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Nos. 305 and 313 were fine gallopers, and 314 and 316, be- 

 longing to Mr. Westley Richards, looked like going across any 

 country. 



Class 31. — This was a great class. The first and third prizes 

 were awarded to Mr. Whitehead, who had five horses in the 

 class, all looking like hunters. No. 326, which takes the first 

 prize, is a level-made horse of good substance, capital legs and 

 feet, and gallops strong and well. The third-prize horse is very 

 active, and a rare mover, and looks better bred than No. 343, 

 the Irish horse, " Mullingar," which divides Mr. Whitehead's 

 two. Nos. 325 and 334 were well worthy of notice. " Chief 

 Constable " must have stood high in this class, as he is a fine 

 specimen of the weight-carrying hunter ; but it was stated that 

 he made a slight noise — it might only be the effect of an incipient 

 cough. 



Class 32 contained several valuable hacks with showy action, 

 of which Major Quentin's " Sparkling Moselle " was placed 

 first. She is good-looking, and a nice level goer. Then comes 

 No. 362, " Princess," second, and Mr. Gilbey's " Maud " third. 

 One of the best goers in this class was Mr. Parsons' 3-year-old 

 "Polly;" and "Ozone," "Ladylike," and " Ballet Girl," were 

 hacks that any light man might covet. 



Class 33. — In this class was one of the most gentlemanlike 

 weight-carrying hacks in the country, Mr. Harvey Bayly's 

 " Enterprise," also winner of the first prize for hunters not ex- 

 ceeding 15 hands 2 inches, at the Islington Show. The second 

 to him was Mr. Frisby's well-known " Filbert." " Black Friar " 

 and " Kitty" looked and went well. 



Classes 34 and 35 contained some valuable ponies, amongst 

 which " Princess Louise," a grand goer ; " Princess Polo," win- 

 ner in both saddle and harness at the Agricultural Hall ; " King- 

 fisher," a very powerful pony ; and " Kitty," a white-faced chest- 

 nut, were conspicuous in Class 34 ; and " Whimsical," a real 

 beauty, " The Shah," " Pride of the Vale," and " Jesse," were the 

 pick of the smaller class. 



The following are the Reports of the Judges : 



Meport of the Judges on Agricultural Horses. 



In submitting the following report on the exhibition of agricultural horses 

 at the Bedford meeting, we may congratulate the Society on the classes being 

 numerically well filled, whilst there is a marked improvement in the quality 

 and soundness of the animals entered for comjjetition as compared with former 

 years, although there were one or two cases in which decidedly the best animals 

 in their respective classes were prevented taking the prize by the fiat of the 

 veterinary inspector. 



There were fifteen entries in Class 1 — Agricultural Stallions, Two Years old. 

 Mr. G. E. Daintree takes the prize with " Grand Prince," who deserves his name, 



