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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
Our own established breeds of Short-horns, Herefords, and 
Devons, quite maintained their world-wide celebrity ; while 
the “ cattle of other breeds” were better represented by 
the polled Suffolks than we are wont to see at most 
meetings of the Society. Our space will not allow of any 
lengthy remarks on the merits of these respective classes. 
Where all is good there can be little to condemn, even by the 
severest critics. Against the awards of the cattle judges we 
scarcely heard a demur, nor did we hear many complaints of 
over-fatness ; indeed, in this respect, there is a marked im- 
provement gradually being introduced. “ Master Butterfly,” 
the winner of the first prize in the short-horn class, is the 
most perfect animal we have ever seen. He has been sold 
by Mr. Townley for the unprecedented sum of 1200 guineas, 
with a view to his being taken to Australia. The purchaser 
is reported to be a Mr. Ware, of Camperdown, Geelong, 
Victoria. 
The awards in the cattle classes were as follows : 
Short-horned Cattle. 
Class 1. — Bulls, calved previously to the Is/ of July, 1854, and not exceeding 
four years old. 
First Prize, of 30/., to No. 1, Lieut.-Col. Towneley, of Towneley Park, 
Burnley, Lancashire. 
Second Prize, 15/., to No. 2, Henry Ambler, of Watkinson Hall, Halifax, 
Yorkshire. 
Class 2. — Bulls, calved since the 1st of July, 1854, and more than one year old. 
First Prize, 25/., to No. 20, F. H. Fawkes, of Farnley Hall, Otley, 
Yorkshire. 
Second Prize, 15/., to No. 22, Mark Barroby, of Dishforth, Thirsk, 
Yorkshire. 
Class 3. — Bull calves, above six and under twelve months old. 
The Prize, 5/., to No. 37, Henry Ambler, of Watkinson Hall, Halifax, 
Yorkshire. 
Class 4. — Cows, in milk or in calf. 
First Prize, 20/., to No. 46, Lieut.-Col. Towneley, of Towneley Park, 
Burnley. 
Second Prize, 10/., to No. 45, Lieut.-Col. Towneley. 
Class 5. — Heifers , in milk or in calf, not exceeding three years old. 
First Prize, 15/., to No. 55, Lieut.-Col. Towneley. 
Second Prize, 10/., to No. 57, Richard Stratton, of Broad Hinton, near 
Swindon, Wilts. 
