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reached back told well ; but the men who brought the Suffolk 
horse into notice beyond the sandy heaths where these exhi- 
bitions of strength and perseverance took place, had an eye for 
something adapted for a more extended utility The 
large landowners in Suffolk are mostly breeders of the county 
cart-horse. Cottingham's ' Captain ' was bought by the Duke 
of Grafton for the use of his tenantry, and left his mark in 
many a short-legged animal in the Euston district. Sir Edward 
Kerrison was always a good buyer, and won many pi'izes. The 
Marquis of Bristol's agent is always ready to pick up a pro- 
mising one for the Ickworth stables, and at Bedford, in 1874, 
some of the prizes fell to Bristol entries. The Earl of Strad- 
broke's name may be seen in the prize-list of the present year. 
He was one of the founders of the Suffolk Agricultural Society 
as far back as 1831 — eight years before the first show of the 
Royal was held at Oxford. Lord Henniker buys and breeds 
too. The late Colonel Wilson was by far the most successful 
exhibitor in the western division of the county, and did more 
in a few years than some of the old breeders have done in a 
lifetime. The Duke of Hamilton buys good ones, gives long 
prices, and sometimes wins with what he has bought. The 
tenant-farmers can, however, hold their own even against such 
names as these, and at present are in no danger of being beaten 
either at home or at the national meetings." 
Numerically there have been finer shows of Suffolks than 
those exhibited at Kilburn, and it is noticed with regret by the 
three judges that " in some classes such a paucity of animals 
entered the ring compared with the entries." The stallions of 
all ages that were entered amounted in number to 40, and the 
mares and fillies to 37 ; but it was sagaciously observed by 
the ' Mark Lane Express,' that the classes have been so sifted 
by the horse-shows in Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk, that only a 
selection met at Kilburn. On the whole, the exhibition at the 
last Royal fell far short of that which was seen at Battersea in 
1862 ; and although the 14 Suffolk fillies shown at Kilburn 
in July constituted a magnificent class, which won special com- 
mendation from good foreign judges, it was not equal to that 
seen at Battersea, which numbered more than a score, and was 
perhaps the grandest display of the kind ever gathered together 
in the ring at home or abroad. 
" Cupbearer III.," with which Mr. Garrett won the first prize 
at Kilburn in the Aged Stallion class, is perhaps the most suc- 
cessful Suffolk horse of the day, and has already won nearly 
500Z. in prizes. Barring his faulty and bent hocks, and plain 
quarters, he is about as good a specimen of his race as a good 
judge would care to look at. Nevertheless, the Judges at 
