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The Lincoln Show, 1907. 
womlerful exhibition, some remarkable sheep being shown. 
The first prize pen also won the Special Prize for females 
(see Fig. 38). For true Lincoln character and wool, it is 
very doubtful if anything equal has ever been previously 
shown. 
Leicesters. — Class 23.5 was very good, and it was rather 
difficult to judge the merits of some of the exhibits, the sheep 
])eing very much alike. With the exception of the first and 
second pens. Class 236 was rather disappointing, no doubt 
owing to the lambs being starved through the wet weather. 
Class 237 was excellent, some of the exhibits being of first rate 
quality. The first and second pens had capital fleeces and 
good firm flesh, and were well grown. Class 238 was not so 
good owing to the same cause mentioned in connection with 
Class 236. The first pen wei’e well woolled and of fair 
quality. The other pens rather backward in condition but 
' nice quality. 
Cotswold. — The entries were few in number, but of good 
quality, and representative of the bi-eed. In the shearling ram 
class the first prize animal was an outstanding sheep of great 
merit. In the class for i-am lambs the first prize pen were 
very time to type and the second were well grown and of great 
length. The shearling ewes exhibited were of excellent quality. 
Only two pens of ewe lambs were shown, but these were very 
handsome. * 
Border Leicesters. — On the whole this section was rather 
disappointing. The first prize old sheep was a very repre- 
sentative type, and would take a high place in any company. 
There was nothing outstanding in the shearling class, not 
one of them having the right class of wool. The first prize 
gimmers were a specially well-matched pen showing good 
Leicester character. 
Kent or Romney Marsh. — The first prize winner in Class 246 
was an excellent sheep, with good wool, and quite typical of 
the breed. Class 247 was very strong indeed and of excellent 
quality all round, the first prize sheep was all that could be 
(lesii-ed for a Kent or Romney Marsh shearling. The second 
and third were also of prime quality with good bone and wool. 
This class was good throughout. The ram lambs (Class 248) 
were good, particularly the first prize pen. The sheailing 
ewes (Class 249) were very good, and difficulty was found in 
separating the prize winners. The ewe lambs (Class 2.50) were 
all well shown. 
Wensleydales. — All the classes were of very nearly e(pial 
merit, and consequently the awards were rather difficult to 
determine. 
