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old, was in good Show form, and is a strong active mare, likely 
to breed well. The third, owned by Mr. Brocklebank, is sinking, 
as might be expected, at eighteen. Her chance was deservedly 
heightened by the presence of a good foal at foot. A mare more 
likely to breed a good hackney than Mr. Kirby's "Nelly" one 
does not often see. She is at once a beautiful hack, very sym- 
metrical, and firm in barrel, with clean fine legs and wonder- 
ful action. Then her foal promises even to surpass its dam 
in merit. The second mare, " Miss Polly," is a well-knit 
useful-looking animal. Mr. Bailey's third steps easily and 
shows a "chip" of breeding. Pony mares and foals were a 
fair class. Mr. Gill's first prize is the tidy eight-year-old chest- 
nut which headed the list at Birmingham last year. She is 
very smart, and has a nice foal. Particularly strong on the back, 
and stylish about the head and neck, is Mr. Gledhill's second 
pony. The third one, from Aylesby, was a favourite of its 
worthy owner, the late Mr. William Torr, and is wonderfully 
hale and active at the ripe age of 23. She is lean, and has a 
very fine foal at foot. 
For the Royal Show, and especially the district of meeting, 
the supply of hunters, as a whole, was rather disappointing. 
The cause of this I cannot attempt to explain. One thing that 
should not be lost sight of is that hunters are expensive, and 
very risky stock to breed and rear. They are not early enough 
marketable, and there are apt to be too many misfits forrentpay- 
ing farmers to rear them. There can be no question that there is 
often a sacrifice and always a risk in the rearing of such stock. 
Breeders of this very useful and highly prized class of animal 
thus deserve every possible encouragement. The chief point of 
interest in the heavy-weight hunter class was the result of a 
renewed tussle between the Duke of Hamilton's "Winder" 
and Mr. John B. Booth's " Baldersby." They had a hard pull 
at the Alexandra Park shortly before, which ended favourably 
for the Yorkshire horse. Between these two there is little to 
choose. His Grace's black is a powerful horse, and a graceful 
runner. There are not wanting, however, good Judges of field 
horses who would back "Baldersby " to give " Winder" a heat, 
crossing a deal of country in a long day. The judges at Liver- 
pool eventually reversed the London decision. Mr. Hutchinson's 
five-year-old chestnut horse, " Glengyle," of Mr. Swanwick's 
breeding, and already well-known to fame, had a clear victory 
in the light-weight class. He, as most of the readers of the 
' Journal ' must already be aware, is a nice horse all over, being 
particularly good in the quarters and back, while he gallops 
with much ease and grace. When only three years old he cost 
nearly 400 guineas. "Vandyke" trots very well, and made a 
