Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Leicester. 443 
In Class XL VIII. fifteen Cows are exliibitcd. In this class tliero arc some very 
excellent specimens, which show unmistakable signs of superior quality. 
Besides those to which prizes have been adjudged, the Judges favourably 
notice in particular No. 4 12 and No. 402, cows of the Guernsey breed ; these 
the Judges have highly commended. 
In Class XLIX. there is not the same degree of competition as in the latter 
class, although it ,would appear the entries have been more numerous. In 
this class the first jirizo is taken by a small heifer, which owes her superiority 
particularly to the fine development of her udder, and to her general appear- 
ance as an excellent milker. 
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Jno. Ellis, 
LeicesU-r, July IGth, 1868. 
Other Established Breeds. 
Classes 50, 51, and 52. 
In the classes comprising Other Established Breeds " there was neither the 
number of entries nor the variety of cattle that might have been anticipated. 
Most prominent and in greatest number were the longborns, or Dishley 
breed, so much improved and appreciated some century ago by Bakewell, 
Princeps, and other eminent breeders of that day in Leicestershire, Staffordshire, 
Lancashire, aud other counties ; of these there were mauy excellent specimens, 
the first prize bull being a splendid animal, and as near as could be perfect 
of his order. When the many good points of this description of cattle are 
considered, their great length, substance, and consequent weight, combined 
with a heavy flesh of excellent quality, and what is of great importance, their 
ascertained adaptation to the soil of this and adjoining counties, we see 
much reason why they should not be allowed to deteriorate, but would suggest 
that notwithstanding the supposed superiority of the improved shorthorns, 
they might in this part of England be more extensively bred, and grazed 
to advantage. 
In the Cow Class, LI., were some excellent animals of the longhorns, many 
of them being, to all appearance, good milkers, and at the same time calculated 
to feed to a great weight when required. 
The Heifer class ofl'ers little to remark on, and must be regarded somewhat 
as a weak one numerically and otherwise ; there being but few entries, while 
a useful Yearling Longhorn Heifer, and one or two neat polled Norfolks, to 
which j^rizes were adjudged, were alone worthy of notice. 
We cannot close this brief Report without a word in commendation of two 
exquisite Brittany Cows shown in Class LI., one of which especially 
appeared to us perfect of her kind. 
Jno. Ellis, ) 
Chas. p. Le Coknu, f ° 
Leicester, July 16th, 1868. 
Sheep. 
Leicesters. — The fine old breed of Leicesters, which have 
reigned predominant in the county since the days of Bakewell, 
were well represented. 
The judges, Messrs. Twitchell, Leighton, and Mann, report 
" Class 53, Shearling Rams, of fair number and quality ; Class 54, 
the Older Rams, not quite equal to former years ; Class 55, 
Shearling Ewes, were large in number and of superior quality ; 
Class 56, breeding ewes, not generally good." Lieut.-Col. Inge, 
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