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menon, who was sold into Scotland when he had seen 

 his twentieth summer, and astonished his " canny" 

 admirers by trotting two miles in six minutes. The 

 few left are descended from these breeds, but as 

 they arrive at maturity they are sold to go abroad, 

 mostly to France. Four or five . very good hackney 

 sires remain in the county, and among them a roan 

 of Mr. Baxter's, for which 500 guineas is said to have 

 been refused. The chestnut Prickwillow reaches about 

 the same fifteen-two standard ; and a son of his, out 

 of, we believe, a very noted mare of Mr. Cooke of 

 Litcham's, which is said to have never been " out- 

 stepped," is also highly spoken of. Mr. Wright's 

 bay combines an inch more size, with rare action ; 

 and a black fourteen-two cob of Mr. Baldwin's 

 earned a much more worthy mention than we can 

 give him, by winning the first hackney-stallion prize 

 at the '55 Norfolk Agricultural Show. Lord Hast-- 

 ings had also two hackney stallions of the Fireaway 

 breed, which are occasionally seen in harness ; and 

 his horse Beehunter, so famed for his Clincher and 

 Knight of Avenel struggles, is well adapted for a 

 cross with the agricultural mares (as strong and active 

 a colony of bays and browns as any country can 

 show), which are almost the only ones left to plod 

 over this great sheep and partridge preserve of the 

 East. Tom Moody, dam by Smolensko, and the 

 winner of the 30/. Hunter Stallion Prize at the 

 '55 Royal Agricultural Show, by The Flyer, has 

 long since earned his laurels there ; and besides a 

 number of valuable hunters and harness horses, 

 Sebastopol, who went to the King of Sardinia's 

 stable for 500 guineas, and the Unfortunate Youth, 

 must be placed to his credit-side. The latter, whose 

 stock have abundance of size and good looks, derived 

 his name from his having been injured in his youth 

 by the bite of a boar, which rendered him lame for 

 life : a catastrophe which furnishes a grand historical 



