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The awards in the sheep classes were : 
Leicesters. 
Class 1. — Shearling rams. 
First Prize, 25/., to No. 332, Tlios. E. Pawlett, of Beeston, Sandy, Beds. 
Second Prize, 15/., to No. 333, Thomas E. Pawlett, of Beeston. 
Class 2. — Rams of any other age. 
First Prize, 25/., to No. 368, Thomas E. Pawlett, of Beeston. 
Second Prize, 15/., to No. 375, B. W. Creswell, of Ravenstone, Ashby- 
de-la-Zouch. 
Class 3. — Pens of jive shearling ewes of the same flock. 
First Prize, 20/., to No. 386, J. G. Watkins, of Woodfield, Ombersley, 
Worcester. 
Second Prize, 10/., to No. 388, George Turner, of Barton, Exeter. 
South-Down, or other short-woolled Sheep. 
Class 1. — First Prize, 25/., to No. 434, Henry Overman, of Weasenham, 
Rougham, Norfolk. 
Second Prize, 15/., to No. 407, Jonas Webb, of Babraham, Cambridge- 
shire. 
Class 2. — First Prize, 25/., to No. 454, Lord Walsingham, of Merton 
Hall, Thetford. 
Second Prize, 15/., to No. 453, Lord Walsingham. 
Class 3. — First Prize, 20/., to No. 498, Lord Walsingham. 
Second Prize, 10/., to No. 490, Lord Walsingham. 
Long-woolled Sheep; 
not qualified to compete as Leicesters. 
Class 1. — First Prize, 25/., to No. 506, James Walker, of Northleach, 
Gloucester. 
Second Prize, 15/., to No. 503, Thomas Beale Brown, of Hampen, 
Andoversford, Gloucester. 
Class 2. — First Prize, 25/., to No. 531, William Lane, of Broadfield 
Farm, Northleach, Gloucester. 
Second Prize, 15/., to No. 538, William Game, jun., of Kilkenny Farm, 
Bibury, Gloucester. 
Class 3. — First Prize, 20/., to No. 551, William Lane, of Broadfield 
Farm, Northleach. 
Second Prize, 10/., to No. 550, William Lane, of Broadfield Farm, 
Northleach. 
Pigs. — “Boars of a large breed .” — With one or two ex- 
ceptions these animals were good. Those not properly 
entitled to this distinction were rather coarse, and some of 
the younger ones defective in the formation of their backs 
and shoulders. The first prize of £10, in Class 1, was awarded 
to a black boar, No. 568, the property of the Rev. T. C. 
James, of Ermington, Ivy Bridge, Devon. This animal had 
