584 Report upon the Exhihition of Horses at Kilburn. 
and 391, and commend the whole class. It is almost invidious to remark upon 
them separatelj'. They are a good lot, and we congratulate the Suffolk 
breeders. They (with their Stud Book in progress) are looking upwards, and 
evidently mean to uphold their favourite breed. 
Class 29. The Yearling Fillies are not so attractive. No. 432 is first, 
with a useful filly ; No. 430 second, and No. 428 third. 
Daniel Sewell. 
William Thompson. 
Henkt Cross. 
Thoroughbred and Coaching Stallions. 
These classes formed, beyond all question, a very attractive 
portion of the Show, and were scrutinized at Kilburn with an 
interest which attaches, especially in the eyes of the ignorant, 
to animals of comely form and elegant limbs. The selection of 
the prize thoroughbred stallion is left entirely to the discretion 
of the Judges ; nor is it imperative that he should have riding 
action, or that the fee at which he is available should be within 
the reach of persons to whom it is a consideration, and who 
breed from half-bred mares. It has constantly happened — though 
such is not, I believe, the case with Mr. Vyner's " Due de 
Beaufort " — that the magnificent prize of lOOZ., added to the 
concomitant distinction bestowed by it, has fallen to a race- 
horse, totally unfit for country mares, who goes the round of 
shows, carrying away prize after prize, and then returning to 
the stud, where he is set to breeding racing stock from thorough- 
bred mares covered by him at thirty guineas, or even more, 
apiece. Again, as regards coaching stallions, it may fairly be 
asked, " What is meant by the term ? " If one turns to the evi- 
dence given before Lord Rosebery's Committee, one finds that 
Mr. Thomas Parrington and Mr. William Shaw agree in stating 
that the so-called coaching stallion belongs to a very worthless 
class of animal. Mr. Parrington has been a master of hounds, 
and Secretary to the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, and 
his testimony in regard to bay Cleveland stallions — the pro- 
genitors of the true old breed of London coach-horse — is, " This 
is a class of animal that we do not encourage." Mr. Shaw, who 
followed the more humble calling of a stallion leader, con'fessed 
that he could not get a living by accompanying a Cleveland stal- 
lion about the country. Foreigners, who are great and spirited 
customers, refuse to buy a mare got by a coaching stallion out of 
a half-bred mare. It appears that the Royal Society should 
specify and describe the points it requires, and not leave exhi- 
bitors to send anything in this class that they please, while the 
Judges make their selections a discretion, with no certain rule to 
guide them. 
In the Thoroughbred Stallion class for getting hunters, it is 
