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they may ultimately turn to ? Only three competitors made 

 their appearance, and they were by no means a good lot. 



Class III. for mares calculated to breed dray-horses is again 

 an uncertain and unappreciated class by the public : only one 

 entry was made, and the prize was withheld. 



Class IV. — As another illustration of the intricacy and use- 

 lessness of these classes for young horses intended to turn out 

 dray-horses, we have only to mention that there was not a single 

 entry for the prize offered for 2-years old fillies. 



Other Horses. 



Class I. — Thoroughbred Stallions for getting Hunters: 12 

 entries. — The class generally was not so good as at Salisbury. 

 Mr. Manfield, from Yorkshire, received the first prize for his 

 horse " Spencer," now 6 years old. The second prize was awarded 

 to " Canute," the property of Mr. Spence, also from Yorkshire. 

 This was a close contest, as had been the case before, when the 

 judgment was reversed. "Spencer" is a horse of considerable 

 merit, and as good an animal as the Society can expect to have 

 exhibited, under all the circumstances of exposure to wind and 

 weather for four days in the show-yard ; but he is not altogether 

 the sort to be desired for general use. The others in this class 

 were not of a kind to produce the " English hunter." 



Class II. — Stallions for producing Hackneys. — This was a 

 good class, and the lovers of the old " roadster" had several 

 good nags to select fi'om. The demand, however, for this style 

 of horse has somewhat gone by. Some horses in this class were 

 between the thoroughbred and roadster, and well calculated for 

 producing weight-carrying hunters, but excluded from that class 

 by their not being quite thoroughbred. Would it not be well 

 to open a new class for this description of animal? The two 

 roadster horses " Troubadour " and " Serenader," exhibited by 

 Mr. Ridsdale, from Yorkshire, were, indeed, first-class animals 

 of their kind — father and son. Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart., 

 also exhibited an excellent animal, which, however, was not cal- 

 culated for this class, neither could he be shown in Class I., not 

 being thoroughbred. He is a stout, well-built horse, and quick 

 in his paces. 



Class III. — Mares for breeding Hunters: 15 entries, — These 

 were not well selected, and scarcely what we expected to see in a 

 hunting country like Cheshire. Perhaps the best specimen of a 

 hunting brood-mare was (very properly) rejected for some slight 

 but hereditary unsoundness. One or two good coaching mares 

 were shown in this class for want of any proper class of their own 



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