Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Wolverhampton. 585 
of all kinds of stock, was a notewortby feature of last year's 
meetinn; at Oxford. A similar notice is equally applicable to 
the recent Wolverhampton meeting-, though the prices given 
were not so high as on the previous occasion. But if Oxford, 
in 1870 was famous for the high prices then realized for short- 
horns to be sent to America, 1 can claim for Wolverhampton in 
1871 the honour of being the medium through which enormous 
prices have been given for young shorthorns to be brought to 
this country ^?w?i America. The presence of those strangers to 
whom I have alluded is an indication that foreign countries look 
upon our annual Royal show as the legitimate emporium of all 
the best breeds of stock in this country, and hither they will 
continue to come. I shall hereafter have occasion to remark 
upon the effect produced upon the stock of this country by their 
frequent visits and purchases. 
Horses. 
With catalogue in hand, I am led to commence by com- 
menting upon the horses, as standing first upon the list. Taken 
as a whole, I am glad to observe the increasing interest taken by 
exhibitors in the horse department. Prior to the Manchester show 
our horse entries had dwindled down to a minimum, and were a 
disgrace to our national society. The double veterinary inspection, 
and the risk of losing a previous good reputation thereby, pre- 
vented the exhibition of even the best horses in the country. This 
difficulty has now been removed, and horses are only subjected 
to veterinary examination at the discretion of the Judges. To 
guard against the worst forms of hereditary disease, however,, 
the opinion of the veterinary inspector is invariably taken in 
the case of stallions and brood mares, but with well-selected 
Judges, no .such assistance is needed in the other classes. This 
arrangement is found to work well, and to render our horse show 
doubly popular and attractive. The agricultural classes, under 
the judicial eyes of Messrs. Barthropp, Wood, and Wright, 
numbered i)8 animals, for which several additional prizes were 
given by the local committee. The entries were not numerous 
in most of the classes, nor was there any high degree of excellence 
visible throughout, with a few exceptions, to wit, Mr. Welcher's 
" Honest Tom," in Class 1 ; and Mr. Garrett's famous old 
Suffolk "Cupbearer," in Class 5. Nor must I omit to mention 
Mr. Linton's two-year-old filly in Class 27, and also that of 
Mr. Townley Parker in Class 28 ; and above all, Mr. Brierley's 
" Sensation," in Class 30, whose magnificent action and grand 
warhorse-like appearance earned many a cheer from the admiring 
public around the horse-ring. I shall, however, best consult the 
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