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the General Stud Book, up to weight, with foal at foot ; and 

 this brought out some useful animals. In addition to the 

 prizes for the brood mares, there were two prizes of 5Z. each 

 for the best colt foal and for the best filly foal exhibited with 

 their dams. Two classes were also included in the prize-list 

 for Pit Ponies. 



Shires. — The classes devoted to this breed numbered ten in 

 all, and the quality throughout was exceptionally good. Class 1 

 (yearling colts) was headed by Champion's Goalkeeper, which 

 was an outstanding winner. Second came Moors Bridegrootn, 

 not quite so heavy as the leader, but full of quality, and fol- 

 lowed by a lot of very useful colte. In Class 2 (stallions foaled 

 in 1910) a good winner was found in Tandridge Coming King, 

 a colt very full of Shire character and an excellent mover, 

 which afterwards won the Championship of the male section 

 (see Fig. 1). Blacklands Kingmaker, bigger than the leader, 

 but not so full of character, was a good second. The rest of 

 the class was made up of a lot of very useful weighty colts. 

 Class 3 (three-year-old stallions) was not quite so strong as the 

 two preceding classes. King Premier, a useful weighty colt, 

 was first, being closely followed by Gaer Right Sort. The 

 yearling fillies (Class 4) made one of the strongest in the female 

 section, and an easy winner was found in Leek Dorothy. The 

 second, Tandridge Rosette, was closely followed by Biddulph 

 Blanche. The two-year-old fillies in Class .5 were a very good 

 lot, and were led by Marden Constance, closely followed by 

 Halstead Duchess 7th ; the rest of the class were useful fillies. 

 The three-year-old fillies were not quite so strong in number, 

 but the first four were of exceptional merit. Lorna Doone — 

 (see Fig. 2) — the Champion in the female section, was easily 

 first in this class, being followed by Halstead Royal Duchess, 

 a filly of less scale, but very full of character ; and Tandridge 

 Delight, a bigger filly, but not quite in same bloom. In Class 7 

 (mare, with foal at foot, foaled in or after 1908), the winner 

 was found in Siljield Belle. The second prize was won by 

 Yatesbury Sunlight, and the third by Caronia, three mares of 

 nice Shire character. Class 8 (mare with foal at foot, foaled 

 in or before 1907) was a strong one, and easily led by the 

 well-known Mollington Movement. The Royal Show being 

 rather early in the year for foals, most of the exhibits in Class 

 9 were rather young, but Mr. Edward Porter had an out- 

 standing winner in his Bahingley Nulli Secundus foal, Mr. 

 A. H. Clark being second with another by the same sire. The 

 filly foals (Class 10) was the weakest in this section, Mr. B. N. 

 Everard's Bardon Forest Premier foal taking first place, 

 followed by the Dowshy Forest King foal, exhibited l)y Mr. 

 Leopold Salomons. 



