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with four exhibits, were all good, the first and second prize 
animals particularly so. Class 208 (shearling ewes). — This 
class, although containing only three exhibits, was exception- 
ally fine, and never, thinks the Judge, have there been two 
better pens of ewes shown than the first and second prize 
pens. Class 209 (ewe lambs). — The^first, second, and third 
prize pens in this class were well grown and fine specimens 
of the breed. 
Lincolns. — This breed was well represented and the exhibits 
were of very high quality. In Class 212, for five shearling 
rams, fifty animals of very high merit were exhibited. The 
ram lambs (Class 213) were very good, and the shearling 
ewes, in the opinion of the Judges, were as near perfection as 
they had ever seen. They also consider that the Champion 
sheep, Mr. Henry Dudding’s shearling ram (No. 1781), is 
quite one of the best that has ever been exhibited (see Fig. 4, 
opposite to page 145). 
Leicesters. — Of the nine exhibits in Class 216 (shearling 
rams), the first prize animal (No. 1824) is a beautiful up- 
standing sheep, with good skin and firm mutton. The second 
prize sheep (No. 1821) was a typical Leicester, with many good 
points, but had rather light skin ; the wool showed great quality 
when opened and carefully examined. The third prize sheep 
(No. 1825) was a very useful and thoroughly typical sheep, with 
good skin and clean bone. The ram lambs in Class 217 were 
forward in condition, and looked blooming and well in their 
coats. The first prize pen (No. 1829) were very good lambs 
indeed, and the first (No. 1838) and second (No. 1839) prize 
winners in Class 218 (shearling ewes) stood out alone. With 
one exception the whole of the ewe lambs in Class 219 were 
quite up to the usual standard of excellence. 
Cotswolds. — An average collection. The first (No. 1847) 
and second (No. 1849) prize sheep in the shearling ram class 
(220) were grand specimens of the breed. The same may be 
said of the shearling ewe class, and the lambs were very strong, 
but a short entry. 
Border Leicester Sheep. — In Class 224 (shearling rams), the 
quality was of average merit, and the winner (No. 1862) showed 
the best points of the breed. The competition in Class 225 
(ram lambs) and in the succeeding classes was limited. 
Kent or Romney Marsh. — The representation of this breed, 
numbering sixty-four entries, was the largest since the 
Maidstone Meeting of 1899, when there were eiglity-six 
entries. The two-shear rams (Class 228) were of good type 
and wool. Class 229 (shearling rams) was well filled with 
twenty-one entries of excellent sheep, seldom seen together, 
