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The  Society\i  Show  of  1904. 
classes  and  a Gold  Medal,  offered  respectively  by  the  National 
Pig  Breeders’  Association,  the  British  Berkshire  Society,  and 
the  Large  Black  Pig  Society. 
White  Pigs. — These  numbered  seventy-four,  and  included 
forty-eight  of  the  Large  White  and  twenty-six  of  the  Middle 
White  variety.  The  Earl  of  Ellesmere  took  the  Champion 
Prize  in  Class  224  for  No.  1760,  a '■‘particularly  level,  good 
boar,  with  a fine  underline,  standing  well  on  his  legs,  which,  if 
anything,  were  a little  short.”  In  Class  225  (Large  White 
boars,  faiTowed  in  1904)  the  first  prize  was  awarded  to 
No.  1766,  “a  pen  of  exceedingly  well-grown  pigs,  but 
somewhat  uneven.”  This  class,  which  numbered  fourteen 
exhibits,  was  a very  good  one,  of  uniform  quality  and  of 
general  excellence.  The  breeding  sows  class  (No.  226) 
contained  ten  entries,  all  present,  and  were  so  good  that 
every  animal  exhibited,  except  one,  obtained  a card.  The 
first  prize  and  Reserve  Champion  (No.  1785)  was  taken  by 
Lord  Ellesmere,  with  an  “enormous  sow  of  splendid  quality, 
and  with  the  exception  of  her  head  and  ears — the  former  being 
a trifle  long,  and  the  latter  too  drooping — v'as  a grand  type  of 
the  true  Large  White.”  The  first  prize  ])en  of  sow  pigs 
(Class  227)  were  a “beautiful  well-grown,  even  lot,  and  had 
an  easy  win.”  After  the  first  prize  was  awarded,  eight  pens 
were  so  even  in  quality  that  the  Judge  had  great  difficulty  in 
placing  them.  The  class  numbered  fifteen  entries,  all  being 
present  but  one.  The  Judge  (Mr.  John  Barron)  remarked, 
in  conclusion,  that  he  was  much  struck  with  the  great 
improvement  in  type,  and  general  excellence  of  all  the  animals 
placed  before  him  since  the  last  time  he  had  judged  for  the 
Society.  The  Judge  of  Middle  Whites  considered  that 
these  classes  “ on  the  whole  were  not  of  average  merit.” 
Mr.  Sanders  Spencer  took  the  first  prize  and  Reserve 
(diampionship  with  his  boar  (No.  1809),  which  was  described 
as  a “useful  s])ecimen,  weak  in  its  forelegs.”  The  first  prize 
exhibits  in  Class  229  were  a pen  of  three  “level,  useful- 
looking  boars”;  “several  of  the  exhibits  in  this  class  were 
more  of  the  Large  than  Middle  breed.”  The  breeding  sows 
(Class  280)  were  the  best  of  the  section,  and  the  first  prize 
animal  (No.  1821),  exhibited  by  Mr.  Sanders  Spencer,  gained 
the  Champion  Gold  Medal.  This  animal  was  “very  level,  with 
a typical  Middle  bred  head,  and  straight,  well  set  on  legs.” 
In  C4a.ss  231,  the  first  and  second  prize  pigs  “ wei’e  of 
considerable  merit,  the  remainder  of  the  class  being  very 
