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shown in their wool while others were shorn, making it 
unsatisfactory for the Judge and the exhibitors. 
Welsh Mountain. — Two classes were provided for this breed, 
one for rams, shearling and upwards, and the other for pens of 
shearling ewes. In the male class the University College of 
North Wales was first and reserve, the winner being an animal 
of very choice character and type .and merit, bred by Mr. W. 
Conwy Bell, who found himself beaten by a ram of his own 
breeding, for in this class his two entries were second and 
highly commended, but in the shearling ewe class his beauti- 
fully-matched and typical pen were deservedly first, the 
University College taking second and reserve with a couple 
of pens of high merit and quality. 
Black-faced Mountain. — The Judge reports that the show of 
these sheep was excellent, not only on account of numbers, but 
also in respect of general excellence. There was no weak class 
in the section and the competition throughout was close and 
keen. The rams, two-shear and upwards, entered in Class 277, 
numbered fourteen, the prize winners being of fine quality, the 
first and second prizes being awarded to rams which would be 
very hard to beat. Shearling rams (Class 278) numbered sixteen, 
and the first and second prize winners were again of more than 
usual merit, the rams placed after them being also very creditable 
exhibits. Class 279 numbered eight ram lambs, and was headed 
by four very promising specimens of the breed, but the other 
exhibits in this class were not of much merit. Class 280 (ewes, 
two-shear and upwards) had nine entries, the quality generally 
being much above the standard, almost every exhibit showing 
first-class breeding, the average merit in this class being higher 
than in any other. The shearling ewe class had fifteen entries, 
and although the quality all through was not so high as in the 
former class, the prize winners again showed evidences of the 
highest breeding, and promise to maintain the character of the 
breed in future showyards. 
Pigs. 
This section, though not so large in point of entries as at 
Lincoln, where there was a record entry last year, was with 
this one exception larger than at any other Show of the 
Society, the entries reaching a total of 312. Six classes were 
set apart for each of the following breeds : — Large White, 
Middle White, Tam worth, Berkshire, Large Black, and Lincoln- 
shire Curly-Coated. The Large Whites numbered 83, the Large 
Blacks coming next with 64 entries. 
Large Whites. — The Judge reports that these pigs as a 
whole were very meritorious, containing a large number of 
very superior animals, which took a lot of judging, so very 
