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iiinbs, which he cm use with activity. Mr. Crowther was 
placed second with a son of " Honest Tom," worthy of his sire ; 
for " Carleton Tom " is well-built, capitally ribbed up, and 
<lecidedly handsome. The third-prize stallion, rather small and 
compact, but powerful, with plenty of bone, is also the son of an 
old favourite, " A 1." " Ploughboy," the reserve horse, possesses 
high merit in being well-shaped, and powerful in form and 
limb. The older class of the same kind was equally deserving, 
and still greater in number, looking worthy of a Royal Show 
as the animals were led round the ring. Here the prize- 
horses were altogether very distingue, having made noteworthy 
achievements before. The handsome mottled-brown 8-year-old 
" Nonpareil " made his mark long ago, and owns no end of 
honours. With his beautiful front, lofty style, and grand form, 
uniting high qualities and symmetry to strength, it would be 
difficult to find a superior, and INIr. Wynn may well be proud of 
him. Mr. Statter's " Young Champion," young, alas ! no longer, 
after having seen nine summers, was well in place as second, 
the position he held at Bedford. That he is massive, well-built, 
and powerful, yet active, is well known, from his having been a 
frequent prize-winner since he appeared before the Royal Judges 
at Oxford as a three-year-old to take a second there. Yet in 
everything except colour it may be fairly doubted whether the 
third horse, Mr. Marsters's " England's Wonder," is not his equal. 
The latter seems a model of almost faultless symmetry, combined 
with grand frame and stalwart limbs ; but his light strawberry- 
roan colour is made the more remarkable by white face and 
legs ; and the latter, not a few who profess to know something 
about good features, have a decided objection to. Still this has 
not marred his career in certain quarters, as it appears he has 
won four Champion prizes during the past three years. And 
he not only wins prizes himself, but begets sons and daughters 
with a striking resemblance to himself, to reap other Show- 
honours. One of these, a two-year-old colt, has recently been 
sold for 500Z. The reserve horse, Mr. Brigg's " Heart of Oak," 
well deserves a word of mention, for he was the premier in the 
same class at Bedford. He is an upstanding, fine fellow, Avith 
strength and activity, and whether or no slightly overtopped, as 
some assert, is still a good one. 
Special conditions environed Class 3, which were : that the 
prize-winners shall travel next season in Warwickshire ; one 
through the north and the other through the south of the county. 
This was but a small class, although the local men made the 
bait rather tempting for celebrities to come from afar. Mr. Fre- 
derick Street's " Young Sampson," who took first prize, and is 
allotted the northern division of the county, is, however, a showy, 
