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powerful animal ; and Messrs. Yeoman's " Pride of England," a 
lengthy, well-shaped horse, on short legs, being placed second, 
will go to the south side. 
Neither Clydesdales nor Suffolks were in any great force. 
Both first and second Avinners in the two-year-old Clydesdale 
Stallion Class are by the same sire, and were bred by Mr. Law- 
rence Drew, although the owner and exhibitor of the second horse 
was His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Style belongs 
to both. Mr. Drew's has the neatest character, but the Duke's 
has the stoutest frame. His Grace also owns " The Earl," who 
took the reserve, another animal of good form and considerable 
power. But Mr. Graham's " Baron Lonsdale," from Cumber- 
land, displayed nice style, and richly deserved the third prize. 
The three prize-winners in the All-aged Class were alike dis- 
tinguished by grand forms and capital developments. Mr. For- 
shaw's " Ben Lomond," after winning four first-prizes in Scot- 
land, has recently been brought South, and now has his home 
in Nottinghamshire. " Young Lofty " and " Prince Albert " 
are well-nigh equal in good qualities. It may be worthy of 
remark that the first and second horses in the younger class, and 
the chief winner in the older, are by the same sire, the celebrated 
" Prince of Wales," for which the highest price ever known to 
have been realised for a Clydesdale sire was obtained. The 
fact shows that " good blood will tell." 
1 Suffolk stallions, although rather select, were represented by 
some admirable specimens of the breed. Mr. Garrett's handsome 
son of " Cupbearer the 2nd," has legs clean as a hunter's, although 
so big, and a sweetly modelled form ; he is powerful too, and has 
stalwart limbs, although the very personification of activity. He 
took the leading honour in the two-year-old Class ; and carrying 
off the 100 guineas challenge cup at Saxmundham is among his 
prior achievements. Mr. Toller's " Evergreen," of compact build 
and very neat, although smaller to the eye, had a deeper carcass 
than his conqueror, but less bone in the legs. Two other very 
good colts were placed after him, and one of them, Mr. Alfred 
Cracknell's powerful " Champion," so well answers to his name 
in the East of England, that he won Suffolk County firsts in 1874 
and 1875 and the Norfolk first prize this season. The other is 
Mr. Manfred Biddell's "Jasper." The latter has a straighter 
back than most, and his frame is Avell built and strong. ^ In the 
All-aged Class a sire of good model and beautiful style was 
found in Mr. H. Wolton's " Royalty." In symmetry he seemed 
almost faultless. " Viceroy," the second horse, was nicely moulded 
in shape, too, with a prepossessing feature in a rich dark colour ; 
and Sir R. Wallace's " Prince Imperial," and Mr, Byford's horse 
made up with them a nice quartette for honours. 
