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BATH AXD WEST OF ENGLAND ASSOCIATION. 
HEREFORDS. 
Class 11. For the best Bull, exceeding 2 and not exceeding 4 years old on 
1st June, 1869.—25/., Mr. J. H. Arkwright, Hampton Court, Leominster; 10/., 
Mr. W. Rossiter, Strangways, Marnhull, Blandford. 
Class 12. For the best Bull, not exceeding 2 years old on the 1st June, 
1869.—20/., Mr. N. Benjafield, Short’s Green Farm, Motcombe, Shaftesbury; 
10/., Mr. W. B. Simonds, M.P., Abbotts Barton, Winchester. 
Class 13. For the best Cow in calf.—15/., Mr. J. D. Allen, Tisbury; 10/., 
l^Ir. W. Tudge, Adforton, Leintwardine, Herefordshire. Highly Commended : 
Mr. J. H. Arkwright. 
Class 14. For the best Heifer in calf, not exceeding 3 years old on 1st June, 
1869.-15/., Mr. W. Tudge ; 10/., Mr. J. H. Arkwright, Leominster. Highly 
Commended and Commended: Mr. J. W. James, Blandford. 
Class 15. For the best Heifer, not exceeding 2 years old on the 1st June, 
1869.—10/., Mr. W. Tudge; 5/., Mr. J. W. James, Mappowder, Blandford. 
SUSSEX STOCK. 
Class 16. No entry. 
Class 17. For the best Bull, not exceeding 2 years old on the 1st June, 
1869.—20/., Mr. T. Smith, Beckley, Staplehurst; 10/., Messrs. J. and A. 
Heasmann, Angmering, Arundel. 
Class 18. For the best Cow in calf.—15/., Mr. W. Botting, Hurstpierrepont ; 
10/., Mr. T. Smith. Highly Commended: Mr. G. ^Jenner, Rye. Commended: 
Messrs. Heasman. 
Class 19. For the best Heifer in calf, not exceeding 3 years old on the 1st 
June, 1869.—15/. and 10/., Messrs. Heasman. 
CHANNEL ISLANDS. 
Judges. —Mr. J. James, Guernsey; Mr. M. Gibaut, Jersey; and Mr. 
Middleton, Cutslowe, Oxford. 
Class 21. For the best Bull, not exceeding 4 years old on the 1st June, 
1869.—10/., Mr. T. Le Sueur, Maufant, St. Saviour’s, Jersey; 5/., Mr. F. Pittis, 
Newport, Isle of Wight. Highly Commended : Mr. Elias Nicolle, La Fontaine, 
Trinity, Jersey. 
Class 22. For the best Cowin calf.—10?., Mr. T. Maindonald, St. Peter Port, 
Guernsey; 5/., Mr. N. Arthur, St. Mary’s, Jersey. Highly Commended: Capt. 
F. A. Makse, R.N., Holly Hill, Southampton. Commended: Mr. Arthur. 
Class 23. For the best Heifer, not exceeding 2 years old on the 1st June, 
1869.—10/., Mr. J. Dorey, St. Martin’s Jersey; 5/., Mr. j. D. Sherston, Bram- 
shaw, Lyndhurst. Highly Commended: Mr. D. Le Cheminant, Sablons, 
Gueftsey. Commended : Mr. P. Gaudin, St. Helier’s, Jersey. 
Sheep. —The sheep were a good show as a whole, although there 
were some very inferior animals present. The Leicesters were 
placed 1st on the list, and Mr. Sanday, of Holmepierrepont, took 
the two 1st prizes in the ram classes with sheep that were of an 
excellent form and of a creditable size as Leicesters now go. These 
sheep, as we have often remarked, are not thrifty enough in either 
muscle or wool for this go-a-head age. But we hope the great 
value of the sheep as a pure breed, and for improving Lincoln and 
Northamptonshire sheep, and for crossing with Hampshire Downs, 
will long be appreciated, as it would undoubtedly prove to be a 
great loss to the country if this woolly tribe were merged entirely 
into other breeds, or become altogether extinct. 
Of Cotswolds there were only nine lots, but they were of their 
usual large, fine, and white character—excepting one, however, for 
