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able. The first prize was a beautiful specimen, but rather 
undersized, the property of the Marquis de Vogue ; the others 
exhibited did not produce a favorable impression as to the 
Ayrshire breed. 
“ The Emperor exhibited three Ayrshires as extra stock. 
One of these, a heifer, was a beautiful creature, and would be 
difficult to beat even if exhibited in Ayrshire. Several of the 
Imperial establishment had cattle as extra stock ; the most 
of these were crosses between the Devon or Ayrshire with 
native breeds. 
“ SHEEP. 
“ There were no sheep belonging to France which possessed 
any real merit with the exception of the Merinos, and of these 
there were several splendid specimens. Besides the great 
superiority of their wool, several of these animals, at sixteen 
months old, surpassed in weight of carcass many of our large 
breeds of sheep. 
“The show of Leicesters and Cotswolds was good. 
£( All the prize Leicester sheep had dun faces and legs , some of 
them spotted , and could with no great stretch of fancy be 
classed as a cross between Leicester and Down sheep. The 
Cotsw T olds were remarkably fine animals. The flock of Mr. 
B. Browne, Gloucestershire, who furnished the majority of 
those taking prizes, should be examined by those desirous of 
becoming acquainted with this valuable breed. 
“ Of the Southdowns the exhibition was superb as regards 
the tups ; the ewes were not so well brought out. The whole 
of the tups exhibited by Messrs. Jonas Webb, Ellman, and 
Rigden, were creditable to their breeders. Mr. Jonas Webb 
sold about fifty to be forwarded from England, and at very 
high figures. The Emperor, who visited the show-yard on 
the afternoon of Thursday, conversed for a few minutes with 
Mr. Webb, admiring the symmetry of the prize tup. His 
Majesty asked Mr. Webb if the wool of the Southdown was 
as fine as the animal was beautiful. Upon Mr. Webb assuring 
him as to the superior quality of the wool, his Majesty next 
questioned Mr. Webb as to the quality of the mutton. Mr. 
