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prize animals were of quite different characters, Birdsall Cham- 
pion, the one ultimately placed first, being well-grown for his 
age, he carried himself well, had nice quality of flesh, with 
great depth of body. The second bull is a tightly built, short 
legged animal, with a strong back and good ribs, but has less 
male character in his head and neck than would be desired. 
Four very promising youngsters followed. 
In the Group class for males Lord Middleton won with two 
two-year-old and two yearling bulls, the Duke of Northumber- 
land following with a nice lot of three. Lord FitzHardinge 
won the special prize for the best yearling bull in Gloucestershire 
with Brave Marquis . 
In the competition for the male Championship the aged bull 
Montrave Ethling and the two-year-old Woodend Stamp were 
selected. There was a slight unevenness along the old bull’s 
back, yet his depth of body, his character and his handle gave 
him a strong claim for highest honours. The two-year-old, as 
we have remarked, with his beautifully finished quarters, good 
ribs and perfect back, was difficult to set aside, although his 
somewhat uneven underline and hard hair were to some extent 
objectionable. He was ultimately awarded Champion, (see 
Fig. 2), the old bull being made the reserve number animal. 
Dairy Shorthorns.— The Judges were pleased to report very 
favourably on these classes generally. They were well filled 
with excellent examples of the dual purpose Shorthorn, the 
breeding of which it is the aim of the R.A.S.E. and the Dairy 
Shorthorn Association to promote in offering these prizes, 
which not only help towards the above object, but also 
enable breeders to exhibit animals in natural and healthy 
breeding condition, without prejudice to their chance of 
winning prizes ; for one of the best features of this compara- 
tively new movement is that the dairy cow is not improved in 
appearance by excessive and injurious feeding as seems to be 
the case in the ordinary way of exhibition. The Judges are 
therefore of opinion that these classes are amply justified, and 
that a great future is opened for a reform in the show system 
which is likely to be of great benefit to the dairy industry of 
this country, also to breeders of pedigree Shorthorns who have 
hitherto held back from exhibiting their animals, well knowing 
how disastrous is the high feeding associated with successful 
showing. 
Class 105, for the best cow, in milk, calved in or before 
1908, had an entry of twenty-four. The two placed first and 
second stood out clearly ahead of all other competitors and 
were both exceptionally good, giving large quantities of milk, 
from excellently shaped udders, and their scale, make, shape, 
and style left nothing to be desired, they were of similar type 
