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corps in favour of the county to which he belonged (hear, hear). If, then, it 
was permitted for the shepherd to be with the animals exhibited, the object 
in view — strict impartiality — might be defeated. Now, the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society of England had thought it better that the shepherds should 
he excluded (loud cries of hear, hear). The shepherd, who might be con- 
sidered as the father of his flock, did not like to see his sheep pass over to 
the care of another; he watched with jealous attention, and was almost 
certain to he known by the Judges. The permitting the shepherds to he 
present during the inspection hy the Judges was therefore a half 
measure, and which afforded no security at all (loud cheers). Under the 
new system all persons were excluded who were connected with the animals 
(hear, hear). The Judges were selected by the Council from parties from 
every county. The Judges, therefore, were entitled to consideration. 
He (the Chairman) was not at present aware if he had gained a prize 
or not. 
Whereupon Earl Spencer (one of the Stewards, his colleagues 
being Messrs. S. Druce and F. Pym) rose and said that not one 
of the Judges at that moment knew who were the successful 
candidates ; a remark greeted with loud cheers. They only 
knew the numbers affixed to the animals to which prizes had 
been awarded . 1 The list of awards then read by the President 
contained what was doubtless to His Grace the highly agree- 
able announcement that he had earned off the prize for a shear- 
ling Southdown ram — the first of a long series of successes for 
the Goodwood flock in the Royal Show-yards. 
To make the story complete, it may be well to append here 
the list of the Judges who officiated at Cambridge, and the 
awards made by them : — 
List of Judges at Cambridge Meeting, 1840. 
Class I. [Short- 
horns.] 
Mr. J. Wright 
Mr. Eaton Clark 
Mr. W. Smith 
Class II. [IIere- 
FORDS.] 
Mr. John Buckley 
Mr. Robert Lucas 
Mr. H. Chamberlain 
Class III. [Devons.] 
Mr. W. Wyndham 
Mr. Stace 
Mr. G. Smythies 
Class IV. [Cattle of 
ANY OTHER BREED.] 
Mr. George 
Mr. John Ellrnan 
Mr. John Hall 
Class V. [Horses.] 
Mr. G. Clark 
Mr. C. Bowman 
Class YI. 
[Leicesters.] 
Mr. John Manning 
Mr. Thomas Chapman 
Mr. W. Pratt 
Class VII. [South- 
downs or OTHER 
Short - woolled 
Sheep.] 
Mr. J. Bevan 
Mr. J. Raymond Barker 
Mr. II. Chamberlain 
Class VIII. [Long- 
woolled Sheep.] 
Mr. Hindley 
Mr. J. Elliot 
Class IX. [Pigs.] , 
Mr. Wilkie 
Mr. Oakden 
Implements. 
Mr. J. Morton 
Mr. R. S. Graburn 
Mr. G. Legard 
Seed Wheat. 
Mr. G. Kimberley 
Mr. B. Wilton 
Mr. Samuel Jonas 
> See ante, p. 212. 
