384 Report of the Stewards of Stock at the Battersca Shotv. 
good shoulders and short legs, and more like gettino; a gentleman's hack than 
most of these trotters. Mr. Martin's ' Crocus,' tlie taker of the second prize, is 
more of a professional trotter ; he has grand action and good limbs, and 
although a little light in his back ribs, is altogether a very useful horse. 
Mr. Moss's ' Buck Merrylegs,' who has taken many prizes, and is a very useful 
good sort of horse, was highly commended, an honour he did not attain at 
Leeds. No. 748, Messrs. Hargreaves and Craven's ' Young Pride of England,' 
a good-looking roan, was a favourite with the public, but bis hocks stopped 
him with the Judges. 
" Class II. Roadster Mares. — This small class of four was reduced to three bj' 
the disqualification of No. 7C1, ' Kitty,' aged about 22, from years and in- 
firmity. Mr. Jonathan Peel's nineteen years old mare ' Jessie' was an animal of 
great power and fine action, and just the sort of mare to breed from. Mr. Percy's 
second prize mare, ' Crafty,' had less size and power, but was a very good goer. 
Neither of them possessed quite as much of the roadster character as Mr. Walter 
Burch's roan mare. No. 709, which took the first prize in this class at Canter- 
bury, and was this year shown as a hunting brood-mare, where she was out of 
her place. 
" The Pony Stallions, above 12J and under 14 hands. — Looking at the great 
demand for good ponies, this is a class worthy of encouragement. Nine com- 
]Tetitors were brought out, several of which were very useful animals. Mr. 
Blenkiron's 'Napoleon' was a strong, active, and reallj' useful pony, with 
substance enough to carry a heavy man. Captain Edwardes's ' Taffy ' was 
something of the same style, but his hocks were deficient. Mr. Ash well's white- 
legged chesnut was of a different stam]), nearly thorough-bred, a little light in 
his body, but with capital legs and feet, and a wonderful goer, which gave 
him the second prize. Mr. Moffatt's ' Tom Sayers' (whose sire, ' Highland 
Laddie,' won this prize at Chester), was a good useful pony, and likely to get 
stock with strength and substance. Mr. C. Moffat's ' Stranger ' was verj' 
pretty and a splendid mover, but too light to win here ; and Mr. Massey's 
'Sunbeam,' a quick active bay, was commended. Dr. Beevor's ' Bobby,' now 
22 years old, and the sire of very many good ponies, was, or rather had been, 
the best pony in the class, and take him for symmetry, substance, size, quality, 
and colour, he is almost perfection ; but the poor old fellow was lame, and his 
day is gone by, so he was very reluctantly passed over and highly commended. 
" Mare Ponies, Class II. — Of the eleven exhibited, Mr. Matthews's ' Ozone,' 
a very neat active brown, with great liberty of movement, was placed first, and 
Mr. Branwhite's ' Pretty Girl,' a good-looking roan, with more substance but 
less action, second. Both were valuable animals and worthy of their position. 
Dr. Beevor's ' Indiana,' a 4-year-old, by ' Bobby,' was [a picture, but rather 
light of bone : she is very likely to be heard of again. There were some other 
pretty ponies, but nothing to call for especial notice. 
" Pony Geldings, Class III., were a very moderate lot. The prize pony, 
' Pretty Boy,' came out of the same stable as ' Pretty Girl,' but was not her 
equal. 
" Ponies not exceeding 12| hands, Class I. and II. — With the exception of a 
drove of half-starved Shelties, the 45Z. offered as prizes for the three classes of 
small prizes produced only five competitors, viz., one stallion, Mr. Baker's 
' Gem,' a nice active Exmoor ponj^, bred by Mr. Robert Smith, and, as might 
be ex]5ectcd, good of the sort. Besides the Shelties, there were two mares and 
a stiff little roan, which took the first prize in Essex a few weeks ago, as he 
also did here, the other being an active Welsh 3-year-old ; but neither of them 
first-rate specimens. The geldings were only two in number : a grey Exmoor, 
' Cornet,' belonging to Lord Braybrooke, which could go, and a golden (Welsh) 
dun, which could not go; hence the preference was given to the former. 
This class of animal is too small to be generally useful, and surely the 45?. 
might be more usefully applied." 
