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most successful of the five exliibitors, as he took three first prizes. 
The ram lambs were a strong good class, and the best individual 
lamb was found in the second prize pen, which, however, was not 
well matched. Amongst the shearling ewes, “ the first prize 
pen was not so big as the second prize pen, but more matchy, 
and of very good quality.” All the ram lambs and ewes were 
found worthy of commendation. 
Lincolns. — Thirty-seven pens, representing nine flocks, were 
entered. At Doncaster there were nearly five dozen pens. Of 
two-shear rams Mr. Robert Wright’s first prize sheep “ had 
very good form, but was deficient in size.” The shearling 
rams made up a fairly representative class, the first and second 
prize sheep — Mr. Henry Dudding’s — being “ exceptionally fine 
specimens of the Lincoln breed.” In a creditable class of ram 
lambs the first prize pen of Mr. John Pears was “ wonderfully 
strong and well-grown.” The ewes made decidedly the best 
class of the Lincolns, some of them having seldom been equalled. 
The prizes went to Mr. Duddiug and Mr. Wright, but the whole 
class was commended. 
Oxford Downs. — From a numerical point of view this breed 
made a fair display of 45 pens, though, considering the locality, 
a larger entry might have been expected. In the two-shear ram 
class the first prize went to Mr. John C. Eady for “ a useful 
strong sheep with colour, length, and bone,” though hardly so 
close in the wool as might have been wished, hlessrs. Charles 
Hobbs and Son’s second prize ram “ owed his position to quality 
of mutton and wool.” In the shearling ram class the three 
prizes all went to Mr. Albert Brassey for good specimens of the 
breed ; “ their colour and bone indicated lean meat, which 
Judges are bound to keep particularly in view now.” In the 
pens of ram lambs the prizes again went to the Heythrop flock. 
In the ewe class Mr. Eady’s pen came to the front, “ sheep of 
good type, colour, and wool.” The second prize pen of Mr. 
Brassey, and the third prize pen of Mr. George Adams, both 
contained animals of nice colour and quality. The champion 
prize for the best animal in the two-shear ram and shearling 
ram classes went to Mr. Eady’s two-shear. 
Shropshires. — It w’as felt at Doncaster, in 1891, that the 
Shropshire breeders had made a phenomenal display with 182 
pens, equivalent to 28 per cent, of the entire entry of sheep. 
Their effort at Warwick, however, far eclipsed that of the pre- 
ceding year, for they entered no less than 238 pens, representing 
40 per cent, of the entire number of sheep exhibited. The entries 
of Shropshire sheep on this occasion were made from forty-nine 
flocks, thus distributed: — Warwickshire 15, Salop 13, Stafford- 
