92 The Horse-breeding Industry in Yorkshire. 



The premium stallions have midoubtedly had a very 

 beneficial influence in fostering the breeding of half-bred 

 horses, and particularly of hunters, in the country since the 

 Queen's premiums were instituted in 1887, though probably 

 more as regards quality than numbers. The East and West 

 Ridings, which form District VI under the premium scheme, 

 are allotted four stallions, and these last year were jBei^rill, 

 Athos, Brummagem, and Birk Gill. Brtunmagem, a good 

 horse that has sired some useful stock, stands at the Riding 

 Fields stud, near Beverley, belonging to Messrs. Edward and 

 Philip Hodgson, who are among the principal hunter breeders 

 in East Yorkshire. Bivk QUI, by Marcion and owned l)y Mr. 

 Eustace Barlow of Sigsworth, Pateley Bridge, travelled Rigsley, 

 Ripon, Boroughbridge and Wetherby way, in which districts of 

 the West Riding the breeding of light horses and hunters is 

 carried on to a very considerable extent. The North Riding 

 is grouped together with the counties of Durham and 

 Northumberland in the allocation of the King's premiums, the 

 whole forming District IV, which is allowed three premium 

 sires. In the past year the premiums were gained by 

 Skiagraph, Drummer Kelly, and Red Hall II, all of them 

 Yorkshire-owned horses and well known. Skiograph, recently 

 sold at the December sales at Newmarket, belonged to Major 

 Fife, who is a prominent breeder of thoroughbred stock and 

 has an important stud at Ijangton Hall near Northallerton. 

 The country round this place and towards Thirsk, Bedale, and 

 northwards towards Catterick has always l)een, as is well known, 

 a great centre of light horse lireedingand still continues so. Red 

 Hall II, a very \ng chestnut horse, is owned by Messrs. Ward of 

 Pinchinthorpe, Great Ayton, in the Cleveland district, and Drum- 

 mer Kelly also stood in this part at Guisborough, a famous Cleve- 

 land Bay centre at one time, and he travelled towards Whitby and 

 Egton, a district where they breed useful half-bred horses of 

 big size, some of them of a good hunter type, from a Cleveland 

 Bay foundation. Some good premium stallions have at various 

 times been owned by Mr. William Jordison, of Carlton Lodge, 

 Thirsk, who generally keeps a thoroughbred sire in the district. 

 Among those so kept have been Rosy Monk by Rosicrucian, 

 Trundle Hill, Bur nock Water by Water/otrl, who won four 

 premiums, and Marzio hj Marcion. Burnock Water 

 got some excellent hunter stock in North Yoi-kshire and 

 sired several good prize winners. He also had other useful 

 horses in Street Arab, Ferrahy, Seaport by Southamnton, 

 Pedant, and Master Lovat. The last now stands in Norfolk. 

 His last stallion was Proudridge, who has joined the Birdsall 

 stud. Mr. Jordison was formerly a successful breeder of 

 hunters, but gave up breeding them some years ago. The 



