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good form. It was only natural that Mr. Scoby's 

 lovely mare Hannah should have some ardent 

 supporters, and there were many who boldly 

 affirmed Hannah should have won. But all were 

 agreed that it would be long before there Avould 

 be two such mares appear together in the Show 

 King again. Hannah, it should be borne in 

 mind, is a winner at the Royal twice, viz., at 

 Newcastle and Nottingham, and also took the 

 first jorize at the Yorkshire Show at York in 

 1887, so the meeting was eminently one of giants. 

 Flora has bred some famous coach horses, but 

 has not been so regular a breeder as her owner 

 might have desired. 



A two-year-old stallion from her was third at 

 the Royal Show at Kilburn, and was a nice 

 qualitied horse ; but perhaps scarcely so good as 

 Lord Salisbury, a horse that as a two-year-old 

 was second at the Yorkshire at Halifax amongst 

 All-aged horses, and that won as a yearling at 

 Hull. He was sold to Messrs. Galbraith Bros, 

 after the Yorkshire Show. 



Then there were three mares, all of which 

 crossed the water, one going to Germany, one to 

 America, and one to Ireland, good ones every one. 



A yearling colt from her by Sultan, a Cleve- 

 land Bay stallion which Mr. Kirby sold to Mr. 

 Burdett Coutts after he won at the Yorkshire 

 Show at Sheffield, is a fine upstanding colt with 

 a lot of quality, and her filly foal (1888) by 



