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the Welsh Black Cattle Society’s Herd Book, the whole of the exhibits 
may be pronounced excellent, and far in advance of any previous Show. 
Red Polled. — Of this breed 81 specimens were entered, ail 
from the East of England, Norfolk contributing 26 entries, 
Suffolk 3, and Herts 2. All the prizes went to Norfolk herds. 
Class 83, Red Polled bull, calved in 1888, 1889, or 1890, 
with 5 entries, contained last year’s male Champion at Warwick ; 
and “ had he not shown signs of frequent forcing for exhibition ” 
he would probably have repeated this performance, whereas he 
only got the reserve card. Class 84, Red Polled bull, calved in 
1891, had but 3 entries, but included the male Champion, Mr. . 
J. J. Colman’s Red Piince, which possesses both size and quality. 
Class 85, Red Polled bull, calved in 1892, had 4 entries, of 
which “ a well-grown young bull ” was placed first. 
Class 86, Red Polled cow or heifer, in-milk or in-calf, calved 
previously to or in 1890, with 9 entries, “ was a good class and 
contained two animals of exceptional merit,” of which one, Mr. 
Colman’s Dorena, was declared Champion female, and the other, 
Lord Amherst’s Saltarella, was reserved for the championship. 
Class 87, Red Polled heifer, calved in 1891, was a small lot of 
3 entries, calling for no special remark. Class 88, Red Polled 
heifer, calved in 1892, had 7 entries, “fairly good animals,” the 
first prize heifer being “ big for her age.” 
Aberdeen Angus. — The tendency in this black polled breed 
to become ubiquitous is shown by the fact that the 36 entries 
at Chester were made from as many as 14 counties, of which 
8 are in England, 5 in Scotland, and 1 in Ireland. Aberdeen 
contributed 5 entries, Banff 4, Beds 4, Bucks 3, Fife 3, Middle- 
sex 3, Northumberland 3, Essex 2, Gloucester 2, Inverness 2, 
York 2, Forfar 1, Sussex 1, and Waterford 1. Of the 12 prizes 
awarded, Aberdeen, Banff, and Northumberland took 3 each, 
and Bucks, Middlesex, and York secured 1 each. 
Class 89, Aberdeen Angus bull, calved in 1888, 1889, or 
1890, had 8 entries, of which the first and second prize bulls 
were “ exceptionally good, and the others an average.” Class 
90, Aberdeen Angus bull, calved in 1891 or 1892, with 
10 entries, furnished in the first prize bull “an outstanding 
winner,” whilst the others placed “ were good animals.” 
Class 91, Aberdeen Angus cow or heifer, in-milk or in-calf, 
calved previously to or in 1890, contained 7 entries, the first and 
second prize cows being “ really fine specimens of the breed.” 
Class 92, Aberdeen Angus heifer, calved in 1891 or 1892, with 
11 entries, caused some difficulty in adjudication — as did Class 
90 — on account of disparity of age ajnongst the exhibits. 
