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The chapter on the class of land for a stud farm and its manage- 
ment will be read with the greatest interest and respect as the 
result of long personal experience. " The soil should be light and 
dry, preferably of light friable loam. It should be kept in good 
heart. Such wet districts as there are in many parts of Lancashire 
certainly do not appear well suited for the raising of thoroughbreds. 
But there are exceptions to every rule, and even here, a ' Mendicant ' 
was bred. Much better localities are those found in Yorkshire, or 
on the chalk and limestone of the south." 
The last two chapters are devoted to exposing some " Errors 
and Fallacies," and in giving some final suggestions. " Stonehenge " 
is put right on a point in training. This is the only technical 
allusion to this important profession that I have come across, so the 
author cannot be accused by his brother trainers of disclosing the 
secrets of the craft. Mr. Day concludes with a truism all will admit : 
"If a third of our mares and a like number of our stallions were 
excluded from the pages of The Stud Book and no longer looked 
upon as thoroughbreds, we should probably have better horses and 
more of them than we have now." Alfred Asuworth. 
THE SHOW OF THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS. 
The Annual (Spring) London Horse Show, held jointly by the Royal 
Commission on Horse Breeding, the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England, the Hunters' Improvement Society, and the Hackney 
Horse Society, took place at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, 
on March 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1890. The following particulars relate 
solely to Thoroughbred Stallions, which were shown under the 
auspices of the Royal Agricultural Society and the Royal Commis- 
sion, and of which there were 98 entries, 5 additional entries appear- 
ing as " extra stock " not competing for premiums. The first Spring 
Show of Thoroughbred Stallions was held by the Royal Agricultural 
Society for the northern district at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in January 
1887, on which occasion there were 45 horses in the catalogue. 
The first joint Show of the Royal Commission and the Society for the 
whole of England was held early in February 1888 at Nottingham. 
In 1889, as again this year, the joint Show was held at Islington. 
The subjoined table shows the total entries in the years named, the 
geographical limits of the districts being detailed below in connection 
with the awards : — 
District 
Class 
Notting- 
ham, 
1888 
Islin, 
1889 
;ton 
1890 
A 
14 
21 
14 
B 
11 
6 
8 
C 
24 
7 
17 
D 
10 
13 
17 
E 
16 
11 
8 
F 
11 
10 
14 
G 
7 
11 
8 
District 
Class 
Notting- 
ham, 
1888 
Islington 
1889 
H 
I 
J 
K 
Total 105 
90 
1890 
98 
