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Class  317  (boars  farrowed  in  1909)  the  first  prize  winner  was  an 
exceptionally  good  animal,  winning  easily,  and  afterwards  placed 
Reserve  for  Champion.  Many  of  the  seventeen  entries  in 
Class  318  were  well-grown  good  boars,  farrowed  in  1910.  The 
three  prize  winners  were  typical  Tamworths,  correct  in  colour, 
and  very  promising  pigs.  In  this  class  there  were  a few  well- 
grown  boars,  which  would  undoubtedly  have  been  placed  more 
forward  had  they  had  good  skins  and  been  free  from  black  spots. 
Constance , first  and  Gold  Medal  winner  in  Class  319  (old  sows), 
nine  entries,  is  an  exceptionally  fine  sow,  having  great  length 
and  depth,  beautiful  type,  and  good  colour.  The  second  and 
third  prize  winners  were  also  grand  sows.  In  Class  320  (sows 
farrowed  in  1909)  the  first  prize  winner  was  a grand  young 
sow,  well  shown,  having  beautiful  colour  and  coat,  with  length, 
depth,  and  quality.  The  second  prize  winner  ran  close,  being 
a very  promising  young  sow,  true  to  type,  an  excellent  specimen 
of  the  breed.  The  first  prize  winners  in  Class  321  were  well 
matched,  with  more  size  than  the  second  prize  winners,  which 
were  very  smart.  The  other  pens  nearly  all  contained  two 
good  gilts  and  a weak  one. 
Berkshires. — Class  322  was  a useful  class,  the  winner  being 
a grand  specimen  of  the  breed.  The  second  prize  winner  was 
extremely  neat  and  of  good  quality,  but  rather  on  the  small 
scale.  Class  323  was  a moderate  class,  the  first  prize  animal 
being  an  easy  winner.  Class  324  was  also  quite  moderate. 
The  first  prize  animal  was  very  neat  and  of  nice  quality  : the 
remainder  were  difficult  to  place,  no  really  promising  young 
animals  being  amongst  them.  Class  325  was  good.  The  first 
was  a grand  sow,  and  the  second  ran  her  very  close.  Class  32(> 
was  excellent,  the  winner  taking  the  Champion  prize  easily, 
and  the  second  being  Reserve  Champion,  both  being  very  good 
animals.  There  was  only  a moderate  lot  in  Class  327,  no  really 
good  pen  being  forward.  The  Berkshires  as  a whole  were  not 
quite  up  to  the  usual  standard,  the  first  prize  old  boar  and  the 
first  prize  sowts  excepted. 
Large  Blacks. — Nearly  all  the  classes  were  filled  with  well- 
grown  specimens,  and  mostly  possessed  characteristic  points 
of  the  breed.  An  improvement  was  observed  in  the  uniformity 
of  type,  but  a weakness  still  exists  in  this  respect,  and  needs 
further  improvement.  The  old  boar  class  (328)  was  not  a large 
one.  £7 enlexj  Achilles,  the  winner  and  also  Champion,  although 
a typical  boar,  lacked  smartness,  owing  to  age.  He  was  pressed 
very  close  by  the  second  prize  winner,  Sudbourne  Saint. 
Class  329,  for  boars  farrowed  1909,  was  well  filled.  Tiptree  2nd 
was  an  easy  winner,  and  should  make  a grand  boar  when 
developed.  In  Class  330  (boar  pigs  farrowed  1910),  although 
there  was  a good  entry,  no  exhibit  stood  out  prominently  as 
