The  Gloucester  Show,  1909. 
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(sows  farrowed  in  1908)  contained  fifteen  entries,  an  excep- 
tionally fine  lot  of  pigs,  the  first  honours  going  to  a nice  level 
sow  by  “ Turk  of  Spalding,”  the  second  going  to  a good  deep 
well-fleshed  sow,  the  third  to  a nicely  built  and  very  straight 
pig.  In  the  Class  No.  307  (pens  of  three  sows  farrowed 
1909)  there  were  thirty  nice  typical  animals.  The  first  pen, 
all  by  “ Emperor  of  Worsley,”  were  well  grown  and  nicely 
matched.  The  second  pen,  by  the  same  sire,  were  a nice 
even  pen,  and  the  third  were  of  a well-shaped  type. 
Middle  Whites. — The  exhibits  in  this  section  were  the  best 
and  most  uniform  of  recent  years.  The  class  for  old  boars, 
over  eighteen  months  old,  brought  out  two  remarkably  good 
pigs,  the  winner  scoring  with  very  little  in  hand.  The  boars 
under  eighteen  months  were  not  so  good,  but  the  first  prize 
winner  should  make  a good  stud  boar.  Thirteen  boars  under 
six  months  came  before  the  Judge,  but,  unfortunately,  some 
very  good  young  pigs  were  spoilt  through  being  overfed  and 
off  their  legs.  The  older  sow  class  had  six  exhibits,  all  of 
them  good.  The  first  prize  was  won  by  a three-and-half- 
year-old  sow  with  great  size,  combined  with  excellent  type 
and  quality.  The  second  was  a younger  sow,  showing  nice 
breed  character.  The  class  for  sows  under  eighteen  months 
was  the  best  in  the  section,  and  contained  nine  exhibits,  any 
one  of  which  would  win  in  an  average  class.  The  first  prize 
winner  was  of  beautiful  type,  and  well  shown.  The  second 
sow  was  three  months  younger,  but  very  level  and  well 
fleshed.  The  third  was  a bigger  sow,  but  hardly  so  true.  The 
ten  pens  of  three  young  sows  contained  some  excellent  young 
animals,  but  here  again  several  were  overdone.  The  winning 
pens  were  very  well  matched  and  true  to  type.  The  first  prize 
old  boar  won  the  Medal  for  Champion  pig  in  the  section,  the 
second  in  the  same  class  being  reserve. 
Tamworths. — Class  314  consisted  of  five  very  good  boars, 
very  uniform  and  true  to  breed,  the  first  prize  winner,  Astley 
Abbott,  being  also  awarded  the  Reserve  Championship.  Class  315 
was  a very  strong  class  of  beautiful  pigs.  There  was  a large 
entry  in  Class  316,  and  three  animals  were  commended  in 
addition  to  the  prize  winners.  Class  317  was  a splendid  lot  of 
matured  sows,  the  three  prize  winners  being  exceptionally 
good.  Constance,  the  first,  also  secured  the  Champion- 
ship. Class  318  was  very  large  for  the  breed,  and  included 
some  beautiful  young  sows.  In  Class  319  there  were  twenty- 
four  very  nice  youngsters,  wonderfully  well  grown  for  their 
age. 
Berkshires. — These  classes,  the  Judge  states  in  his  report, 
were  the  best  seen  for  quite  fifteen  years.  With  the 
exception  of  a few  moderate  pens  of  three  of  this  year’s 
