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hoolie,” and the third to Mr. Sharpe’s “Suffolk.” The 
hunter classes were very superior as a whole, particularly 
the weight carriers. Geldings and mares vied with each 
other for public honours, as well as for the special prizes of 
the Society. The mares for breeding hunters came short of 
our expectation, but not so the class of hackney stallions, 
which was very good. The agricultural classes contained 
many superior animals, both stallions and mares, but in many 
of them the entries were small and the contest necessarily 
less severe. “ Honest Tom ” again took first prize in the 
class of all-aged stallions, and “ Champion” second. The 
Suffolks were better than last year ; and the class of mares 
with foals at foot, not eligible to compete as Clydesdale or 
Suffolk, was so superior as to obtain the distinction of 
“ generally commended.” 
Little need be said of the cattle, beyond the fact that each 
of the established breeds of shorthorn, Hereford, and Devons, 
bore evidence of progress. Some of the old short-horn bulls 
and also cows were, perhaps, scarcely equal to those of former 
shows, but the classes of “yearling hulls,” “ heifers not exceed- 
ing three years old,” and ‘ 1 ' yearling heifers,” were so meritorious 
as for each of them to be “ highly commended.” The yearling 
Hereford bulls were also considered sufficiently good to be 
“ commended” as a class ; while the two-year-old heifers 
were so excellent as to win the distinction of “ highly com- 
mended.” The show of Devons was less than at Oxford, 
but the animals possessed so much merit as for five out of 
the eight classes to be “ generally commended.” The Norfolk 
and Suffolk polled did not show in great strength, still some 
really good animals were exhibited in the different classes. 
Other breeds were moderate. 
The principal feature to be noticed with regard to the 
sheep was the splendid collection of “ Shropshires a finer 
lot of this breed of sheep was never before brought together. 
The lambs, however, were scarcely up to mark ; indeed, it 
may be said that ordinary fairs and markets not unfrequently, 
at this time of year, will furnish more thriving and better 
animals than some of those exhibited. 
