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:iow to a fine horse. Xo. 80, another three-year-old, is a stylish, level colt, 
■ut a trifle high on the leg. 
Class 11. — In awarding this prize it was very difiBcult to satisfy ourselves, 
ibere hcing so much difierence in the mares and the foals; some of the best 
marcs have very yonng foals, and are bad mothers. We would suggest the 
prize should be given for the best mare, with foal at foot. No. 120 is a short- 
legged four-year-old mare, a good stamp, a good mother, with a jjromising foal. 
No. 123 is a hardy sort, a trifle short of bone, with a wide short-legged foal. 
No. 122 is rather a high four-year-old, with fiat short ribs, and a foal of about 
the same character. No. 12G, the Reserve Number, is a grand marc, with only 
1 middling foal, short of condition ; probably mother not a good milker. 
Class 12. — No. J 33 jusc a useful mare, with an extra good foal. 
Class 13. — No. 134 a grand mare, with a ver}^ promising foal. 
Class 14. — No. 138 won easilj'. A good specimen of what a carthorse 
should be. 
Class 15. — Noted by us as a very good class. The winner. No. 147, is a very 
big, heavy, level colt, very active, with fine limbs. No. 152, the black filly, a 
very meritorious one, and Nos. 155 and 154, are both short-legged, hardy, full 
of quality, with not the best of feet. 
Class 16. — No. 160 is a very short-legged plain filly, with famous legs 
and feet ; but we doubted if she was so pure a Clydesdale as No. 158, which 
has a verj' level top, but is rather high on the leg. 
Class 17 was a very good one. Though only three of them, the compe- 
tition was very close, and a third prize was recommended. They were all good 
specimens of the breed. 
Class 18. — A strong competition. The winner. No. 182, is a very active, 
short-legged, level mare, with excellent feet and legs, and but for her hind-legs 
would be quite first-class. No. 165, a baj' gelding, a great heavy colt. No. 181, 
a level, neat active mare, rather light of bone. 
Class 19 we remarked a bad class. 
Class 20. — Four very neat fillies, of good shape and quality. No. 193, 
the winner, is a very short-legged wide one. 
Class 21. — A strong competition of thirteen. No. 206 is a stylish filly, 
with capital feet and legs, and a good mover. No. 198 is a neat chestnut, not 
80 much bone, but a very taking one ; her hind-leg action is not good. 
G. M. Sextox, 
A. TUBXBULL. 
S. Wade. 
Taking thoroughbred horses and hunters next, it may be 
remarked that none of the classes were barren of animals of a 
superior description, although several contained very varied 
materials. Among the stallions there were none like " Citadel,'' 
the grand old prize-winner, who has added another laurel to his 
numerous successes. The others come of more moderate pre- 
tensions ; but the second horse, " Waddington," took a first at 
the Gloucestershire Show. The hunting-mares, it Avill be found, 
gave reasonable satisfaction to the Judges, three or four superior 
animals being among them. Mr. Miller's neat stylish grey, the 
pretty " Flora," to whom the chief place was assigned, ought to 
breed a good hunter ; and she had a very nice foal at foot by 
" Carbineer." Of quite different character, although well-nigh 
equally meritorious on the whole, is the powerful, more grandly- 
