The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-01 00:00:00

CATTLE

There were several fine bulls ; but by far the finest was a
beautiful, large, symmetrical animal belonging to Richard
Almond, Esq., of Standish. He is of a roan and white color,
and is named " Violin," got by Paganini, whose sire was
Magnum Bonum. He is a regular beauty, perfect in every
point, and became not only " the bull " but the " lion" of
the show. He is only two years and eleven mouths old, and
won the prize of ten guineas at the Manchester Meeting on
the previous day. Mr. Barton, of Caldy, and Mr. Webster,
of Upton, (in Cheshire,) showed two fine bulls, the former
obtaining a prize of 10 sovereigns. Mr. Robinson, of Bold,
also showed a bull, as extra stock, for which the society's
medal was awarded. A beautiful farmer's bull, a roan, ob-
tained a prize of 10 sovereigns for Mr. Barton.
Amongst the cow and bull calves there were some of a very
compact and promising description. The show of cows for
feeding after milking was good. Our townsman, Mr. Davies,
of Copperas Hill, took a prize of 3 sovereigns. Mr. Hayes,
of Prescot, showed a very large, tine, fat cow, and was
awarded 5 sovereigns, the first prize. For two remarkably
tine cows, in-calf, Mr. P. Greanhall, of St. Helens, obtained
7 sovereigns. For another, (both of the short-horned breed,)
Mr. Almond, of Standish, got the second prize. Our neigh-
bour. Mr. S. Scotson. of Toxteth-park, was again a success-
ful competitor in more than one department. He obtained
a prize for a one-year-old heifer and another for a two-year-
old. Of this last description, a heifer brought by Mr. Al-
mond got the first prize of 4 sovereigns.

The show of pigs was altogether extraordinary, exceeding,
indeed, all former displays, and adding to the long established
reputation of the county in the rearing of excellent porkers,
We never indeed saw,so tine a collection, whether as regards
breed or condition, and we have no hesitation in saying that
if their proprietors had had timely notice and fair play at the
Royal Agricultural Society's meeting, in July, they would
have left nearly all, if not all, the competitors on that occasion
immeasurably behind. They attracted very great arid de-
served attention. Mr. Tomlinson, of Pottery-brow, Tox-
teth-park, showed a splendid sow with six pigs, and a fine
boar of the most approved modern breed. They obtained
prizes of three and four sovereigns respectively. Mr. B.
Martin also got a prize of three sovereigns for a fine boar.
The breeding sows were of the choicest description. One
large sow with fifteen thumping " young uns was a sub-
ject of wonderment. They tilled a whole pen. There was
another fine one with nine. We observed a very large fierce
looking grizzly boar with a turned up snout, and enormous
tusks. He appeared to claim descent from the porcine wood-
land aristocracy of " the olden time ", with a look of wild-
ness that would render him an ugly customer to meet in a
narrow lane. His shaggy countenance seemed the veritable
original of the so frequently depicted and popular sign of the
" boar's head".

SHEEP

The show was not numerous, but on the whole choice.
Some fine fat wethers from the estate of the Hon. Edward
Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, Bart., of Mostyn Hall, Flintshire,
obtained the first prize of two sovereigns. In yearlings, long
wool ewes, the first prize was awarded to Mr. Lowndes, of
West Derby. Mr. Scotson showed the finest long wool
rums, and Mr. Lowndes the second—both gaining prizes.
There were also some fine fat ewes, and yearling short wool
lambs, but we could not obtain the names of the owners—
which we suggest it would be gratifying to the public to affix
on future occasions to the prize cards.