562 JRejJoH on the Horses Exhibited at Windsor. 
where the five premiums of 151. each, were awarded to 
" Florence," " Improver," " Lady Colin," " May Morn," and 
" Princess." None of these, however, with the exception of 
" Lady Colin," found their way into the prize list at Windsor, 
from which it would appear that Lord Middleton's " Modesty " 
by " Peppermint," and Mr. Hutchinson's " Portia " by " Ex- 
minster," placed second and thii'd respectively, were supei'ior to 
the remainder of the Islington premium-winners. It may also 
be remarked that in the Two-year-old Class at Nottingham last 
year " Princess " and " Modesty " were second and third, so 
that while the latter has advanced a stage, the former has 
droj^ped out. There is no getting away from the shapeliness of 
" Lady Colin " ; her shoulders are as good as one would wish to 
see ; her quality should make her valuable in the eyes of men 
who do not ride over about thirteen stone, and she appears to 
carry her head in the right place. 
Two-year-olds. — The effect of generous keep was at once 
apparent when the two-year-old geldings were led into the ring. 
They might easily have been mistaken for three- or four-year- 
olds, so well grown were they ; and it could not be said of them, 
as Cuthbert Shaw wrote of Dr. Johnson, that they were " un- 
blest with outward grace," for a better-looking collection never 
paraded before J udges. Mr. Wilkinson's fine chestnut " Rufus " 
by " Outfit," who won at Peterborough, followed up his former 
victory in accordance with the forecast of the ring-side critics, 
as there was nothing in the class to touch him in point of 
length and liberty, while as to weight fourteen stone should not 
be too much for him by the time he is old enough to make ac- 
quaintance with hounds. Of every colt in the ring words of 
praise might be written, and the Judges bore testimony to their 
all-round excellence by inclusive commendation. The two-year 
fillies are unlikely, in the future, to add to the number of weight- 
carrying hunters, a general likeness being a marked feature of 
the whole ; but the class had the distinction of furnishing the 
best hunter mare in the five classes devoted to them. This was 
Captain Fife's " La Charite " by " Huguenot," that good-looking 
chestnut sire who till his death was one of the Compton Stud 
in Dorsetshire, of which establishment Captain Fife is the head. 
She was up to more weight than anything in the class, walked 
exceedingly well, while he who could pick faults in her make 
and shape would be hypercritical indeed. She was bred by a 
farmer at Shepton Mallet, and was bought by her present owner 
at a not extravagant price. As bearing upon the future of 
hunter-breeding, these classes for fillies are necessarily watched 
with intense interest, and while offering my humble praise of 
