The Agricultural Features of the Paris Exhibition. 2G3 
M. Lefevre's " Regalia " won easily in the mare class, which, 
considering the strong opposition, is high honour to her owner. 
Got by " Stockwell," this fine old mare is out of " The Gem," 
the winner of the Epsom Oaks in 1865, and the dam of 
" V'erneuil " and " Clementine." For the second place there 
was a very close contest, opinion among both the jurors and the 
onlookers being somewhat divided. Ultimately the handsome 
twelve-year-old bright chestnut " Mademoiselle-de-Fligny," by 
" Bois-Roussel," owned by M. Gregoire, of Almeneches, Orne, 
was put second ; the third prize falling to the equally gay eleven- 
year-old, " Finistere," got by " Tournament," and belonging to 
the Haras of Villebon, in the Seine-et-Oise. Two fine stable 
companions of " Regalia " — " Reine," the winner of the One 
Thousand Guineas and the Oaks, in 1872, and " Camelia," 
who won the Newmarket race, and ran a dead heat for the Oaks 
with " Enguerrande " — were regarded by many as deserving of 
positions in the prize list. The former, however, was entirely 
passed over, while the latter got only a bronze medal. Bronze 
medals were given to other fine mares, but we think the standard 
of merit and the number of entries in the class were sufficient 
to have justified the awarding of at least two or three supple- 
mentary prizes. 
Of pure Arabian horses there were ten entries belonging to 
France, the display in point of merit being good. The first 
prize in the stallion class went to a Russian horse, but the 
second was retained in France, by " Simoun," a gay little greyish 
mare, owned by M. Curial, of Thiviers, Dordogne. The honours 
in the mare class went to animals from Cantal, and the Lower 
Pyrenees — very fair specimens of the breed. 
France showed nine thoroughbred Anglo-Arab horses, a race 
which includes all " those horses that have in their pedigree 
at least a sire's sire or a dam's dam of pure Arabian blood, 
the other progenitors being all thoroughbred English horses." 
Here again Russia carried the highest as well as the third 
premium in the stallion class, the other honours falling to 
French horses — animals showing good muscle and fair quality. 
Belgian Houses. 
The draught horses of Belgium have long had a good repu- 
tation in England and Scotland, and perhaps a greater number of 
them have been imported into this country than representatives of 
any other foreign draught breed. They could not claim a high 
position for their good looks, but they are hardy, active, useful 
horses, and adapt themselves wonderfully well to the climate of 
Great Britain. They are a trifle heavier than the Percherons of 
