Report on Live-Stock at Carlisle. 
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over in favour of those which were in-pig ; and the same 
remark is applicable to all the classes exhibited. 
The Small White Pigs were as good as the Large, and again 
Lord EUesmere was to the front, pressed at times very closely 
by Mr. Sanders Spencer. The whole of Class 158 was com- 
mended, and the first- and second-prize animals were very 
good, and uniform in character. The Young Sows in Class 159 
were also good, but some pens were spoiled by want of uni- 
formity in size and character. The next class, IGO, that for 
Older Sows of the Small Breed, was perhaps, as a class, the 
best in the Show, and the Judges commended the whole. In 
this class not a single sow had a litter of pigs. 
After these good specimens of White Pigs, it was disappoint- 
ing to find the Small Black Breed so badly represented. In 
one class no prize was given ; in another the prize might not 
unreasonably have been withheld ; and in the four classes, com- 
peting for 60/., only 13 entries were present, and but one pig, 
No. 1417, was considered by the Judges to be a really good 
one. Is it worth while offering prizes for animals which have 
no connection with the district where the Show is held ? 
I know this is a debatable question ; but there are at times, 
as it seems to me, very good reasons to omit certain distant 
breeds, and devote the money to prizes for animals peculiar to 
the district where the Show is held. 
The four classes of Berkshire Pigs presented a more credit- 
able appearance than the Small Blacks, as in each of them the 
Judges remarked on some good pigs, although others were 
scarcely worthy of a Royal Show. In the pens of Three 
Breeding Sows of the same litter the best pen was disqualified, 
from the death of the third member, the one which was brought 
to make up the pen not being from the same litter as the other 
two. This, however, was mentioned by the man in charge on 
his arrival at the Show, and the third pig did not come before 
the Judges. The Old Sows were generally a good class, but 
there was not one sow with a litter of young pigs amongst them. 
Probably some of the best-looking pigs in the Yard were in 
the next four classes, but the Judges remark that most of them 
might have been shown in the former classes, as either Large 
or Small White Breeds. In Class No. 170, after placing No. 
1459 first, and No. 1456 second, the Judges were most anxious 
to recommend No. 1462 for a third prize — a recommendation 
endorsed by the Stewards, and acceded to by the Council. 
As a contrast to the beautiful white pigs in these classes an 
extraordinary black boar was shown, long-nosed, long-legged, 
and without any apparent good quality to recommend him. 
So restless and active was he, that hurdles were placed on the top 
