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The WariL'ick Meeting. 
ewes were a remarkably good lot, and after awarding the prizes 
to Mr. Colman, Mr, A. de Murrieta, and Mr. James Blyth, the 
Judges noticed seven other pens. 
Hampshire Downs. — The breeders of the West Country black 
faces did not “ rise to the occasion,” for with a much nearer 
place of meeting at Warwick they made rather a less aggregate 
entry than at Doncaster. The 48 pens in the Warwick cata- 
logue represented 14 flocks. Of the latter, 4 belong to Wilts, 
4 to Hants, 2 to Berks, and one each to Cambridge, Dorset, 
Herts, and Oxon. The nine prizes awarded went, three to Wilts, 
and two each to Berks, Cambridge, and Hants. 
Two-shear rams did not make as strong a class as usual, 
“ though the winners were good specimens of the breed, showing 
excellent quality.” Mr, Henry Lambert took the fii’st prize 
and Mr. Robert Coles the second. Shearling rams were a much 
more formidable class, the first prize I’am — Mr. Lambert’s — 
“ showing fine quality and style.” The second and third prize 
rams of Mr. Frank R. Moore and Mr. Le Roy Lewis were use- 
ful sheep. The ram lamb class was the best of the Hampshires, 
and Mr. William Newton won the first prize easily “ wdth 
a pen of rare merit.” The contest between Mr. Moore and Mr. 
Lambert for the second place w'as very keen, the former securing 
the award. The ewes were a meritorious lot; Mr. Le Roy 
Lewis took the first prize, and Mr. Newton the second. 
Suffolks. — Only 18 pens came forward, this being but 
two-thirds of the number at Doncaster and at Plymouth. The 
Wanvick entry represented 4 flocks, 3 in Suffolk and 1 in 
Cambridgeshire. The shearling ewes were a remarkably strong 
class, in which Mr. Henry Lingwood took the first and third 
prizes, and the Marquis of Bristol the second. Regarding the 
display of Sufiblk sheep as a whole, the Judges say : — 
We are very pleased to notice that the improvement in this kind of 
sheep is very marked at this exhibition, showing the result of careful breed- 
ing. In most pens the sj'mmetrical appearance is obtained without exces- 
sive fat, and we notice that the legs of mutton, wdiich, to critical eyes, may 
have been their weak point, are now so full of flesh, that they compare 
favourably with any other breed. 
Border Leicesters. — Twenty-one pens were entered at War- 
wick, and the number cannot be regarded as comparing un- 
favourably with 30 pens at the more northerly meeting-place 
at Doncaster. The entries came from half a dozen flocks — 
two in Northumberland, and one each in Cumberland, Yorkshire, 
Haddington, and Midlothian. The Judges report “ a very good 
show.” For rams, Mr. Thomas Winter was first for “ a sheep 
with excellent skin, with good head and quality, and standing 
