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exhibition in London in the spring ; and secondly, and equally 

 important to tenant-farmers and Hunter breeders, the local 

 Societies have in the majority of cases doubled their prizes for 

 Hunter Brood Mares to obtain this Society's Medal ; no 

 Society giving less than £2o in prizes for Brood Mares being 

 able to secure the grant. 



To insure the sequence of the classes in the Catalogue the 

 Thoroughbred Stallions, not competing for premiums, and 

 eiatered as " Extra Stoclv," followed those entered for the 

 Queen's Premiums and were arranged in Class I., and it will be 

 well to follow this numerical order in dealing with the statistics 

 of the Show. 



Class 1.— THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS (not competing 



FOR Premiums). 

 Three entries, as compared with five in 1892, were made Class l. 

 in this Class, and each stallion had "won his spurs" in. 

 previous competitions for service Premiums : — 



Marshal Soult ... Queen's Premium 1892. 



Scot Guard ... Premium (Hunters' Improre- 



Society) 1886. 



Westburton . . . Queen's Premium 1888. 



Silver medals w"ere awarded to all three Stallions. 



Class 2. — HUNTER SIRES (not Thoroughbred), registered, 



OR ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRY IN THE SOCIETY'S RECORD. 



Three entries Mere also made for Class 2, but only two of these Class 2. 

 came to the Show, the absentee being" Henry Benedict " (4), 

 owned by Miss M. Temple. His dam is by the celebrated 

 Hunter Sire " New Oswestry " (13), whose extended pedigree 

 and piincipal races will be found on pages 12 and 13. 



"Sir George" (7), by " Favo," out of " Georgina," by 

 " Roman Bee," out of " Cimeraire," by " Eapid Rhone," out 

 of " Calcavella," by " Burgundy," out of " Certe," by " Sir 

 Heicules," was exhibited by Mr. Guy Fenwick and was bred 

 by Mr. Rice Meredith of Eatbbride Manor, Kildare, Ireland. He 

 is a bay horse with black points, foaled in 1885, standing 16"1 



