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wharf at St. Helier’s. We raav add, the Guernsey breeders are 
even more strict than this, for they will not allow a single Jersey animal 
to be imported into Guernsey. Mr. Le Sueur’s 1st prize was con¬ 
sidered by some of the Jersey breeders to be but a fourth or fifth- 
rate one, because he was leggy, light in colour, and otherwise 
favoured the Giuernsey type. This decision w^as more objectionable 
to most of the Jersey men, because what they considered the best 
bull was only Highly Commended. This animal is Mr. Elias 
Nicolle’s, Trinity, Jersey; the dam, too, of this bull was awarded 
the 1st prize at the Royal Meeting at Plymoutli, and 100 gs. were 
then offered for her to be taken to America. The decisions among 
the cows and heifers gave even more dissatisfaction, and there 
certainly was a large amount of inconsistency in Class 23; for if 
the light sandy colour, Guernsey type of heifer, be the right stamp 
of animal for the first prize, the very neat and beautiful fawn- 
coloured heifer, with black points, was not suited, with so much 
choice and excellence, to receive the 2nd prize. But this may be 
accounted for from the fact that a Jersey man and a Guernsey man, 
and an English resident in Guernsey, were the judges. Prejudice 
in these cases will not give way, so the judging probably proceeded 
on the principle of giving and taking.” 
The following are the awards in the cattle classes: 
DEVONS. 
Judges —Devon and Sussex cattle—Messrs. Ford and Treraain; Herefords 
and Shorthorns—Messrs. Thomson and Baldwin. 
Class 1. For the best Bull, exceeding 2 and not exceeding 4 years old on 
the 1st June, 1869.—25^., Mr. Walter Farthing, Stowey Court, Bridgewater, 
10/., Mr. James H. Buller, Downes, Crediton, Devon. 
Class 2. For the best Bull, not exceeding 2 years old on 1st June, 1869.— 
20/., Mr. Walter Farthing ; 10/., ditto. 
Class 3. For the best Cow in calf.—15/., Mr. W. G. Nixey, Upton Court 
Farm, Slough, Bucks; 10/., Mr. Walter Farthing. 
Class 4. For the best Heifer in calf, not exceeding 3 years old on the 1st 
June, 1869.—15/., Mr. Nixey ; 10/., Mr. J. H. Buller. 
•Class 5. For the best Heifer not exceeding 2 years old on the 1st of June.— 
10/., Mr. R. Burton, Place Burton, Broadclyst, Devon; 5/., Mr. W. Farthing. 
Commended : Mr. J. H. Buller. * 
SHORTHORNS. 
Class 6. For the best Bull, exceeding 2 and not exceeding 4 years old on the 
1st June, 1869.— 25/., Messrs. Game and Son, Broadmoor, Gloucestershire; 
10/., Mr. R. Stratton, Burddrop, Swindon, Wilts. Highly Commended: Lady 
Pigot, Branches Park, Suffolk. 
Class 7. For the best Bull, not exceeding 2 years old on 1st June, 1869.— 
20/., the Right Hon. Lord Studely, Teddington House, Winchcombe; IC/., Mr. 
R. Stratton, Swindon. Highly Commended: Mr. G. Game, Churchill Heath, 
Chipping Norton, Oxon. 
Class 8. For the best Cow in calf.—15/., Lady E. Pigot; 10/., Mr. J. Atkins, 
Barton Peverill, Bishopstoke. 
Class 9. For the best Heifer in calf, not exceeding 3 years old on 1st June, 
1869.—15/., Mr. James How, Broughton, Huntingdon; 10/., Mr. G. Game. 
Highly Commended : Mr. G. Game. 
ClassTO. For the best Heifer, not exceeding 2 years old on 1st June, 1869.— 
10/. and 5/., Mr. R. Stratton. Highly Commended; Lady E. Pigot. 
