I'he  Sonef//s  Slioiv  of  H)04. 
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cow,  though  there  is  still  room  for  the  more  perfect  moulding  of  the  lulder. 
There  is.  however,  an  improvement  in  this  respect  compared  with  former  years. 
Class  72  (Dairy  Cows,  calved  in  or  after  1900:  9 entries)  was  rather  defective 
in  this  particular,  and  where  a good-shaj)ed  udder  did  appear,  it  was  attached 
to  a somewhat  small  or  light  frame,  devoid  of  the  essential  capacitj'  for  beef 
lu'oduction.  A combination  of  frames  such  as  those  of  the  first  and  second 
j)ri7.e  animals,  with  square,  well-shaped,  and  capacious  udders,  is  much  to 
be  desired,  and  would  result  in  the  much  demanded  dual  purpose  animal. 
A continuance  of  the  classes  may  give  great  encouragement  in  that  important 
direction. 
Lincolnshire  Red  Short-horns. — The  six  clttsses  contained 
twenty-eight  entries.  Although  tlie  entries  were  not  large, 
the  Judge  considers  that  the  <[uality  o£  the  animals  exhihited 
was  o£  the  best.  Every  class  excejtt  the  old  hulls  (('lass  74) 
was  filled  with  animals  of  superior  merit  and  .diowed  more  even 
frames  and  true  Lincolnshire  Short-horn  type  than  has  before 
been  seen  at  the  Loyal.  The  female  cla.sses  were  exceptionally 
good.  The  old  hull  class  was  the  weakest  : the  younger  cla.sses 
of  hulls  were  excellent. 
Herefords. — The  six  Hereford  classes,  which  produced  eighty- 
eight  entries,  as  against  seventy  in  UK)3,  revealed,  on  the  whole, 
a general  average  of  high  merit.  They  were  “ heavy  fle.shed, 
level  in  sluijfe,  find  true  to  type.  The  younger  animals  were  not 
too  fat  for  breeding  purposes."  There  were  three  competitors  in 
(Jlass  79  for  the  old  hulls,  and,  as  last  year,  the  first  prize, 
together  with  the  Male  ( 'hampionship,  was  gained  by  His 
Majesty  The  King  for  Fire  Kino,  an  animal  “ stylish  in 
character,  level  in  shape,  with  grc'at  wealth  of  flesh,  and 
possessing  all  the  h(‘st  attrihuh's  of  the  breed.”  Mr.  Peter 
('oats  was  second  with  llohner,  and  received  the  Reserve 
( 'ham])ion.ship  ; the  two  animals  thus  occupying  the  same 
respective  ])ositions  as  last  year.  The  last-named  animal  is 
de.scrihed  as  ‘“only  a shade  less  meritorious  than  F'ire  KinpF 
Of  the  ten  competing  two-year-old  hulls  (('lass  SO)  eight 
were  noticed.  The  yearling  hulls  ((4ass  SI)  numbered  twenty- 
eight,  and  were  of  “ high  Jiverage  excellence."  The  first  two 
prize  winners  were  of  “ very  ecpial  merit.”  Class  82,  for  cows 
and  heifers,  was  a good  one,  conhiining  the  Female  Champion, 
Mr.  .lohn  Tudge's  Shot  over,  “a  grand  breeding  heifer.”  Class 
SJ,  for  two-year-old  heifers,  was  headed  by  Mr.  Richard  Phi])ps 
with  ffonsuch,  “an  animal  of  exceptional  massiveness  and 
(piality,  but  her  head  was  not  quite  a perfect  type  of  her  breed.’ 
She  was  Reserve  Female  Chamjtion.  The  remaining  class  (S4) 
was  a good  one  of  yearling  heifers.  The  winner  is  a “ square 
well-made  heifer,  with  a wide  level  back  and  quarters.”  The 
