The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-07-25 00:00:00

THE ROYAL SHOW.

The annual meeting of the Royal Agriceltural Show,
which wax established 10.19. has been held during the
past week at Birmingham. Heretofore there has
been a week devoted to the exhibition of implements
and to the trial of reapers, mowers, and cultivators,
before the usual show of etoek, but this year is had been
arranged that the opening of the implemeat yard should
precede the cattle ahow by two days ooly, and that the
experiments on agricultural implements snd machines
should be deferred until tle autumn The chance of
arrangements had the effect of materially diminishing
the number of visitors to the implement yard on Tuesday.
The alteration Is said to have been instigated by the
' desire to give a Saturday and Monday (the holidays of the
I working classee in the busy district,,) to those classes.
'rho show yard at Aston grounds is conveniently and
rottipactly arranged. The total amount to be disposed
in prizes is no lees than £1,355, exceeding by over .Cl.OOO
the amount similarly appropriated annually during the
last ten years. Far from the least interesting feature of
the show is the display of rattle occupying go conspicuous
a place in the central avenue.
There are only half-a-dozen entries in the clam of cows
exceeding three yearn old ; but the first prior roan,
'Queen Mare." shown the Bev. It, It Kennard, is an
animal of rare quality. She has previously won at Here-
ford and other places, and has, in bas t, never been beaten.
Mr. Kennard takes the firgi. prize for Cow, less than three
years old, as welt as the second, with " Illoassoni Second"
and "Olga," booth descended from "1 :rand Duke of
Oxford," the /tire also of " queen Mary." These honours
are obtained in a strongly filled class of Zt specimens.
The Herefords do red quite satisfy connoisseurs belonging
to the district in which they prevail. They are said to be
weak, all they certainly are, in point of number, though
in other respects they are well capable of maintaining the
reputation of their race. The Queen sends a specitnen of
this clam, but it does not surneed in carrying any of the
honours Of Devout, them is a magnificent collection.
In the clam of older bulls not a specimen is passed with-
out notice by the judge,, Mr. Farthing takes the first
prize with an animal which is a real picture of excellence.
This hull, "Master Robin," has Rune of his progeny in
the show, taking !femme, in other classes, as they well
deserve to do. Mr. Smith makes an appearance or two in
these classes, but without any result, though he has often
fought snecessful tattles against Mr. Farthing and all
other Devon antagonists. Almost the same may he said
of Mr. Senior, whose five attempt, are only rewarded with
one third prize anti one commendation. The classes for
Jerseys were very fairly tilled, and on the whole the
animals exhibited were of a high-class charm-ter. The
third prize for bulls went to a dark fawn bull, the property
of Mr. H. A. Rig& of Walton-on-Thames • cleanly-built
animal, of sytunietrical proportion,,. This animal wax
very closely run by the exhibit of Mr. C. I). W. thew, the
merits of whose " l'rince Chancy" the Judges recognised
sufficiently to label it "reserved." Guersaeys are a small
but very good show. The Sussex breed will be examined
with curiosity by Midland obeervers, for to most of them
it is a novelty. It no doubt merits &separate classfication,
but it bears so strong a resemblance to the Devon that
the difitrences between them are not very easy to point
out. The show of Longhorns is the finest that has ever
been brought together.
We shall, however, see. in addition to the wonderfully
perfect new machine. of Messrs. Nornsby, a great novelty
In the shape of a Croeskill reaper, propelled by steam.
cutting a 12ft wide swathe--another clever and at the
same time, apparently very practical invention of Messrs.
Aveling and Porter, of Rochester.
It may safely be sabi that such an entry so 421 horses.
174 cattle. 4117 pens of sheep, and 191 pens of pigs or •
total of 1,4a4, conetitutes a display of live stock far exceed-
ing any yet achieved by the Royal or probably any other
Society. There are no fewer than 118 shcrthorns. The
grand clans of 15 aged belle is headed by the Marquis of
Exeter's Telemachus Vt.. • very stylish light roan bull,
with specially good forequarter and full chine, in high
condition, and possessing a superb quality of flesh, under
a coat which is somewhat too harsh—a fine animal, but
not with such a foreflank as distinguished his sire.
The Shorthorn cows number but four, several entries
having failed to appear. That the Rev. R. Bruce Kennard's
Queen Mary hi first can only be considered a matter of
°MOW. There is nothing to COMO anywhere near this
s:.hpeicrhbarecoaildi breed
edly excelled he
rienrs lcaloo.ki
ttmicy.
ek.
patonsspei;l7.ennds
general grandeur—we mean such rarities. as Colonel
Towneley's Victoria, and Beauty's Butterfly: Mr. Booth's
Lady Fragrant, Queen of the Ocean, and same others of
earlier slate. almost as much noted. Mr. F. Hilton
Ilutchinson's Istly Alicia is second: Itessrs. W. and H.
Dielding's massive cow, Blooming Bride, Is third ; and
Mr. Ambrose Robotham's Eleanor, the reserved number.
LOCAL PRI Z [MEN.
AITL/L

SIIOIITIIOIISI. --Cow, shove three years old.- Ist, /420. the
Rei. R. B. Kentianl, !gondlord, Dorset, "I.lucen Ilary."
Reiter In milk or in call, not exceeding three years old.—
let, a?,20. the Rea. Il II Kennani, of klanihull, "Bloom
11. ;" .2nd. IS, the Hai. It 11. Kennard. "Olgra."—Twiim
alr,ve one and not exceeding tirr, you"of
£5 The Rei. Robert Rm.: Kennard, Illandlord, Dorset,
"lole."

1111Ut1011.14

Bull. above two and not exceeding three years old.— 2nd.
LE,, Mr lA. C. Day), Iteaminster, Itorait, Lund Compton."
all.we rule sad Dot CSCCOIIIIII/ two years
old end, £IO, Mr. IV It. Penni. South Petherton, Somerset -
abler.
Ullt, 0115.

Bull, above three jeers C 2.5, Mr. W. Farthing,
Brithrweter, Somerset, "Master Robin ;" 2nd, Cl 5, Mr. J.
Gould, Exeter, "Tempter:" 3rd, Cl, Viscount Falmouth,
Protons, Cornwall, " Kingcret." Reserved and highly cot.-
mend.i, major R 11. Buller, CD., Credlton, Devon Bull,
above two and not exceeding three years okl. -let, Y-25,
Viscount Falmouth, Tregothnan, Cornwall, "Duke 01 'Fre
gotbnan ;" 2nd. 1:15, Viscount Falmouth, "The Only Jones
, 3rd, L. Mr W. Farthing, Bridgwater, "Jack," Reserved,
Mrs. tampion, North Molten, Devon. "p.ke of Flitton
Yearling bull, above one end not exceeding two years old
let, C 25, Mr. W. Farthing, Bridgwater. Somerset, "Master
James ;"2nl. £l5, Viscount Falmouth, "Sirloin." Reserved,
Viocount Falmouth. "Romany Rye Kull calf, above six and
not exceeding twelve months old. Ist. CIO, and 2nd, FS, Mr.
Farthing, Ihidgwatet ; hall navel by "The Duke." Reserved
awl hLehly commended, Her Majesty the Queen, Windww
Nati.% "Prim? Albert Victor," reserved, Mrs. langdon.
North Molten, Devon, "Duke of Flittna,
13th." -Cow, above three years old lot, fDt. Mr. Farthing,
Bridgwater, "Prettyface •" Did, £lO. Lengths), North
Molton, Devon. "Actress .2nd :" 3rd, LI, Mr. W Perry, Alder,
Levedoen. Devon," Dlrymaid." Reserved, )Ir. T. L. Senior,
eskury. Buck+, " Moo Rose :" Major R 11. Buller.
lresiiton, De.£s. heifer in•milk or in-call, not exceeding
three yeast o.d. lot, Llo, Mrs, Langdon, Flittou Barton,
North Moltox, Deicn, 'Axxress kth ; 2nd, £lO, Her Majesty
ths teen, Windsor Cattle, " Florence led, s..x. Her Majesty
the .en, "Alice." Yearling heifer, above one and not
...Seeding two yeses old.—let, Cl 5. Mr. W. Farthing, Bride-
. • itud £lO, Mr (I. Turner, Exeter, "Royal Duchess"
tsd r,_Aylesb_ur.s;.. Ilwttokste
water : •R. Buller, 0.11 , Croditon. D•Voll. Reserve
3rd, 1.5. Major
• 'x and under twelvemonths
" Miss Ethel." He calf, &bent at
old Ist, £lO, Mr. iler. W. Farthing. Ril'ittwatsr : 5, The
Viscount Portmen, Blaodtord, Dorset, " Ladybinl "