2 8 Breeds of Horses 



the "best mare and foal" class, and the only other honour, the 

 ag^ed class, was won by a Shire or Clydesdale. From 1841 until 

 1847 the winners were mostly Shires, Clydesdales, or Crossbreds, 

 but at York in 1848, five of the prizes were won by Suffolks and 

 three by other breeds. 



During the following years at Norwich, Exeter, Windsor, 

 Lewes, and Gloucester, practically all the honours were taken by 

 Suffolk horses, whilst at the subsequent shows held at Lincoln 

 and Carlisle the East Anglian breed was far from successful. 

 However, from 1856 to 1861 the Suffolks regained the lead, the 

 majority of honours falling to their share — in fact, winning twenty- 

 nine prizes, whilst the Clydesdales, Shires, and mixed breeds won 

 only nineteen. 



The final total for the twenty-two years was as follows: — 



1st Prizes. 2nd Prizes. Total. 



Shires, Clydesdales, and Crossbreds 43 29 72 



Suffolks ... ... ... ... 44 44 J 88 



Considering the number of Suffolks compared with other cart 

 horses in Great Britain, and bearing in mind how distant most of 

 the towns at which the show was held were from the east of 

 England, it speaks well for the "Old Breed" that they should yet 

 have managed to obtain the greater number of awards in the 

 mixed class for purely agricultural horses 



