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requires to be ])ut to a horse witli good forehand. No. 94 was highly com- 
mended, and would no doubt have been placed higher if she had had a 
good foal with her. 
Class 14. Small, and of no great excellence. No. 97 took first jirize ; a 
Tiseful marc, with good substance and action ; and No. 99, second prize, 
looking. old, with a good loin and a good foal. 
Class 15. There were some good })onies in this class. No. 103, a showy 
active mare, took first prize. No. 102, second prize, is a neat, well-bred 
jjouy, 4 years old. 
Class 16. A large class, with many promising animals in it. No. 115 took 
first prize, a grand, well-furnished colt, which must make a hunter. No. 110, 
a good-looking brown, second prize. No. 119, a well-bred chestnut, third 
prize. 
Class 17, No. 121, a chestnut filly by " Lauahing-Stock," easily took first 
prize ; and we thought her an extraordinary good one, which should make a 
"flyer." No. 126, perhaps a little light, sacoud prize. No. 120, by "The 
Drake," a showy and useful filly, third prize. 
Class 18. This was a good class, and the ring being very heavy with several 
suspicious-looking newly-filled in drains across it, we were able to form some 
idea of a horse's power of getting across-country as far as galloping is con- 
cerned. No. 138 is a powerful, well-bred horse, and wonderfully furnished 
for his age. No. 137 is a little coarse, and not quite up in his withers, yet 
seemed very active, and went through the deep ground with perfect case. 
Class 19. In this class the four placed were all good horses. No. 145 being 
clearly the best for the weight — 15 stone. No. 152 went like a hunter all 
over ; and Nos. 149 and 150 also moved well. 
Class 20. This class was hardly up to the mark, the first and second prizes 
being the only horses at all like hunters in it. We considered No. 163 
the best, and he went through the deep ground with ease, though perhaps 
with too much resolution to be a perfect hunter. No. 157 is a neat horse, 
but carried his head in a most objectionable place for a show-hunter. The 
rest of the class were decidedly inferior. 
Class 21. Only one entry of average merit. 
Class 22 did not fill. 
Class 23, No. 179, another " Laughing-Stock," and a very neat one, took 
first prize ; No. 169, second prize ; and No. 180, another " Laughing-Stock," 
and a clever cob, took third prize, in a good class. 
Class 24. This was also a good class; and Nos. 193 and 188, first and 
second prizes, are really good hacks. 
Class 25. A good class. No. 198, a cream-colour, with both substance and 
action, took first prize. No. 199, a good cob, second prize. 
Class 26. This was an extraordinarily good class ; and No. 212, a perfect 
little model of a horse, took first prize. He was well shown, and moved in 
first-rate form. No. 213 is also quite a prize-class pony, and has excellent 
action. 
This brought us to the end of our duties, in a pouring rain ; and I think 
we may safely say that the show in the classes before us was above the 
average, both in number of entries and in the quality of the horses exhi- 
bited. 
Cattle. 
Except in 2 years-old and yearling heifers, the show of Short- 
horns at Wolverhampton could not be considered up to the 
standard of former exhibitions. Many reasons account for this. 
Since 1868, the Canadians, Americans, and Australians have 
