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Report on Live-Stoch at Carlisle. 
breeders, who certainly were in greater force, managed, however, 
to bear off the bulk of the prizes, and Westmoreland farmers 
<idmit that an occasional dip into the Northern blood has 
helped many of the Fell flocks. 
Some such improvement is still sadly wanted amongst the 
Herdwicks, most of which in rough wildness have to be secured 
by a chain to their pens. These hardy mountaineers live on 
the fells, 1500 to 2000 feet above the sea-level, from the end of 
April to September ; they clip in July, 3 to 4 lbs. of wool, still 
mixed with a large amount of camps ; and at three to five years 
old produce nice small mutton. A comprehensive Report of the 
Black-faced Mountain Sheep, the Herdwicks, and the Lonks, 
was thus given by the Judges : — 
We congratulate the Society on the great improvement of the sheep 
exhibited, and also on the increase of entries compared with former years. 
With regard to Class 140, of Shearliny Black-faced Hams, the first prize we 
gave to a nice compact sheep, with good quarters and remarkably good wool, 
but j^erhaps a little undersized ; and the others which obtained honours fully 
deserved them. 
Class 141. Bam of any other age. — With regard to this class we are all of 
opinion that the prize animals were good specimens of the breed. 
Class 142. Beji of Five Shearling Ewes. — The first-prize ewes were not so 
strong in bone as the second ; but the quality and nice breeding-points of the 
former impelled us to give them the prize. 
Class 143. Herdwick Shearling Bam. — The Eoyal being this year held 
in their native county, there was a good show of Herdwicks, and it is probable 
that the entry would have been still larger bad the %\\o\\ been a little later in 
the year, as lonre-bred Fell sheep never look well in Jul}-, their natural 
clipping-time, but are in their bloom in September and October. In this 
■class there were fifteen entries, and we arrived at our decision with some 
little difficulty. 
Class 144. Bam of any other age. — This class was one of great merit, as 
was conclusively shown by the quality of the sheep to which we gave the 
reserved nmnber. 
Class 145. Pen of Five Shearling Ewes. — The whole of this class were of 
great excellence. 
Class 146. Pen of Five Ewes tuith their Lambs. — This prize, which was 
offered by Lord Leconfield, brought together three pens of ewes and lambs. 
The first-prize were big sheep and of good quality. The pen which we 
highly commended likewise showed good breeding. 
Classes 147, 148, 149. LonJc Sheep. — We feel almost obliged to couple 
these classes together, owing to the paucity of entries, and regret very much 
that such noble Lardy sheep were not more numerously represented. The 
merits of those exhibited were all that could be desired. 
J. Ingleby. 
James Archibald. 
Hugh P. Holme. 
Concluding the sheep classes comes a somewhat miscellaneous 
group of Kentish, Romney Marsh, Devon, and other Long- 
wooUed breeds, containing several pens of useful Wensleydale 
Longwools, sent by Mr. John Willis, jun., of Carperby, Bedale, 
