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such large sums have ever been given for any other breed. There 
was a time when Clydesdales were accused of being leggy, and 
not well ribbed up ; but the reproach has been taken away by 
judicious crossings with Shire mares. The breed is remarkable 
for size and activity, and for its power of trotting with great 
loads, so as to make it invaluable for railway carriers. The 
Highland Society's shows have largely contributed to its 
improvement ; and in May last it was stated, in the ' Kirk- 
cudbrightshire Advertiser,' that " Kelso Maggie," a prize-win- 
ning Clydesdale mare, which carried all before her as a 3-year- 
old at the Scottish National shows of 1876, had been sold to 
Mr. Angus, of Australia, at the unprecedented price, for one of 
her sex, of seven hundred guineas. The turn-out at Kilburn was, 
indeed, small in numbers when compared with those often 
exhibited together in Scotland, but, en revanche, the English 
show in July last boasted the very flower of the breed. The 
Scotch specimens triumphed deservedly at Kilburn over their 
English rivals, nor would it be easy to find a more faultless 
animal of the kind than the " Druid," which won the first prize 
for aged stallions, and also carried off the Champion cup. The 
breed possesses the inestimable advantage, soon to be shared by 
its English rivals, of a Stud-book, and, in addition, the 
admirable essay from Lord Dunmore's pen has done for Clydes- 
dales what it will tax the powers of English writers to do equally 
well for Suffolks and Shires. 
The Judges delivered the following Report : — 
1. Stallions Four Years old and upwards. — The first and second horses 
were very superior animals, the first horst having more substance, and very 
deservedly obtained the premium-ticket, and afterwards easily won the cup. 
2. Stallions Three Years old. — The first three were very good specimens of 
the breed. 
3. Two-Year-Olds were a very good class, the first-prize one being an 
animal of great substance and quality. 
4. The Mares and Foals were very good as a lot, the first premium being 
an animal of very superior quality. 
5. Three- Year- Old Fillies. — The first three were excellent specimens, and 
were close to each other in points of excellence. 
6. Two- Year- Old Fillies were a magnificent show, and were topped by a 
very superior animal, which also won the cup in the Mare Classes. 
John Young. 
John Thompson. 
Adam Smith. 
Suffolks. 
The Suffolk is a very ancient tribe, and possesses the great 
attraction of a uniform colour in various shades, and of having 
long been the object of improvement by local patriotism, which 
has so elevated and ameliorated it as to get rid of the outline 
