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The  Society’s  Show  of  1904. 
Four  competitors  appeared  in  Class  95.  The  first  prize  with 
the  special  prize  w'ent  to  Mr.  C.  J.  Lucas,  for  No.  731,  Lord 
Eric,  “ a yearling  bull  of  A^ery  nice  quality  and  colour.” 
Class  96,  for  cows  or  heifers  calved  before  or  in  1901,  was  a 
very  good  one  of  five  exhibits,  all  placed.  The  first.  No  740, 
which  also  received  the  special  prize,  went  to  Mr.  Gerald  Warde 
for  Gaiety  Girl  2nd,  “ a cow  of  beautiful  quality  and  style.” 
Class  97  contained  two  good  tw'o-year-old  heifers  in  Nos.  745 
and  744.  The  first  prize  yearling  (Class  98)  which  also  gained 
the  special  ]>rize  was  Mr.  Gerald  Warde’s  Gaiety  Girl  C>th, 
No.  751,  “a  really  A^ery  nice  heifer  of  true  Sussex  type.” 
Welsh. — No  Champion  Prizes  were  offered  for  this  breed 
as  last  year,  and  the  entries  numbered  twenty-tAvo  in  the  four 
classes.  The  Judge  remarks  upon  “a  great  improA'ement  all 
along  the  line.”  He  notices  favourably  all  the  prize  Avinners, 
aud  gives  particular  praise  to  Class  102,  for  young  heifers,  all 
being  of  considerable  merit  and  true  to  type.  Lord  Harlech 
took  the  first  prize  in  Class  99  for  McKinley,  a four-year-old 
bull  described  as  “ a splendid  animal  of  great  scale  and  true  to 
type.”  Mr.  R.  M.  Greaves  was  again  most  successful,  and 
took  all  the  first  prizes  in  the  other  three  classes. 
Red.  Polled. — The  entries  Avere  exactly  the  same  in  number 
as  last  year,  aIz.,  fifty-five  in  si.x  classes.  Only  three  aged 
bulls  (Class  103)  came  into  the  ring,  the  first  prize  animal,  Sir 
AValter  Corbet’s  Albert  being  an  easy  A\dnner  and  taking  also 
the  Male  Cham])ionship.  Class  104  w’as  a nice  one  of  ten 
two-year-old  bulls,  the  first  two  being  “ very  even  in  shape 
and  of  excellent  quality.”  The  first  prize  bull,  Mr.  John 
Hammond’s  Daxyson  244t/i,  Avas  ReserA’e  Male  Chamj)ion. 
Class  105,  for  yearling  bulls,  contained  a very  second  rate 
lot  of  animals.  The  first  prize  winner  Avas  a useful  young 
beast,  fairly  even,  but  there  was  no  outstanding  Avinner.  In 
Class  106,  for  coavs  or  heifers,  in-milk,  three  grand  beasts 
came  into  the  ring,  the  first  prize  Avinner,  Mr.  John 
Hammond’s  Davy  204tA,  being  very  closely  folloAved  by  Lord 
Amherst  of  Hackney’s  Popsey  6th.  These  tAvo  animals  AA’ere 
AA'inners  respectively  of  the  Female  Championship  and  Reserve 
Cham))ionship.  The  first  prize  Avinner  in  Class  107,  for  two- 
year-old  heifers,  Avas  a “ beautiful  beast  of  fine  quality,  but 
perhaj)S  a little  small.”  The  class  Avas  a useful  one  on  the 
Avhole.  Class  108  AA’as  a strong  one  of  fifteen  useful  young 
heifers.  Taken  as  a whole,  the  Judge  described  the  Red 
Polled  Cattle  as  “ A^ery  good.” 
