The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-19 00:00:00

SCORES.

Points.

Captain A. H, Gregg, 27th Cheshire
Lieut. Goodcliffe, L.R.B l6
Private Pridmore, 22d Middlesex l6
W. J. Stacey, Ist S. Middlesex
Private T, Brooks, Ist Devon l5
EXTRA. PRIZES 4TH SERIES. 800 YARDS. HIGHEST

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Royal Agricultural Show at Newcastle ' •

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RITCA.S TLE N. TYNif Monday. ,t,l
A splendid day has drawn a large \number oft-;itt
visitors, including many ladies, though the admis.l
sion fee is half-a-sovereign ; evidently, public judg4
ing of the live stock and free admittance to mem-
bers is working well for the funds of the Society.
To day the implement stands are passed by ; the
company flocking to the long lines of shedding,
where
,the prize tickets are being nailed up over
stalls and pens, and critics assemble around the
winnirg beats and sheep. The main points of
attraction have been the Judges' ring ; and Messrs.
Wiley, Parkinson, and Robinson received specially
marked attention throughout all their arduous ex.
amination of the Shorthorns. The show of this
breed is extraordinary both for numbers and quality.
There are no less than 175 entries, and for general
excellence altogether an unparalleled competition.
In the aged bull class, Mr. Amos Cruickshank, of
Sittytan, Aberdeensitire, wins the first priv with

his bull Forth, which was the winner At the High-

land Society's meeting at Kelso; cod Viscount
Strathallan, of Auchterarder, Perthshire, takes the
second place with his Fosco. Mr. Cruickshank's
is a magnificent beast, with a Wonderful back and
hips, a good head, and a fine coat. The judges were
a long time over the 14 2-yr-old bulls, the final
competition lying between Mr. Eastwood's The
Hero, Mr. Peel's Abbot of Knowlemere, Mr. Gell's
Master Goldschmidt and Royal Butterfly 11 of Mr.
W. Stirliug, of Dunblane, Perthshire, which car.
ried off the first prize. This bull was the first at
Worcester last year. Mr. Peel's second prize bull
is straight, and good in the fore quarter, but his
colour is not a good roan. Scotland is taking away
many of the honours; but in this class the winning
bull is of Colonel Towneley's breed. The class of
yearling bulls is very well filled, and among the
bull calves are several of superb character. We
have never before had anything like so large and
fine a show of shorthorn cows, heifers, and heifer
calves, and the awards must necessarily be made too
late in the day for announcement in the present
report.

Messrs. Franklin, Keary, and Gough had lighter
work with the Herefords; but the show is ex-
tremely good, considering their long distance from
home. Mr. Taylor's prize bull was third at Batter.
sea meeting, and first at Worcester last year. Mr,
Baldwin's prize two-year•old was first at Battersea
meeting, and second at Worcester. Mr. Dackham
wins in the yearling class, beating Mr. Wright,
whose second prize bull was second as a calf last
year.

Mr Baldwin's prize heifer was second at Wor-
cester last year, and the prize yearling heifer of
the same breeder was first on the same occasion.
This affords an indication of the high character of
the present show.

Among Devons, Mr. W. Farthing, Major-General
Hoste (with a bull and a heifer from the Royal
farms), Mr. George Turner, and Mr. A. Smith are
the prize-takers. The show is small, but of average
excellence,

This is the first year of the classes for Scotch
cattle, and probably the fact had not been well
advertised in North Britain—but still the show is
full and creditable, The black gems in this depart-
ment are the animals of Mr. M'Combie of Tillyfour,
Aberdeen, one of the polled cows having been the
winner at Battersea. The Newcastle local prizes
for Galloways have also brought a good competition.
The Leicester sheep are in great force. Mr Barton,
Mr Pawlet, and Mr Creswell are the prize-takers.
The Cotswolds are not very numerous, but some
grand specimens are exhibited, Mr Beale Brown
and Mr Lane showing sheep of great merit.
The Oxfordshire Downs make a large and fine
class ; Mr George Wallis, of Farringdon, clearing
off all the prizes ; and yet Mr Druce and Mr Chas.
Howard have some good pens in competition.
The South Downs are a good show, though not
numerous, so far from their native haunts. Lord
Walsingham has come with no fewer than 12 shear..
ling rams, taking first and second prizes ; and also
prizes for ewes. Mr. Rigden takes third place in
the shearling ram class, and the Duke of Richmond
and Sir Thomas Leonard are Inwhere.

The Shropshires also show exceedingly well ;
and the Cheviots, "Black Lees, and Hordwicks make
up rx very interesting feature of the meeting.
The horse ring, a large oval space roped in and
surrounded by horseboxes, has been an exciting
scene from 8 o'clock this morning.

The show is small, though in point of quality it
stands well. Toe thoroughbreds aro fairly repre-
sented. The stud horses number 10—Littlecote,
Gamester, who won the St. Leger, Carbineer, Lay•
ton, Laughing-stock, with fine action, Buccaneer,
Cavendish, the most perfect animal in the yard for
power, quality, and style, Lord Chesterfield, Sir W.
Scott, and Schuloft, Action settled the day in
favour of Messrs. Moffitt's Laughing-stock (who
wins the £lOO prize), who may be supposed to be
more lively on his legs at 5 years of age than
Cavendish (who takes the £25) or Gamester at 8.
The hunter class is the speciality of the show. The
5,6, and 4 year old classes of mares or geldings are
well sustained, and the adjudications seem to win
the appreciation of all save the undistinguished
exhibitors. There is clearly a leaning to more bone,
and the judges have in view the production of horses
up to weight;

While the steam-plough trials have been going
on (and they are not yet completed) the competition
of horse-ploughs has attracted great interest—the
picked ploughmen of all England (some of them
with fancy teams well up in premium :plaughing,
brought all the way from Suffolk and Bedford'
shire) executing their score of furrows, which are
to settle the championship among the polished
mouldboards and blue beams and handles for three
years to come. Out of the large number of exhig
bitors in the field, the contest was close between

the great firms, Messrs. Howard, of Bedford,
and Messrs Ransomes and Sims, of Ipswich ; Busby,
Hunt and Pickering, and one or two others coming
up as good thirds and fourths, In ploughing tin.
to 10in. deep, in light or stiff sOil, we do not per-
ceive any marked progress since the Warwick meets
ing; and there are few improvements in details of
the now perfected plough, by way of simplification
or enhanced efficiency. It is very evident that local
and smaller makers are unable to produce such ex-
quisite workmanship in cast and wrought metal as
that sent out by the few great makers ; and whether
you prefer a solid beam from Bedford, or a trussed
beam from Ipswich, whether you choose to cut a flat
and level furrow bottom or a sharp-angled furrow-
slice for the harrow, whether you seek a share to
pierce deeply into the subsoil, a ridge-plough, a
turnwrest, and so on, you can be equally
well sup-
plied—no matter if the manufacturer came off first
or second at this triennial Derby. The judges have
divided the £3O " for the class of wheel-
ploughs" as
follows :—£ls to Messrs. X. and F. Howard, for
their general purpose plough; 108 to Messrs.
-
Ransomes and Sims, for their light land plough ;
and £7 10s to the same firm,
for their heavy land
plough. The £3O for swing
ploughs is divided thus:
—ll5 to Messrs. Ransoms and Sims, for their heavy
land plough; £7 10$ to the same firm for their light
and 10e to Messrs,
land plough ; M'Gregor and
Humphrey, for their heavy land plough. Mr. Ben-
tall wins the prize of £lO for the subsoil plough;
and Messrs. Hunt and Pickering the prize of £lO
for their paring plough. 11Iessrs. J. and F. Howard
obtain three high commendati.ms for ploughs ;
Messrs. Ransome and Sims one high commendation
for a plough ; and a silver medal is awarded to
Messrs. Hancock for
their pulverizer plough.
Grubbers and iva lf t
cu ors preserve their old forms,
with here and there an attempted improvement in
the leverage of lifting and lowering into work.
Coleman and Morton, Bentall, and Charles Clay are
still the great names in this valuable class of mem
chanism. Among clod crushers and rollers some
singularities of construction are visible. The Bever.
ley Iron Company have introduced new details into
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the Crosskill clod crusher, making it both more
durable and effective.
The steam plough prizes Will be published toe
morrow.

BREAKAGE IN THE CHANNEL TELT:GRA/1X
CATILP.—RAMSGATE, July
17.—The Caroline, from Lon-
don, arrived her© at 9 p.m. yesterday. having broken the
te:egraph oablo between, paver and Ostend, and milled to-
day to pick it up,