214 The Noruieh Show, 1911. 



seen in Scotland. Three-year-olds wei-e a small class, but of good 

 quality. Brood mares were small in nuniljer, but they were of 

 good quality. Peggy Pride, awarded the first prize, was an out- 

 standing winnei- not only in her class, but also for the Female 

 Championship. All over, the Clydesdales, in the opi)iion of 

 the Judges, were the best ever seen at the " Royal." 



Suffolks. — It was only natural that, with the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society's Meeting in the adjoining county of Norfolk, 

 breeders of Suffolk horses should strongly support the classes 

 for that breed at the national show\ To mark the special 

 occasioil, a " Coronation " Challenge Cup of the value of 501. 

 was provided by the Suffolk Horse Society to be awarded 

 annually for the best Suffolk stallion exhibited. The entries 

 in the nine classes numbered in all seventy-eight, and a lot of 

 splendid animals were shown, but it was a matter for regret 

 that there were so many absentees. Special mention must be 

 made of the two-year-old stallions, fourteen of which appeared 

 in the ring. They were an excellent lot. Compared with the 

 animals of fifteen years ago, the feet of the present-day Suffolks 

 show a marked improvement. 



Draught Horses. — The class for draught geldings foaled 

 in 1907 or 1908, with three prizes of 201., 10/., and 5/., given 

 by the Norwich Local Committee, only secured an entry of 

 seven animals. Sir Peter Walker was placed first with a fine, 

 active, upstanding, brown three-year-old Shire, shown in the 

 pink of condition, Mr. Fred Brazier being easily second with 

 another big, weighty Shire with capital joints. These were 

 both good animals, and wei-e well in front of anything else 

 in the class. The third prize winner was a very useful black 

 four-year-old by a Shire horse, and from a Clydesdale dam. 

 A bay Clydesdale was Reserve. 



Hunters. — Class 28 was not an exceptionally good one, 

 although the winner was a nice colt. The prize winners 

 in Class 29 all showed high merit, and this was quite a good 

 class. Some nice exhibits were seen in Class 30, the first and 

 second prize winners both being promising young Hunters. 

 Class 31 was good, and the winner, a filly of exceptional 

 excellence, also won the Champion Gold Medal for the best 

 filly not exceeding three years old. The first and second prize 

 winners in Class 32 were fairly good, with little to choose 

 between them. Class 33 was small, but included several 

 nice fillies. Class 34 was one of the best collections of brood 

 mares the Jiidge had ever seen, both as regards number and 

 quality of the exhibits. The winner was a remarkably fine 

 mare. Class 35 was small, but the winner was a heavy-weight 

 brood mare of fine stamp, and had a good foal. The foals 

 in Classes 36 and 37 were not very good, with the exception 



