 
obtaining, as she has repeatedly done elsewhere, the first and 
second awards for " President " and " Landlord." The calves 
were useful and shown with nice touch and hair. 
In the Cow Class (65) Mrs. Sarah Edwards' " Perfection," 
exhibited in somewhat moderate condition, had to make way 
for Mr. Myddleton's " Nanette," of grand shape and character, 
big in her back and loins, girthing well, but with a dip in her 
back and somewhat short in her quarters. " Downton Rose," 
from Stonebrook House, first at the Bath and West of England, 
was the best three-year-old. Mr. J. H. Arkwright's " Gaylass 
4th," placed next, is another marvel of heavy flesh. The younger 
classes were fairly represented. 
