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since continued. Weatherbit had no great opening 

 at first in the stud, but had gradually to prove his 

 real value as a stallion. Still, the first thing out 

 by him, in 1851, was the once despised and after- 

 wards renowned Weathergage, the winner of the 

 Goodwood Stakes, the Cesarewitch, the Wolver- 

 hampton Stakes, and some other faces at three 

 years old. About contemporary with him came 

 Diomedia, Avinner of the Riddleworth, Hugo, an- 

 other winner of the Riddlesvvorth, and then on to 

 Petrel, Dabchick, Pugnator, Winter, Triton, Eupa- 

 toria, Delusion, Keepsake, Kelpie, Memorial, 

 Minnie, Mormon, Pampa, Paula Monti, Saxe 

 Weimar, Stockham, Farmer's Son, Delirium, Lord 

 Berkeley, LufF, Syracuse, Doubloon, and Weather- 

 cock, Weatherglass, Weatherwise, Weatherbound, 

 and so on. Drumour is generally thought to be 



by hira ; while this creditable list, considering his 

 limited chances, is crowned by a winner of the 

 Derby in Beadsman, a horse that should have run 

 on. The characteristics of the sort are a com- 

 bination of speed and stoutness, which are easily 

 traceable to Weatherbit's own good looks and 

 pedigree. They can run to win at Newmarket ; or, 

 if too readily condemned in that fastidious quarter, 

 can come again, like Weathergage, with Mr. Parr ; 

 or run day after day, and hour after hour, under 

 the auspices of Ben Land, or some other such a 

 spoil-sport among the platers. In Suffolk Wea- 

 therbit left some very strong, good-looking hunting 

 stock behind him ; and a good judge, who saw him 

 at Easby a year or two since, pronounced him to 

 be the best stallion out to get " useful horses." 



PLATE II. 

 A PRIZE BOAR OF THE LARGE BREED. 



THE PROPERTY OF MB, JOHN HARRISON, JUN., OP HEATON. NORRIS, STOCKPORT. 



Carswell the Second, bred by and still the pro- 

 perty of Mr. Harrison, is by Carswell, out of 

 Nancy by Cheerful. 



Carswell the First — as he is now called, for dis- 

 tinction — was the first prize boar at the Salisbury 

 Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, as well 

 as the winner of eleven other first prizes in 1857. 



Cheerful, the sire of this boar's dam, was also a 

 winner of eleven first prizes in 1852 ; so that he is 

 famously bred on both sides. 



During the past year, Carswell the Second took 

 the following honours ;-^ 



In July — 



The First Prize at the Warwick Meeting of 



the Royal Agricultural Society. 

 The First Prize at the Grimsby Meeting of the 

 North Lincolnshire Society. 



In August — 



The First Prize at the Edinburgh Meeting of 



the Highland Society. 

 The First Prize at the Blackburn Meeting of 



the North Lancashire Society. 

 The First Prize at the Halifax and Calder Vale 



Society. 

 The First Prize at the Rosendale Society, 

 In September — 



The Special Prize at the Manchester and 

 Liverpool Society, at Liverpool. 



In September — 



The First Prize at the Stoke-upon-Trent 

 Meeting of the Staffordshire Society. 



The First Prize and a Sweepstakes at the 

 Lyme Park Society. 



The First Prize at the Radcliffe Bridge So- 

 ciety. 

 In October — 



The First Prize at the Chapelfield Society. 



The First Prize at the Middleton Society. 



We, of course, frequently met with Carswell in 

 the course of this triumphant career, and thus 

 spoke of him at Warwick : — " The Judges were 

 evidently well satisfied. There was more meat, and 

 less offal. The large pips, especially, were the 

 ' cleanest' they had seen ; and Mr. Harrison's boar 

 was a marvel of size and quality. He was two feet 

 four-and-a-half across the shoulder; he was six 

 feet five in the girth round behind the shoulder j 

 he was smart and active when you had him up ; 

 and he was one of the sights of the day. The 

 shearling Southdown, Royal Butterfly, the four- 

 year-old Hunter, and Mr. Harrison's Pig vied with 

 each other for the great honours of the occasion." 



Mr. Harrison breeds a great number of pigs 

 annually ; and that truest of tests, open competi- 

 tion, has declared them to be of the very best sort. 

 Of course, he has always some on sale. 



