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cart stallion. No. 87, a big colt, with a splint on one leg, which the veterinary 
surgeon took no notice of. 
Class 6. — Very badly represented ; only one worthy of a prize, which wc 
learned afterwards belonged to Her Majesty. We should like to have seen 
something better from the Royal farms. 
The Suffolk horses were few in number, but showed uncommonly well — cer- 
tainly, in our opinion, in the best form of any cart-horses at the Liverpool Show. 
Class 7. — Nine exhibited out of an entry of fourteen — with one exception, 
from their own county. No. 102, an extraordinarily well-grown three-year-old 
horse, most weight on the shortest legs, perhaps, of any horse in the Showyard. 
No. 109, a good type of a Suffolk horse, six years old, wearing well with hard 
work. No. 96, another three-year-old, good upstanding colt, might be a little 
bigger at his girth. No. 99, a useful four-year-old, very clean and active. 
No. 104, big and good looking. 
Class 8. — No. 112, first prize, a very smart colt. No. Ill, a good second. 
We thought both this and the first-prize horse in this class a little deficient in 
bone below the knee. No. 110 was very much the biggest in the class ; but was 
not passed by the veterinary surgeon. 
Class 14. — Only three in the class, all deserving prizes. No. 162, four 
years old, a very active good mare, indifferent foal. No. 164, much more size, 
good mare, young inferior foal. No. 163 we thought the best of the three, a 
very big «ood foal, but crippled, which obliged us to put her below the others 
in the prize list. 
Class 15. — No. 168, a very level mare with good outline, capital action, 
rather high on the leg. No. 166, a thick clever mare, with an appearance 
of side bone, though not enough to prevent her being passed by the veterinary 
surgeon. No. 169, a good third. No. 165, very useful mare and foal. 
Class 18. — No. 193, good type of Clydesdale filly, round ribs, capital feet 
and legs, good mover. No. 192, very much the same sort as the last ; deficient 
in size. No. 190, very big good filly, having not so much character as the 
last two; goes well. No. 187, a plainish mare with plenty of size. No. 191, 
black, with flattish sides and not so much bone. 
Class 19. — Badly represented. No. 195, good enough for first prize. 
Second prize not awarded. 
Class 21. — Three very good animals in this class. No. 211, a smart good 
filly. No. 213, big, low in condition, with famous arms and thighs, likely to 
grow to a good mare. No. 214, pretty filly, ribs none too long. No. 212, 
very useful. 
Class 22. — But one shown, and it well deserved a prize. 
Champion Prize for best stallion in the Showyard was awarded, after some 
discussion, to No. 14, which we learned afterwards belonged to the Earl of 
Ellesmere. 
The Champion Prize for best mare or gelding, after some considerable judging, 
went to No. 243, a very good six-year-old chestnut mare, with some famous 
feet, and went well. No. 254 ran her very close for the cup ; some of us thought 
she should have had it. This mare is a year younger than No. 243, much 
bigger, and goes as well ; her feet may not be quite so good, though she is not 
much behind in that respect. We were told alterwards she had never been 
beaten before. 
Wm. Thomi'son, 
Alex. Turxbull, 
ItOBICKT FlNDLAT. 
Tlioroughhred and Riding Horses. — By all competent judges it 
was admitted that the display of these varieties was inferior to 
that of cart-horses, or, indeed, to the representations in these 
