394 On the Exhibition of Live Stock at Chester. 



and on the lower pastures, the polled Angus or Galloway breeds. 

 They are both of fine quality and rent-paying animals on 

 middling pastures ; but perhaps the first step should be to im- 

 prove the pastures by surface-draining when required — and by 

 liming and burning where the herbage is coarse." 



Othee Established Breeds. 

 Class I, — •Aged Bulls. — The prize was awarded to the Earl of 

 Southesk, Kinnaird Castle, for his polled Angus bull. This was 

 an animal of great merit. 



Class IL — Young Bulls. — The prize was awarded to Lady 

 Pigot, Chippenham Park, Cambridgeshire, for a very beautiful 

 West Highland bull. 



Agricultural Horses. 



Class I. — Stallions above 2 gears old: 28 entries. — 5 of these 

 were exhibited in this special class alone, 21 others were shown 

 for the Society's prizes in Class I. for agricultural horses, and 

 2 in Class I. for dray-horses. These special prizes thus brought 

 together the winners of the Society's prizes in honourable compe- 

 tition with others that were entered for special prizes alone. 



The noted prize horse " Nonpareil," the property of the 

 Messrs. E. and AI. Read, of Beamish Burn, near Chester-le- 

 Street, Durham, again proved triumphant as the " champion 

 horse in the yard." He is a splendid specimen of the bay cart- 

 horse ; he was got by Mr. Bryan's noted prize horse " Samson. ' 

 He was considered to be a perfect animal. The prize Suffolk 

 horses had no chance with him. The second prize was awarded 

 to a Lincolnshire horse exhibited by Colonel Pennant. He also 

 beat the Suffolks. 



Class IL — Stallions foaled in the gear 1856 : 12 entries ; 

 4 shown in this class alone, and 8 in the Society's Class IL — 

 These prizes were awarded to the same horses that received the 

 Society's prizes in Class H. for agricultural horses, viz., — First 

 prize to Mr. Crisp, for his Suffolk colt ; second to Mr. Taylor, 

 for his Lincolnshire bay colt. 



Class III. — Pairs of Horses for Agricultural Purposes : 13 

 pairs entered. — They formed an interesting feature in the local 

 exhibition. Both prizes were awarded to Cheshire teams; a 

 pair of bays and a pair of greys. 



Class V. — Yearling Colts or Fillies : 8 entries. — This prize 

 was won by a Cheshire exhibitor : another was commended. 



Dray-horses. 

 Class I. — Aged Stallions : 3 entries. — The prize was awarded 

 to Mr. Hughes, Woodfarm, Shorley, Flint, for his 8 years-old 

 bay horse " Young Marquis." 



