"THE PRINCE OF WALES" AND "DARNLEY" 411 



" Second at the Highland Society's Show at Stirling in 

 1873; the premiums of Glasgow Agricultural Society in 1876 

 and 1877 ; first at the Highland Society's Show at Edinburgh 

 in 1877; and the champion cup at the Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society's Show at Dumfries in 1878; also second at 

 the Royal Agricultural Society of England's Show at 

 Kilburn, London, 1879; first at the Royal Agricultural 

 Society's Show at Carlisle, 1880; first at Highland and 

 Agricultural Society's Show at Glasgow in 1882, as sire of 

 the best family of five aged animals exhibited ; and first 

 and champion cup at Highland and Agricultural Society's 

 Show at Edinburgh in 1884." 



" Darnley " was said to owe much to the wonderful quality 

 of his dam. His chief defects were lightness in the thigh, and 

 a slightly " sideways " gait both in walking and trotting. It 

 has, nevertheless, been asserted that he was the best " walker " 

 of any horse of his time despite the cast in his fore feet. 



"The Prince of Albion" (6178), for which Sir John 

 Gilmour, Bart., of Lundin and Montrave is reported to have 

 paid ^"3000, was by a daughter of " Darnley," although he 

 was sired by the " Old Prince of Wales." " The Macgregor " 

 (1487), and " Flashwood " (3604), two of the most celebrated 

 horses of their time, were got by " Darnley." 



The highest price, 1000 guineas, ever paid for a two-year- 

 old Clydesdale filly was given at Montrave sale in 1892 for an 

 animal of the same fashionable blood, " Montrave Rosea," the 

 offspring of the two champions, "Prince of Albion" (6178) 

 and " Moss Rose " (6203). 



Great credit was due to Lawrence Drew for purchasing at 

 a high price and retaining "The Prince of Wales," and 

 to David Riddell for securing " Darnley " for the benefit of 

 the breed of horses in this country, at the time when high 

 prices could be secured for such animals for exportation. 



Characteristic Features and Points of the Breed. 

 Under this heading there appears the following suggestive 

 paragraph in the historical and descriptive introduction in 

 the " Retrospective Volume " of the Clydesdale Stud Book : 



"The oldest judges of Clydesdale horses in the Upper 

 Ward of Lanarkshire, are of opinion that the Clydesdale 

 horses of the present day (1878) differ little from those which 

 were sold at Lanark and Rutherglen Fairs. Few of them 

 will allow that they have been improved during the last 



