LIST OF CHIEF PRIZES WON BY FOREIGN MULES AND ASSES 



BELONGING TO 



MR. C. L. SUTHERLAND, 



Down Hall, Farnhorough, Kent. 



AUGUST, 1864.— Agricultural Hall, London. 



Second prize for " La Comtesse d'Abbeville," a French ass imported from 

 Picardy, 13 hands. 



JULY, 1865.— Agricultural Hall, London. 



First prize for " La Comtesse d'Abbeville." 



Second prize for " Malta," half-bred English and Maltese. 



Between 1865 and 1873 there were no shows of mules and asses held in 

 England. 



JULY, 1873.— Royal Agricultural Society's Show, Hull. 



First prize for " Don Pedro II.," a Franco-Spanish stallion ass, 14 hands, bred 

 by exhibitor, as the best jackass for getting mules for agricultural purposes. 

 Dam, " La Comtesse d'Abbeville." (Exported to South America.) 



First pr/ze for the best mule for agricultural purposes; " Marshal McMahon," 

 Poitou mule, 16 hands high, five years old. 



MAY, 1874.— Crystal Palace Show of Mules and Asses. 



Very higldy commended and commended for "Eousseau" and "Blossom," 



Poitou mules, 15.2 and 16 hands respectively, regularly used by 



exhibitor for farm work. 

 First prize for " lago," imported Spanish ass, 14 hands, for improving English 



donkeys and breeding mules. 

 Third prize for " Borrico," imported Spanish ass, 13.1. (Both these asses 



were subsequently exported to Jamaica.) 

 Second prize for "Prima Donna," Spanish jenny, 13.2. (This jenny has 



offspring in all four quarters of the globe.) 



JULY, 1874.— Alexandra Park Horse Show 



First and second prizes for "Eousseau" and "Blossom," Poitou mules, 

 described above. 



JULY, 1874.— Royal Agricultural Society's Show, Bedford. 



First prize for Spanish ass "lago," described above. 



First and third prizes and reserved niunber for " Eousseau," " Blossom," and 

 " Eobin," Poitou mules, described above. 



MAY, 1875.— Crystal Palace Show of Mules and Asses. 



First and second prizes, highly- commended, and commended for " Beauty," 

 17 hands ; " Brunette," 16.1 hands ; " Baron," 16.1 hands ; and " Boinot," 

 15-3 hands, Poitou mules, regularly used for farm work by exhibitor. 



First and third prizes for " Blossom," 16 hands, and " Sweep," 15.1 handi?, 

 Poitou mules, regularly used by exhibitor for trotting and dog-cart work. 



(Equal) first prize for " Lad of Poitou," imported Poitou jack, for breeding 

 heavy draught mules, height 13.1. (Exported to the Cape of Good Hope.) 



First and second prizes for "Anesse" (Poitou) and " Prima Donna" (Spanish), 

 the former with pure-bred Poitou jack foal at foot. 



