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Class  66  (Bulls  calved  in  1903). — 36  entries.  This  large  class  contained 
some  good  young  bulls.  No.  423,  the  first  prize  and  Reserve  for  Champion,  is  a 
very  gay  young  bull,  straight,  deep  and  level,  and  looks  well  both  when  walking 
and  standing.  No.  439,  second  prize,  is  a thick  good  bull,  but  not  equal  to  the 
first  prize  winner  in  hind  quarters  and  does  not  walk  nearly  so  well.  No.  443, 
third  prize,  is  a very  promising  young  bull,  good  looking,  and  .straight. 
The  show  of  female  Shorthorns,  for  which  six  classes 
were  provided,  bore  very  favourable  comparison  in  regard  to 
individual  merits  with  the  exhibits  of  former  years.  The 
younger  cla.sses,  in  particular,  were  well  and  numerously 
filled  and  contained  several  promising  youngsters.  Indeed, 
the  two  chief  competitors  with  Mr.  Willis’s  cow.  White 
Heather,  for  Championship  honours  were  the  first  prize 
animals  in  the  yearling  and  two-year-old  classes.  The 
beautiful  mould  of  the  older  animal  and  her  maintenance 
of  true  and  level  form,  despite  the  trials  of  Show  training 
and  of  calf  breeding  and  milking,  and  her  typical  head,  gave 
her  an  advantage  over  her  younger  competitors,  which  have 
each  yet  to  risk  the  trials  of  age  and  breeding. 
Mr.  F.  Punchard,  who  judged  these  classes,  proceeds  as 
follows  : — 
Class  67  (Cow,  in-milk,  calved  previously  to  or  in  1900  : 11  entries). — The 
competition  lay  chiefly  between  W/iite  Ilpathe.r  and  Lady  Sybil,  the  latter 
having  a very  level  frame  and  showing  good  milking  capacity,  but  with  a less 
beautifully  moulded  head  than  her  more  successful  competitor.  Countess  of 
Qjford  16t//,  the  winner  of  the  third  prize,  was  perhaps  heavier  in  front, 
but  her  somewhat  drooping  quarters  prevented  her  getting  higher  honours. 
Class  68  (Heifer,  in-milk,  calved  in  1901:  12  entries). — The  competition 
for  honours  was  a more  even  one,  and  required  careful  discrimination  in 
awarding  the  prizes,  especially  as  the  milking  properties  in  some  of  the  animals 
were  not  as  well  developed  as  is  nowadays  desired  in  the  dams  of  our  future 
stock  bulls. 
Class  69  (Heifer,  calved  in  1902:  21  entries). — This  class  had  many 
promising  youngsters  in  it.  Boseleaf  however,  was  easily  first,  as  her  long, 
deej),  and  heavily  fleshed  frame,  and  unusually  great  girth,  fully  entitled  her 
to  premier  honours.  But  for  a trifling  weakness  in  the  back — a c.lefect  more  or 
less  discernible  in  sundry  of  her  competitors  in  the  class — she  might  have 
succciided  in  the  Championship  honours.  Yours  Faithfully,  a well-moulded 
white  of  great  depth,  and  with  level  top  and  underlines,  was  a good  second  ; 
whilst  the  excellent  quality  and  frame  of  Duchess  136f/t  thoroughly  maintained 
the  once  high  repute  of  the  family  from  which  she  is  descended. 
Class  70  (Heifer,  calved  in  1903 : 40  entries). — This  class  was  the  most 
numerously  filled,  and  in  some  respects  the  best  class  in  the  Show.  Lady  Amy 
1th,  a beautifully  moulded  and  most  promising  heifer,  was  at  once  picked  out 
as  first.  She  will  probably  be  a formidable  competitor  in  future  years  for 
Championship  and  other  honours.  The  main  competition  arose  in  the  award 
of  secondary  and  other  honours.  Here  the  possibilities  and  probabilities  of 
future  development  into  truly  well-framed  matrons  had  to  be  considered  against 
highly  forced  but  smaller  carcasses.  The  award  of  four  high  commendations 
and  five  commendations  in  the  class  testify  to  an  appreciation  of  the  high 
qualities  and  promising  points  exhibited  by  the  several  competitors. 
Class  71  (Dairy  Cows,  in-milk,  calved  previously  to  or  in  1899:  12 
entries). — This  class  had  some  fairly  typical  specimens  of  the  dual  purpose 
