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prizes  were  won  by  sheep  exhibited  by  Mr.  Hague  of  Copy 
Nook,  near  Clitheroe,  his  two-shear  being  a good  winner  in  the 
aged  ram  class.  He  is  fine  in  bone  with  good  flesh,  a splendid 
coat  of  fine  wool,  so  necessary  for  a mountain  sheep,  a real 
grand  shaped  head  with  bright  black  and  white  colour.  The 
second  prize  winner  was  a very  good  ram,  well  grown,  but 
* with  fleece  and  colour  not  quite  satisfactory.  The  third  prize 
went  to  an  exceedingly  good  young  shearling,  smart  in  colour, 
with  good  flesh  and  quality,  that  had  the  making  of  a smart 
sheep  that  will  most  likely  be  heard  of  again.  In  the  ram  lamb 
class  there  were  only  three  entries  : the  first  a well  grown  lamb, 
with  good  flesh  and  wool,  smart  in  colour  and  quality,  the 
second  a very  smart  lamb,  a younger  lamb  and  not  quite  so 
well  grown  as  the  winner,  good  in  touch,  wool,  and  quality,  that 
will  very  probably  be  heard  of  again.  The  three  pens  of 
shearling  ewes  were  a grand  lot.  The  winners  were  fine 
specimens  of  the  breed,  well  matched,  good  all  round  in  flesh, 
wool,  and  colour,  with  fleeces  well  fitted  for  the  cold  wet  hills 
of  East  Lancashire.  The  second  pen  were  well  grown  with 
good  flesh  and  wool  of  best  quality.  The  third  pen  were  not 
well  matched  but  contained  one  very  good  sheep,  the  heads  of 
the  other  two  suggested  a cross  of  a somewhat  coarser  strain. 
There  were  only  two  pens  of  three  ewe  lambs,  all  of  smart 
quality  and  not  a great  deal  to  choose  between  them,  the  first 
prize  pen  were  better  grown,  the  second  pen  were  very  good, 
and  may  in  future  turn  the  tables  on  the  winners. 
Derbyshire  Gritstone. — The  three  classes  were  represented 
by  14  pens  and,  taken  as  a whole,  they  were  very  good. 
Taking  the  three  winners  from  each  class  they  made  an  average 
of  82  points  taking  100  for  the  ideal  sheep ; still  there  is  room 
for  improvement,  particularly  in  body,  wool,  and  colour.  The 
best  sheep  were  to  be  found  in  the  class  for  shearling  ewes,  the 
three  winners  making  an  average  of  87f  points  out  of  the  100. 
The  two-shear  rams  came  next  with  80  points.  The  weakness 
of  body  and  wool  was  more  marked  in  the  rams  than  in  the 
ewes. 
Kent  or  Romney  Marsh. — Considering  the  long  distance 
from  their  home,  all  six  classes  filled  well,  and  throughout 
there  was  a very  great  improvement  in  the  breed.  The  two- 
year-old  rams  were  very  good,  the  first  prize  and  Champion 
sheep  (see  Fig.  7)  being  one  of  the  best  of  the  breed  the  Judges 
had  ever  had  before  them.  No  exceptional,  outstanding,  good 
sheep  was  exhibited  in  the  class  for  ram  tegs.  The  pens  of 
five  ram  tegs  in  that  class  were  exceptionally  good,  and,  no 
doubt,  that  somewhat  detracted  from  the  single  ram  teg  class. 
Ewe  tegs  were  very  good,  particularly  the  first-prize  pen. 
Ram  lambs  and  also  the  ewe-lamb  classes  were  found  somewhat 
