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the first-prize yearling colt was, by " Wiseman's Wonder." Before 
the close of the Show, she was accidentally "lamed" by a stab 
from a stable-fork in a hind-leg, which spoiled her appearance 
somewhat. The second one, a stylish chestnut shown by Mr. 
James Jackson, has a symmetrical frame and good action. Mr. 
Drew's third filly is a spirited black, bred in Derbyshire, with 
good top, and, like the second, light bone. While the first one, 
which was in the same position at Rath, had more bone and 
muscle than her opponents, the second and third were fully as 
well topped. The two-year-old filly Class was not so good as 
the one just described, yet it was creditable. Mr. Drew got to 
the front here with a black filly (breeder unknown), with good 
body, very fine flat bone, and nice action. Mr. Marsters's second 
is a heavy, useful-looking grey, sired by the ponderous old horse, 
" England's Wonder." The rest in the Class were fair specimens. 
Only four pairs appeared in Class 26 : pairs of mares or 
geldings over 16 hands. They were all " placed," and well 
deserved to be. The first pair, owned by Mr. W. Bramley, 
Doncaster, were powerful well matched animals, in very high 
condition. If Mr. Drew's chestnut mare, in the second pair, 
had not been heavily weighted by her neighbour, the award 
might have been otherwise. The chestnut is a six-year-old 
English-bred mare, very strong in her couplings, showing great 
substance, firm build, fine feet, and fair action. She after- 
wards gained the ex-Mayor's 50 guinea cup as best mare or 
gelding in the yard. Mr. C. W. Brierley's third pair displayed- 
great size and powerful make. Pairs under 16 hands were not 
so good. Mr. C. W. Wilson's first pair of mares, from High 
Park, Kendal, were exceedingly well-matched, tidy, well 
equipped animals, a considerable way ahead of their antagonists. 
The Stand Stud Company's second pair were nice little mares 
— animals that would work with heavier beasts. The third pair, 
belonging to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Liverpool, 
were moderate specimens, one of them being what is known in 
some parts of the country as " rat-tailed." In a large and good 
class of mares or geldings over five years, Mr. Charles Beart 
was easy first, with an immense specimen of equine develop- 
ment, wide in her frame, shapely, and supported, as such a body 
would require to be, by good legs and durable feet. She was hard 
in the race for the cup. Lord Ellesmere's second mare moves 
stylishly, and is well topped. Her tail is not nice. About his 
Lordship's third mare, Mr. Crowther's fourth, or Mr. W. A. 
Meadows' fifth, there is nothing very remarkable, except a " rat- 
tail " attached to the last-named and otherwise good animal. 
Ticketless, in this class, was the best trotting cart-mare I have 
ever seen. I allude to the well-known twelve-year-old grey 
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