184 The Doncaster Show, 1912. 



Clydesdales. — The stallions made a good average show, 

 especially the two-year-old colts, from which was selected the 

 Champion, The Dunure (see Fig. 3), and the Reserve Champion, 

 both of which animals were typical Clydesdales. The females 

 were above the average, with a lot of first-class animals among 

 them, especially the first and second prize two-year-old fillies, 

 and the first prize brood mare, Boquhan Lady Peggy (see 

 Fig. 4), which also secured the Female Championship. 



SufFolks. — The Suffolk horses made an excellent display 

 in spite of the fact that Doncaster is a long way from the home 

 of the breed. The two-year-old class was headed by a very 

 large weighty colt that looked like growing into a valuable sire. 

 The champion horse, Sudbourne Peter (see Fig. 5) was found 

 amongst the three-year-olds ; long, low, with plenty of bone, 

 this animal has had a most successful showyard career, and was 

 well worthy of his position. The mare and filly classes were 

 exceptionally good ; the animals in the first and second 

 positions were difficult to separate, and, on the whole, the 

 Judges were well pleased with the animals that were placed 

 before them. 



Hunters. — With the exception of Class 68 (riding mares or 

 geldings, foaled in 1908, up to more than 14 stones) the animals 

 in this section were a very creditable lot. The thoroughbred 

 mares in Class 33 were very good and the Judges considered 

 that Lord Middleton's Fair Geraldine (see Fig. 7) was one 

 of the best brood mares they had ever seen. Class 67 was 

 another good class, Royal Mint being an exceptionally fine 

 mover. Alarm, the winner in Class 70, stood out by himself, 

 being such a fine galloper for a strong horse. The Champion 

 medal for the best filly was awarded to Red Squaw (see Fig. 6). 



Polo and Riding Ponies. — The Judges considered that the 

 ponies which came before them in the various classes were 

 much superior in quality as a whole to any they have had the 

 pleasure of judging before at any Show. There was hardly a 

 weak class either in numbers or quality, and great quality was 

 shown in the classes for young ponies. 



The winner in Class 40 (stallion, foaled in or before 1909, 

 not exceeding 15 hands) was a beautiful type of pony, full of 

 quality and a grand mover. He gained the Male Championship 

 (see Fig. 8). The second also had much quality, but was not 

 so good in the hocks. The third prize went to a typical pony 

 for getting weight carriers, but slightly lacking in quality. 

 There were several other ponies in this class of great quality. 

 Class 41 (colt, filly or gelding foaled in 1911) was a very 

 strong one and there was little to choose between the first 

 and second ; they both looked like making grand polo ponies. 

 The third prize winner was a sweet filly of true polo type. 



