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The  Society's  Show  of  1904. 
was  a fair  one  on  the  whole.  Class  123,  for  yearling  bulls, 
Avas  a A'ery  large  one  of  twenty-three  competing  e.xhibits,  but 
their  quality  was  hardly  so  good  as  it  should  have  been.  There 
Avas  little  to  choose  betAveen  the  first  and  second  prize  animals, 
both  being  A'ery  nice  bulls,  and  there  Avere  four  other  very 
useful  animals.  The  Judge  reported  that  the  coavs  in-milk 
(tfiass  124)  Avere  good,  though  he  had  seen  better.  The  coavs 
in-milk,  bred  in  Great  Britain  or  Ireland  (Class  125),  the 
prizes  for  Avhich  Avere  provided  by  the  English  Jersey  Cattle 
Society,  contained  four  A^ery  good  animals,  Avhich  Avould  have 
been  seen  to  better  advantage  if  they  had  been  “alloAved  more 
field  and  less  stable.”  The  heifers  in  Class  125  came  out 
strong  and  made  a good  show  for  milk.  Some  of  the  animals 
“could  have  done  Avith  more  constitution.”  The  heifers  in 
t 'lass  137  Avere  good,  and  there  AAcre  A'ery  feAv  indifferent 
animals. 
Guernseys. — The  six  classes  contained  sixty  entries.  The 
old  bulls  ((.'lass  128)  Avere  AA'ell  represented,  and  amongst  the 
tAvo-y ear-old  bulls  (Class  129)  some  excellent  specimens  of  the 
breed  came  forAvard,  notably  the  first  and  second  prize  Avinners. 
In  the  yearling  bulls  (Class  130)  a number  of  A'ery  promising 
animals  Avere  exhibited.  The  first  and  second  prize  coavs 
((Jass  131)  Avere  almost  perfect  as  daii-y  animals,  and  Avon 
somewhat  easily.  The  two-year-old  heifers  (Class  132)  Avere 
Aveak,  the  third  prize  being  Avithheld. 
Longhorns. — Seventeen  animals  AA'ere  exhibited  in  the  four 
classes.  The  first  and  second  prize  bulls  in  Class  134  (cah'ed 
in  1900,  1901,  or  1902)  were  described  by  the  Judge  as  being 
“good  representatiA'es  of  the  breed.”  (Jlass  135,  for  yearling 
Inills,  Avas  a useful  one,  the  prize  animals  being  A'ery  good. 
The  ])i'ize  coavs  in  ('lass  13G  Avere  good  specimens  of  the  breed. 
The  first  ])i'ize  heifer  in  Class  137  was  a “superior  animal 
and  in  good  condition.” 
Kerries  and  Dexters. — The  three  Kerry  classes  Avere  Avell 
filled  with  thirty-one  entries,  and  contained  many  excellent 
animals,  and  might  be  considered  as  a A'ery  satisfactory  exhibi- 
tion of  the  breed.  The  Duchess  of  KeAvcastle  gained  the  Male 
( 'hampionship  in  the  class  for  old  bulls  (Class  138)  with  La 
Mancha  Gordon^  “a  specially  fine  animal  in  every  respect,  and 
shown  in  splendid  condition”  (see  Fig.  7 opposite).  The  second 
prize  animal  in  this  class  Avas  also  a very  good  specimen  of 
the  breed,  and  Avell  shoAvn.  In  Class  139  the  third  jirize  coav 
and  the  reserve  number  Avere  good  animals,  shoAving  dairying 
