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unnecessary but objectionable. Unnecessary, because quality, the true test of 
blood, is easily detected in half-bred horses ; objectionable, because it opens a 
wide door to the unscrupulous, and oflers a great temptation to the manu- 
facturers of pedigree — a trade not unknown in the horse line — and debars 
numbers from exhibiting, who, possessing first-class animals with plenty of 
quality, purchased either of dealers or at fairs, are unable to trace a pedigree 
and too honest to revert to the manufacturing process ; besides, it must lead 
to endless protests, which generally are, to say the least of them, vexatious 
for a Society to deal with. I think, therefore, it would be well to omit these 
restrictive conditions, and leave the question of quality to the discretion of 
the Judges. I will take the classes as they came before us. » 
Class 7. Thoroughbred StaUions/o7- Hunters. — 11 entries. This would have 
been a very good class for most counties, but nothing grand for Yorkshire. 
No. 67, " Dalesman," was facile princeps. He certainly looked better than I 
had ever seen him ; plenty of work and the Lincolnshire air have worked 
wonders ; few horses are improved by too much flesh, most are spoilt by it ; 
certainly " Dalesman " looks twice the horse he did when overloaded at 
Islington last year ; now he is all muscle and wire, which, with his good legs, 
strong loins and quarters, makes him look all over a hunter fit to carry 
14 st. to any hounds ; and yet I should like him better if his shoulders were 
a little finer; a defect, however, which does not appear to impede his action, 
as he moves corkily and well. No. GO, " Suffolk," took the second honours, 
in many respects a very good stamp, and, if you only look at him above his 
hocks and knees, you would not have much fault to find, except that the 
points of his shoulders might be improved with the spokeshave. 
Major Barlow was third and Keserve Number with " Chaucer " and " Massa- 
nissa," between which there was not much to choose. " Chaucer," barring 
his hocks, shows a good deal of hunting form, whilst " Massanissa " hardly 
carries bone enough to get weight-carriers. Of those unplaced, "Grand 
Master " is a very level true-made horse, but with faulty action, and " Car- 
bineer's " straight short shoulders and slack girt quite put him out of the 
race ; many of the others looked more like harness than hunting. 
Class 8. Stallions for getting Hackneys. — 17 entries. A very difficult class 
to get at. For my part 1 am as much an advocate for blood on the road as in 
the field. Now many of the animals exhibited here were totally unfit for 
hacking to covert, or fiddling up and down the Row ; some had a dash of the 
Norfolk, with flashy tearing action all over the place, — very sensational, I 
have no doubt, to the lookers-on, but anything but desirable for a pleasant 
ride. We were obliged to select those animals that had hacking qualities 
themselves, and were most likely to transmit good and easy action to their 
progeny; of these. No. 71, "Lord Stanley," was decidedly the best; he has 
good shoulders and quarters on excellent legs ; he is somewhat deficient in his 
middle piece, but being only 3 years old, a great improvement will take place 
on this point; above all, his action is very good all round. No. 78, " Yoimg 
Lord Derby," a very promising colt, with quality and action, good limbs, and 
nice shoulders, was placed second. No. 85, "All Fours," is a grand old 
horse, but his upright joints and stumpy action told the tale of hard work 
and age. No. 82, the Reserve Number, " Fireaway," an old iirize-taker, quite 
one of the right sort, had to give way to his more youthful and aristocratic 
competitors. 
Class 9. Pony Stallions.~5 entries. No. 88, " Sir George," altogether a 
model, but more of a horse than a pony, was easily placed first. Such form 
and action must do service in improving the breed, if put to pure-bred ponies 
and not half-bred cobs. No. 89, " Mischief," placed second, was more of a 
pony than " Sir George," but lacked his action and quality ; the others were 
indifferent. 
