144 TALES AND TRAITS OF SPORTING LIFE. 



;Mr. "\V. Gulliver's ch. Ethelbert, by Faugh-a-Ballagli out of Espoir, 

 by Liverpool, 10 yrs. ; Mr. J. M' Adam's b. "Wild Huntsman, by Hark- 

 away out of Honey Dear, by Plenipotentiary, 9 yrs. ; and Mr. W. 

 Robinson's br. Cavendish, by Yoltigeur out of The Countess of Burlington, 

 by Touchstone, 4 yrs., were entered, but not sent. 



It will be seen that two of the best tried stud horses^ 

 Voltig-eiir, the sire of Vedette and Skirmisher, and The 

 Cure, the sire of Lambton and Underhand, were placed 

 first and second, the onh^ other horse that could cope 

 with them in this way being- Windhound. The younger 

 horses — such as Saunterer, Fandango, or even Lord 

 Fauconberg' — may be rated as almost altogether untried. 

 The judges, however^ had to decide by what they see 

 before them, and to '^ perpetuate the sound and the stout ;" 

 they certainly selected as second best the most infirm 

 horse of the whole entry. There is no disguising- the fact 

 that this award did not give satisfaction, while every one 

 went with Voltigeur as the winner. This is the first time, 

 we believe. Lord Zetland's horse was ever on a show 

 ground ; but we met The Cure some years since at the 

 Eo^^al Societ^^'s meeting at Carlisle, when he and The 

 British Yeoman were both put aside for the lady's-palfry- 

 looking Ravenhill, one of the grossest mistakes ever com- 

 mitted, although by no means the only one. Either 

 Lord Fauconberg or Fandango would have been much 

 more acceptable, but the judges were said to be unani- 

 mous in the opinion they arrived at as to The Cure 

 looking like getting sound and stout stock. 



Another challenge from ^' Noisy," with a scarlet coat 

 or two grouped about the door way, leads us to where 

 the four ex-M.F.H. have had a comparatively quiet morn- 

 Ids on the well-laid fia^'s. 



