110 Report upon the Spring Show of Thoroughbred Stallions 
having won a sixpence. " Gumbo's " colour is black-brown, 
and those, who are given to connect a sprinkling of grey hairs 
with the possession of stamina, will see in the horse an additional 
attraction. At present he is untried as a hunter-sire ; but if 
make and shape go for anything, he ought to get hunters, as his 
shoulders are good ; he is deep through the heart, and has good 
back, loins, hocks and feet. I was not particularly taken with 
Mr. Calder's "Haphazard," by "Moulsey" or "Landmark," 
out of " Stolen Moments," by " Melbourne." He seemed more 
of the park hack order, and wanted another rib. For many years 
the hunters at Birdsall have had a high reputation, and " King 
Harold," by " Thunderbolt," out of "Edith," by " Newminster," 
is a horse of Lord Middleton's for the use of the tenantry. He 
is a nice compact horse, with decent if not first-rate shoulders, 
but he did not show much muscle on his second thighs. " King 
Harold " did not move with enough liberty ; but as the flooring 
was not well adapted for showing off a horse's paces, it might, 
under the circumstances of the case, be unfair to criticise the 
action of the horses too minutely. Mr. Pallister's " Knight of 
Athol," by " Knight of the Garter," out of " Blossom," by " Blair 
Athol," was not without his good points, but could hardly be 
called a hunter-sire. Then came an old horse-show acquaint- 
ance in Mr. Stephenson's " Knight Templar," by " The Baron," 
out of " Miss Croft," by " Thormanby." His Turf recommen- 
dations are as good as those of any sire shown against him. He 
is now 13 years old, having won the Beverley Cup ten years ago. 
When 6 years old he ran sixteen times, and took part in several 
hurdle races. The fact of his having run up to the time that he 
was 7 may account for his joints being somewhat round ; but 
when he took leave of the Turf he was often ridden to hounds, 
and proved himself a good hunter. That he should have passed 
the veterinary examination after so laborious a career is much 
to his credit. To come to his appearance in the show-ring, 
" Knight Templar's " weak spot is his forelegs, which dre not 
of the best, and one of them is not quite straight. No one 
would wish to have better shoulders in front of him, or a better 
back under his saddle, while his head is well set on. 
It was bad judgment on the part of the attendant of Mr. 
Brennand's " Lancer," by " Maccaroni," out of " Lancet," by 
"Skirmisher," to bring his horse into the ring with a great 
roller on, as his trappings detracted considerably from the appear- 
ance of his forehand. He is a big horse, standing rather over 
IG'l, and is by no means deficient in substance. I thought he 
turned out one of his toes a little and did not walk very free ; but 
many good judges seemed to like him. Mr. Simpson's " Lord 
Derby," by the "Miner," out of " Nector," by "Neville," was 
