538 Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Liverpool. 
Royal in 1874. Her Majesty the Queen's dark brown son of 
" Prince of Wales," which cost 400 guineas at the sale of the 
breeder, Mr. Drew, lately, has plenty of style and action if he 
had only more bone and hair below the knee. Yearling colts 
were a poor class. The Queen's first one cost 200 guineas at 
Mr. Drew's sale last April, and would be improved by more 
bone and feather. 
Mares with foals at foot were a small but very select class — 
as the Judges remark, every one of the three deserved and got a 
prize. The first, four years old, from Baillieknowe, bred near 
Castle Douglas, is a nice bay, which, as a filly, carried everything 
before her in Scotland last year, with one exception, when she 
was beaten by a 590 guinea filly, now at Keir, Perthshire. She 
has good limbs and fair build, not very strong waist, and short 
good back. Her foal has shaken her somewhat. Mr. Drew's 
second is a very highly bred mare of Knockdon blood. She 
had more substance than any of her opponents, and had the best 
body, only her pasterns are not so good as those of the first 
mare. The second one cost 400 guineas at the Knockdon sale 
last October. The third mare, belonging to Lord Ellesmere, 
has frequently been among the winners. In moderate condition, 
she is a good type of a Clydesdale, and was bred in Kircud- 
brightshire, where many grand animals have been reared. A 
pretty good class of 3-year-old fillies was clearly topped by Mr. 
McQueen's nicely balanced bay, from The Crofts, Dalbeattie, 
bred in Argyllshire. She was second in a great contest at 
Glasgow in May, has a good fore-arm, fair bone, and strong 
build. The Duchess of Hamilton's second filly is a very nice 
dark brown of Mr. Drew's breeding. She is a tidy active 
animal, somewhat small in size. Mr. Drewitt's third prize is not 
like a Clydesdale. She is light in bone, and not well balanced 
in frame. Her action, however, is pleasing. Mr. Bruce's fourth 
filly is not so well-hearted as could be wished, though many 
" Clydesdale men " would have preferred her to the third. 
At least, the prize animals in the two-year-old filly class were 
good. Mr. Tweedie's first, bred by himself, has had a very suc- 
cessful showyard career. She is a well-topped evenly grown bay, 
of good action, and is grand in the quarters as well as at the 
flank. More bone above the knee would help her greatly, yet 
she was a sure first. The second filly, belonging to Mr. Drew, 
is a big outcoming animal, bred by Mr. Knox, and sired, as 
many prize animals have been, by the well-known horse " Lord 
Lyon." When running she lifts her feet well, and has great 
muscle and good feather. Her ribs are not so well sprung as 
those of the first filly. The Havering Park filly, placed third, 
is a thick thoroughly useful sort. 
