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The  Gloucester  Show,  1909. 
showing  good  quality  and  constitution.  Class  169  was  headed 
by  animals  of  great  promise,  and  eleven  others  were  men- 
tioned, which  tells  of  the  strength  of  the  exhibits. 
Guernseys. — These  classes,  which  were  fairly  well  filled, 
produced  .some  animals  of  great  merit,  and  typical  of  the 
breed.  In  the  old  bull  class  Merton  Signet  was  placed  first. 
This  bull,  although  five  years  of  age,  is  still  very  level  and  full 
of  quality.  The  second  prize  winner,  Hayes  Coronation  ?>rd, 
has  fine  masculine  character,  and  is  true  to  type.  The  class 
for  yearling  bulls  produced  five  entries.  The  handsome  and 
promising  youngster,  Hayes  Royal  ^rd,  was  placed  first,  and 
Merton  Golden  Noble  second.  The  cow  class  contained  a very 
fine  lot.  Felois,  an  Island-bred  cow,  was  an  easy  winner, 
being  full  of  quality,  with  a beautifully-shaped  udder,  and 
great  richness  of  skin.  The  second  prize  was  awarded  to 
Mrs.  Dreyfus,  a cow  with  a good  bag,  nice  milk  veins,  and 
altogether  an  animal  of  good  class.  The  class  for  heifers 
calved  in  190"  orought  forth  eight  exhibits,  Hayes  Express 
Zrd,  a heifer  rich  in  colour  and  with  promising  dairy  qualities, 
being  placed  first.  Lady  91,  another  capital  heifer,  both  rich 
and  full  of  dairy  properties,  was  second.  The  yearling  heifer 
class  numbered  ten,  the  winners  being  selected  from  the 
previous  winning  herds. 
Kerries  and  Dexters. — In  Class  182  (Kerry  bulls)  there  were 
six  exhibits,  most  of  them  good  animals,  the  first  prize  winner 
and  champion,  Bebington  Maelcho  (see  Fig.  14),  being  an 
exceedingly  nice  one.  Class  183  was  a splendid  collection  of 
Kerry  cows,  such  a fine  lot  being  seldom  seen  in  a show 
ring.  The  three  prize  cows  were  exceptionally  good,  with 
well  formed  udders.  Kerry  heifers  in  Classes  184  and  185 
were  well  shown.  Fifty-eight  entries  in  the  four  classes  for 
Dexters  speaks  well  for  the  popularity  of  this  breed.  Class 
187  (bulls)  contained  many  good  animals,  Cowb7ndge  General 
(see  Fig.  15)  being  a perfect  specimen.  To  Class  188  (cows) 
the  same  remark  applies  as  to  Class  183.  It  is  doubtful  if 
a better  lot  of  cows  were  ever  shown  before.  There  was  little 
to  choose  between  the  three  prize  animals  ; they  were 
excellent.  The  heifers  in  Classes  189  and  190  as  a whole  did 
great  credit  to  the  exhibitors,  although  there  was  a tendency 
in  some  of  the  animals  to  coarseness  and  loss  of  type. 
Sheep. 
The  entries  of  sheep — 833  in  108  classes — were  the  largest 
since  the  "Windsor  Show.  The  Shropshires  were  most 
numerous  with  115  entries,  next  came  the  Hampshire  Downs 
with  90,  Southdowns  and  Kent  or  Romney  Marsh  with  79 
each,  and  Oxford  Downs  with  57. 
