at Newcastle-upon- Tyne. 
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one of the veterans of the show, as he was foaled in 1869. 
With his rough coat and light middle there was nothing very 
imposing about him ; but he is not without good points, and 
seems a wiry little horse. He has, I am told, been serving 
round about Northallerton, and report speaks well of his 
stock, all of which jump, a characteristic they possibly owe 
to " Neville," the dam's sire. Mr. W. Taylor Sharpe's " Mar," 
a chestnut by " King Tom," out of " Marsworth's " dam, by 
" Fernhill " or " Gleam," is a sire with great bone, and shows 
much power in his back and loins. With excellent sloping 
shoulders and hocks well let down (one of them blemished by 
accident), he is by no means a bad specimen of a hunter-sire, 
and the general opinion was that he would be found among the 
first five, malgre rather weak pasterns. IVIr. John Dawson's 
*' Marsala," by " Plebeian," out of " Madeira," by " Thunder- 
bolt," is leggy, and does not fulfil the requirements of a hunter. 
Mr. Sawrey-Cookson's " Mr. Winkle," by " St. Albans," out of 
" Peri," by " Birdcatcher," is just the sort of horse that one would 
like for a hunter-sire. He stands, I should say, about 15*2, 
and is a wonderfully strongly built and compact little horse, 
second to nothing in the hall in point of good looks. He has 
enough bone for anything, capital shoulders, a good back and 
loins, and good quarters. He has been standing in Durham, 
where he has got some excellent stock, and has established a 
great name for himself. 
The third batch were led by Mr. Banks's " Moss Hawk," by 
" Blair Athol," out of " Vergiss-mein-nicht," by " The Flying 
Dutchman." "Moss Hawk" is a nicely topped horse, and his 
fine forehand was much admired by those who gathered round 
his box before the judging began. Nor was he less liked when 
be paraded in the ring, as his bloodlike appearance was all the 
more apparent. If there is a fault to be found with him it is in 
his hocks, but the shortcomings did not seem to be very serious. 
He was eventually found among the first five, though, like 
some of the other winners, he brings no character with him 
from the racecourse, as he failed to win a two-year-old race 
after seven attempts, and was equally unsuccessful in his two 
three-year-old races. " Omega," by " Knight of the Garter," 
out of " Lambda," by " Umbriel," the property of Mr. Tren- 
holm, has a great local reputation in Durham. His pasterns 
are too long to be deemed perfect, and his quarters, rather too 
drooping to be esteemed handsome, are well shaped for jumping. 
On dit, that " Omega " last year served more than 150 mares ; 
a good many of his stock were seen at various shows last 
season, and it is only fair to say that they gave promise of 
growing into hunters. " Omega " is a cobby sort of a horse, 
