THE HORSE AND THE HOUND SHOW. 135 



ton on many a long journey^ and upon wliicli lie was 

 paiDted. In a word;, if you wish to see ^' a horse show,'^ 

 you mast g'o into Yorkshire. They have not only a better 

 sample, hut they know far better how to display it. With 

 their well-arranged rings, the judges in the centre, and the 

 public on the outside of the rails, there can be no greater 

 treat to a sportsman than to see a dozen or so of thorough- 

 bred ones thus put upon parade. And we have enjoyed it 

 over and over again ; perhaps more at Malton than else- 

 where, when the active, lusty Burgundy beat Galaor, St. 

 Lawrence, Fugleman, Pig-skin, and others. Still, as a 

 rule, the very lirst-class have been kept back, although 

 there is scarcely a district which the Yorkshire Society 

 has visited but that had a really good one or two handy. 

 Either the honour or the stake was not worth having, and 

 so such fairish second-raters as Canute, Spencer, and Dr. 

 Sangrado were fighting their battles over and over 

 again. 



At this juncture, with a spirit eminently characteristic 

 of its conduct, the little Cleveland Society came to the 

 rescue. It boldly broke the egg by associating an entry 

 of foxhounds with its pristine endeavours in the way of 

 encouraging' the breeds of cattle and sheep. So signal a 

 success did this at once become, so readily was the echo 

 taken up, that Cleveland determined to do a little more, 

 and see if it could not be famous for a horse as well as a 

 hound show. The experiment came to an issue, with a 

 result in every way proportionate to the energy and libe- 

 rality with which it was set about. The committee began 

 by offering a premium of one hundred sovereigns — far 

 more than ever was given before — for the best thorough- 

 bred stud horse, having served mares during the season 

 1860, which, in the opinion of the judges, "is best calcu- 



