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THIRD TEAM. 



Spright, 7 yr«. old mare, iu foal to Briton, £31 lOa., Mr. 

 Bruce. 



Trimmer, 10 yrs. old gelding, £22 1 s., Mr. Uelf. 



Darby, 10 yrs. old brown mare, in foal to Briton, £34 13s., 

 Mr. Pepper. 



Duke, 5 yrs. old gelding, £69 Gs., Mr. Lucas. 



Boxer, 8 yrs. old gelding, £29 Ss., Mr. Pratt, 



Dapper, 10 yrs. old red mare, in foal to Briton, £42, Mr. 

 K.Cooper. 



FOURTH TEAM. 



Brag, 12 yrs. old mare, £29 83., Mr. Brandreth. 

 Farmer, 11 yrs. old gelding, £29 8s., Mr. Howlett. 

 Scott, 11 yrs. old mare, iu foal to Briton, £30 Qs., Mr. 

 Bruce. 



STALLIONS. 



Captain, 8 yrs. old, by Crisp's Captain, dam diamond, bred 

 by the late Mr. Shaw Kesgrave, £147, Mr. K. Cooper. 



Briton, by Barthropp's Newcastle Captain, dam Mr. Shaw's 

 mare, £106, Mr. Pawsey. 



A yearling colt, by Briton, dam Gyp (Lot 190), £79 16s., 

 Mr. Rogers. 



A yearling colt, by Briton, dam Darby (Lot 154), £57 ISs,, 

 Mr. Parker. 



BROOD MARES AND FOALS. 



Gyp, 10 yrs. old, by Crisp's old Captain, in foal to Briton, 

 £94 lOs , Mr. Pawsey. 



Filly foal (off Lot 184), by Briton, £54 12s., Mr. Fellows. 



Scott, 5 yrs. old, by Suffolk Captain, dam Gyp, in foal to 

 Briton, £105, Mr. T. Capon. 



Horse foal (off liOt 186), by Briton, £27 6s., Mr. Cobb. 



Fancy, 10 yrs. old, by VVigg'a Old Briton, in foal to Briton, 

 £58 163., Mr. Howlett. 



Horse foal (off Lot 188), by Briton, £37 16s., Mr. Hinde. 



Gyp, 7 yrs. old, by Catlin's Captain, dam Gyp, in foal to 

 Briton, £105, Mr. J. Peto. 



Horse foal (off Lot 190), by Briton, £52 10s., Mr. "Woods. 



Darby, 4 yrs. old, by Mr. Sexton's horse, in foal to Briton, 

 £65 23., Mr. Brandreth. 



Filly foal (off Lot 192), by Briton, £30 93., Mr. Brandreth. 



A 3 yrs. old filly, by Crisp's Prince, dam Mr. Shaw's 

 Diamond, £44 2s.. Mr. Cobb. 



A 2 yrs. old filly, by Catlin's Sultan, dam Matchett (off 

 Lot 144), £51 9s., Mr. Howlett. 



A 2 yrs. old filly, by Suffolk Captain, dam Fancy (off Lot 

 188), £105, Mr. Pawsey. 



A 2 yrs. old tiUy, by Briton, dam Gyp (oflf Lot 184), £48 6s., 

 Mr. Oldfield. 



A yearling filly, by Suffolk Captain, £42, Mr. Packard. 



THE LEADING FEATURES OF THE IMPLEMENT DEPARTMENT 



OF THE CHESTER SHOW. 



We devoted the last portion of our former article to a 

 description of the improved mechanism adopted by Mr. 

 Fowler in carrying out his system of steam cultivation. 

 We now proceed to a notice of the other plans, brought 

 to the test of practical working at Chester. Of these, 

 the first which claims our attention is that of Mr. Smith, 

 of Woolston, near Bletchley ; the conduct of the trial 

 being under the care of Messrs. Howard, of Bedford, by 

 ■whom also the mechanism used was manufactured. Mr. 

 Smith's plan of operation, so celebrated from his perse- 

 vering efforts to introduce it into practice, aims at 

 substituting for the operation of the plough that of im- 

 plemmts resembling in action the common grubber, by 

 which he is of opinion a better — because a more phi- 

 losophical — style of cultivation is attained. Leaving till 

 the end of this article all consideration of this system as 

 compared with ploughing, or the still greater innovation 

 of "rotary cultivation," we now proceed to explain 

 the arrangements and mechanism by which Mr. Smith 

 carries out his system in practice. The following dia- 

 gram will perhaps facilitate the reader's comprehension 

 of the field arrangement as proposed by Mr. Smith. 



Let a represent the steam-engine, not exceeding ten- 

 horse power; b c, the windlass (hereafter described); 

 d e f h, turn-tables, round which the wire rope shown by 

 the dotted line passes : these turn-tables are moored 

 firmly to the spot by anchors furnished with curved 

 tines, which penetrate the soil, and give a firm hold 

 when the strain of the engine is put upon the turn- 

 tables. The wire rope as it passes from turn-table to 

 turn-table, runs over friction pulleys or rollers, shown 

 in the diagram by dots or points. The windlass is fur- 

 nished with two drums, hung side by side vertically on 

 a horizontal shaft, which revolves in bearings on the 

 side of the framing, which is mounted on four travelling 



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wheels. A spur-wheel is formed on the rim or flange of 

 each drum, with which a pinion is made to gear alter- 

 nately. This pinion is hung on a cross shaft, parallel to 

 the shaft of the two drums, and by means of a sliding 

 clutch is capable of being moved a certain distance along 

 the shaft, so that it can be made to engage with the .spur 

 wheel of either drum as desired. The shaft carrying the 

 pinion is driven by the steam-engine through the me- 

 dium of a pulley and a driving band. Each drum is 

 provided with a break, by which the winding and un- 

 winding of the rope can be regulated. To work the ap- 

 paratus here briefly indicated, the following attendants 



