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Class 2. — Males above two years. 
There were 16 competitors. 
1st Prize — Lord Feversham. Breeder, the late Earl Ducie. 
2d Prize — Mr. Crisp. Breeder, the exhibitor. 
3d Prize — Lord Talbot. Breeder, Mr. Crisp. 
4th Prize — R. Stratton. Breeder, the exhibitor. 
5th Prize — Prince Albert. Breeder, Mr. Fawkes, Yorkshire. 
In the first-prize bull, the four middle placed incisors had 
been replaced by the permanent teeth ; he was entered as 
being twenty- six months old, and which, no doubt, was 
correct. Some thought he was older. The girth and length 
of the three bulls were : 
1st Prize — age 26 months — Girth, 7 feet 10 inches. 
Length, 5 „ 8 „ 
2d Prize — age 41 months — Girth, 8 „ 4 „ 
Length, 5 ,, 8 „ 
3d Prize— age 84 months — Girth, 8 „ 9 99 
Length, 5 „ 10 „ 
The latter is the first-prize bull of 1853, at Lewes, 
Perth, &c. 
DURHAMS — FEMALES. 
Females under two years. 
There were 7 competitors. 
1st Prize — T. Ball, Ireland. 
2d Prize — Comte d’Aspremont, Belgium. Breeder, Mr. 
Emmerson, Yorkshire. 
3d Prize — Prince Albert. 
Females above two years. 
There were 16 competitors. 
1st Prize — R. Stratton, Wiltshire. Bred by the exhibitor. 
2d Prize — T. Ball, Ireland. Breeder, Mr. John Turner, 
Ireland. 
3d Prize — Marquis de Talhouet. Breeder, Mr. Stratton. 
4th Prize — Mr. Cartwright, Northamptonshire. Breeder, 
Mr. Topham. 
“ In the class of females above 2 years old, T. Ball exhi- 
