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hesitation in declaring' him to be the best male Shire in the 
Yard. It was rather hard on " Hatherton," a very heavy and 
stylish bay, with any amount of bone and muscle. His owners, 
the Cannock Agricultural Company, had evidently not saved 
this colt for show purposes, but had caused him to earn his 
living during the season. In the absence of Lord Ellesmere's first- 
prize London winner, the first prize for Two-year-old Stallions 
was awarded to the massive " Hitchin Emperor," which, when 
a yearling, cost his owner, Mr. H. Browne, 250 guineas. An 
improving colt, " Real Briton,"' the property of Mr. Walter 
Gilbey, was placed second ; this colt now needs the rest he has 
fully earned by his many successes in the various Show-rings. 
The third prize was given to Lord Ellesmere's " Shrewsbury," 
a colt which was unbeaten as a yearling. An enormous colt, 
closely related to the extraordinary and noted mare " Chance,'* 
was shown by ^Ir. T. H. Miller, and took reserve and highly- 
commended tickets. The Yearling Colts, few in number, in- 
cluded some promising youngsters. As in most other classes 
for young stock, the positions of the prize-winners are changed 
from those taken at the previous Shows. At the London Show,. 
Mr. J. Rowell's " Premier Prince " was placed first, now he wins 
third; whilst the grandly-bred "Brother Glow," the property 
of, and bred by, Mr. Walter Gilbey, now takes first prize in lieu 
ot the barren honour of reserve and highly-commended. This 
change was not unlooked-for by good judges. Nine Mares 
with Foals were entered, but several of them were absent. The 
Earl of Ellesmere's well-known " Lady Lincoln," bred in 
Derbyshire, was an easy first ; the three others noticed by 
the Judges being fully entitled to the honour. The first-prize 
three-year-old, belonging to Colonel H. Piatt, was also reserved 
lor the Champion Cup. This is a very fine filly, of enormous 
substance, but she has not altogether escaped from the effects 
of early forcing ; she won second prizes at Preston and at the 
1S86 London Show. At least four other good fillies were noticed 
by the Judges. 
The Earl of Ellesmere's active black filly took the first prize 
in the Class for Two-year-olds, being followed by two very 
good ones shown by Mr. A. H. Clark and Mr. W. Gilbey, 
To Class 33 belonged the honour of furnishing the winner of 
the Champion Prize of 25/., offered by the Shire Horse Society 
lor the best Mare or Filly exhibited. It was a source of pleasure 
to every one that the year of the Presidency of H.R.H. the Prince 
ol Wales should be marked by the great success of a Shire mare 
Irom the Royal Farm at Sandringham. It was generally ad- 
mitted that the splendid black mare "Jewel " was fully entitled 
to the high position which she took, and that the fine conditior4 
