As a rule most men in a shed are trying' to be up to a certain mark, or to be up< to or pass something or somebody. The', .cr&ck Bhearer in a shed can often shear! 100, 120, and even 130 sheep daily, while! Bhearing ewes or 'small sheep. \ 1 And sucha man, even when not closely, -pushed- 1 by another who can nearly ap- 1 prba'ch<-this large ■ tally, will very fre-' quently make the 1 greatest possible exer-j tiori to keep up his high daily score, and; have the high honour among his mates of, 'being- termed "the don," or "the ringer, of : the • shed." 'But when the crack shearer is very closely followed by an other' man in his heavy day's .tally, it iB amusing -to note how day after day the better man will contrive to score his 133! 134 sheep. to the 128, 129, or 130 of the man' who is following him so closely., And the case is precisely the same' ■throughout the whole shed, no matter; now large it may be. Shearers of every rank, 1 kind, and degree will race if allowed) the slightest' shadow of ■ a chance. The' 'great problem of a shed i 3 how to keep' r them 'from it. .Even • the poor bungler who can only shear 40 sheep a-day, if he 'have a' neighbour who comes near his own] small number, will frequently race him to .the best of his poor ability, at such a rate that tho manager of the shearing floor is compelled to call them to order, making it imperative that they should stop racing, and take the wool off cleaner, and in a more. workmanlike manner. And the. racing mania was always one of the greatest pests •in managing shearing. A man observed that he was working sheep for sheep, or nearly so, with one near him, and in shearer's dialect, he " took to him at once," or, in other words, he com menced to race. It is singular to notice how soon the shearer will observe that an other is running him, or striving to out do him. 