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a fair quantity of hair, and which we should have liked better 
had it been of finer texture. We are not among the advocates 
of hairless pigs, but give the preference to a uniform hirsute 
covering of the body of the finest quality, as nature’s best 
means of protecting the skin from the scorching influence of 
the solar rays of summer, and the sedative effects of the cold 
of winter. 
The second prize of £5 in this class was given to No. 560, 
J. Harrison, Jun., of Heaton Norris, Stockport. The other 
awards in the pig classes were : — 
Class 2. — Boars of a small breed. 
Eirst Prize, 10/., to No. 589, Thomas Crisp, of Chillesford Lodge, Wood- 
bridge, Suffolk. 
Second Prize, 5/., to No. 592, Richard England of Arthington, Otley, 
Yorkshire. 
Class 3. — Breeding sow of a large breed. 
The Prize, 10/., to No. 604, William B. Wainman, of Carhead, Cross 
Hills, Yorkshire. 
Class 4. — Breeding sow of a small breed. 
The Prize, 10/., to No. 631, H. Scott Hayward, of Eolkington, Willing- 
don, Sussex. 
Class 5. — Ben of three breeding sow-pigs of a large breed , of the same litter , 
above four and under eight months old. 
The Prize, 10/., to No. 650, Rev. Charles Thomas James, of Ermington, 
Ivy Bridge, Devon. 
Class 6. — Ben of three breeding sow-pigs of a small breed , of the same litter , 
above four and under eight months old. 
The Prize, 10/., to No. 656, Robert H. Watson, of Bolton Park, Wigton, 
Cumberland. 
Among the “boars of a small breed” were two or three 
animals which might more properly have been placed with 
those of the large breed, and others also that were too much 
overloaded with fat. In this class two animals w T ere dis- 
qualified, as the state of their dentition indicated that they 
exceeded the age named in the owner’s certificate. 
The “ sows of a large breed” were on the whole very good. 
There were, however, two of them of the largest size and 
least attractive form to breeders we have almost ever seen. 
Their long bodies, arched backs, and gaunt sides strangely 
contrasted with others in the class, and drew forth many a 
