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The Wa/nvicTc Meeting. 
Pigs. 
Large White Breed. — Thirty-two pens were entered, as 
against 33 at Doncaster and 52 at Plymouth. For boars 
faiTOwed in 1891, the first prize went to a pig “good in 
body, but weak in head and neck.” There was “no special 
merit in any of the other exhibits.” Pens of three boars were 
a moderate class. Sows made a good class, “ all the winners 
showing decided merit.” Pens of three sows were also a good 
class, and “ superior to the boars.” 
Middle White Breed. — Boars were “ a very fair class.” Sows 
“ a very good class, the best in the White Pig section, the 
three winning sows being specially good.” Pens of three sows 
“ a poor class.” 
Small White Breed. — “ These classes show a great falling off 
as compared with former exhibitions. The competition is weak 
and the merit indifferent.” 
Berkshires.— Over 42 per cent, of the total entry of pigs 
consisted of Berkshires, the display of which was good both in 
numbers and in quality. Of the dozen prizes which were 
awarded, Berkshire took five besides the championship, Dorset 
and Salop took two each, and Hants, Lancashire, and Warwick 
one each. 
The old boar class contained several fair specimens, though 
not one came exactly up to the ideal of a first prize animal. 
The premier award, however, went to Sir Humphrey F. De 
Traffbrd for a boar which “ had a good head, and was level and 
well-formed on the top, but the legs were out of proportion in 
length to match the medium depth of body.” Mr. Edney Hay- 
ter’s second prize boar was “ a well-proportioned animal, pro- 
perly marked and of good quality, but with rather a punchy, 
mean-looking head.” Mr. Nathaniel Benjafield’s third prize boar 
“ was a long, level-growing pig of the best quality, and would 
have stood higher but for a slight weakness behind the shoulders.” 
In the boar pig class, the entries of Mr. Alfred E. W. Darby 
and Mr. William Pinnock “ were good level matching pens of 
very prime quality ; ” the former had the preference as possessing 
greater substance. Mr. J. W. Kimber’s pen was also of good 
quality, but “ two were narrow between the ears, and one had 
drooping ears.” 
As usual, the Berkshire breeding sows formed the strongest 
of the pig classes, 29 entries being present, of which as many 
as 13 were noticed. Mr. Pinnock obtained the first prize for 
“ a smart young sow of only 15 months, of very true make and 
well-furnished j she was brought out in prime condition, still 
