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The Newcastle Show, 1908. 
typical specimens of this hardy breed, favourites with the 
butchers and rent-payers for the hill farmers. Two grand 
specimens of the breed came forward in Class 232 (rams, two- 
shear and upwards), correct in type and colour, good symmetry, 
full of lean flesh, and carrying fleeces fitted for the cold hills ; 
No. 1894, excelling in head and fleece, being placed first, with 
No. 1895 second.- The entries in Class 233 (shearling rams), 
although only three in number, varied considerably. No. 1896, 
the first prize winner, is a lengthy masculine sheep, free from 
any defects, true to type, with plenty of size, good form, and 
close wool. No. 1898, a beautiful sheep, wide in the loins, deep 
in the leg, slightly deficient behind the shoulders and a bit 
shorter than the first prize winner, was placed second. Class 
234 comprised three pens of really good specimens of the breed. 
No. 1900, three good, well-grown ewes, was awarded first prize, 
and No. 1901, three well-matched ewes, a shade smaller than 
the first prize winners but very correct, was placed second. 
Class 235 was perhaps the weakest class of the breed, although 
the first prize pen, No. 1904, look like growing into good ewes. 
The whole of the sheep were brought out in comparatively 
natural condition, with very little showyard forcing or 
trimming. 
Lincolns. — Only four exhibits came forward in Class 236 
(two-shear rams), the first prize ram being a well-grown sheep, 
with a good even fleece. In Class 237 (shearling rams) there 
were thirteen entries, the whole of which appeared before the 
Judges. The winner has good bone, good Lincoln fleece, and 
good outline, but is not a particularly forward sheep in con- 
dition. This animal, shown by Messrs. S. E. Dean & Sons, was 
also awarded the Championship. The first and second prize 
pens in Class 238 (five shearling rams) were of pretty equal 
merit, but the winners had the best Lincoln fleeces. The 
lambs in Classes 239 and 241 were very backward in condition. 
Class 240 (three shearling ewes) was a very fair class, the first 
and second prize pens showing most Lincoln character. Class 
242, with seven exhibits, was also a fair class of yearling ewes. 
The first prize pen had very even fleeces and good character. 
The Lincolns as a whole were not equal to former years. 
Leicesters. — The shearling rams (Class 243) were a fairly 
good class, though varying a little perhaps in type. None of 
the other classes need special comment, with the exception of 
that for shearling ewes, which was excellent, and which the 
Judge had great difficulty in deciding how to place. 
Border Leicesters. — The show of Border Leicesters as a 
whole was most meritorious. The class for rams over one-shear 
(Class 247) was well filled and the prize winners all very good 
sheep. Shearling rams were a very large class and competition 
