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of  the  pairs  were  not  quite  well  matched.  Besides  the  winners, 
two  pairs  were  awarded  highly  commended  and  commended 
cards. 
Sheep. 
Oxford  Down. — These  were  well  represented  in  the  shearling 
ram  class.  The  first  prize  sheep  was  an  excellent  specimen. 
The  single  ram  lambs  were  useful,  the  first  prize  winner  being 
a very  strong  one.  The  class  for  three  ram  lambs  was  also 
very  typical  of  the  breed,  the  winners  being  very  true-grown 
sheep.  The  three  shearling  ewes  class  was  also  good.  The 
third  prize  pen  had  evidently  seen  their  best  day,  or  would 
have  stood  higher.  The  “ three  ewe  lambs  ” class  had  much 
the  character  of  “ three  ram  lambs  ” class,  and  the  exhibits 
looked  like  making  good  sheep. 
Shropshires. — In  Class  205  (two-shear  rams)  the  first  prize 
was  awarded  to  a fine  masculine  ram,  doubtless  a good  sire, 
but  the  remainder  were  just  moderate.  Class  206  (shearling 
rams)  was  fair,  with  a very  good  sheep  at  the  top.  Class  207 
(five  shearling  rams),  always  a great  feature  in  the  Show,  this 
year  also  contained  a lot  of  good  specimens  of  the  breed.  The 
new  class,  208  (three  shearling  rams — novice),  appeared  to  be 
much  appreciated  by  the  exhibitors,  there  being  a good  entry 
and  keen  competition.  Class  209  (three  ram  lambs)  contained 
some  good  youngsters,  especially  in  the  leading  pens.  Class  210 
(three  ram  lambs — novice),  as  in  the  shearlings,  was  well  filled 
with  a lot  of  promising  youngsters.  Class  211  (three  shearling 
ewes)  was,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Judges,  the  best  lot  among 
the  Shropshires,  containing  beautiful  ewes  in  the  prize  pens. 
Class  212  (ewe  lambs)  was  very  good  and  there  was  keen 
competition.  Altogether  there  was  a grand  display  of  the 
breed. 
Southdowns. — Class  213  contained  twelve  exhibits,  the  prize 
winners  especially  being  of  good  Southdown  type.  Class  214 
was  a very  good  one  with  sixteen  exhibits,  the  prize  winners 
especially  being  typical  Southdowns,  with  good  wool  and  flesh. 
These  remarks  apply  strongly  to  the  Champion  (see  Fig.  1)  and 
Reserve  Champion  rams,  both  of  which  were  in  this  class,  and 
showed  all  the  good  qualities  for  which  the  breed  is  renowned. 
The  first  prize  winners  in  Class  215  were  three  rams  well 
brought  out,  and  the  class  as  a whole  meritorious.  The  eight 
exhibits  in  Class  216  showed  much  promise.  Although 
the  entries  in  Class  217  were  not  so  numerous,  still  the 
competition  was  very  keen  and  close,  and  the  different  pens 
were  well  brought  out.  Class  218  contained  some  very 
promising  lambs.  The  Judges  would  like  to  remark  that 
some  of  the  exhibits  in  the  Southdown  classes  did  not  appear 
to  have  been  shorn  as  barely  as  they  might  have  been,  and 
