570 ttejpori on the HorSes Exhibited at Windsor. 
we are told of the tlioroughbred, or nearly thoroughbred, teams 
which were employed on certain fast stages. But of the breeds 
under notice we hear nothing, which is certainly a curious cir- 
cumstance, because one would think that the northern contractors 
would have largely made use of a breed which has always stood 
high in the affection of Yorkshiremen. 
Report of the Judges of Coach Horses. 
[Classes 12 to 18.] 
Class 12, Stallions foaled previous to the year 1887. — The First and 
Second Prize horses have very superior action. The Fiest Peizb horse, 
No. 259 (Mr. Burdett-Coutts's Sultan) was afterwards awarded the Queen's 
Gold Medal. 
Class 13. Tioo-year-old Stallions. — This was a large but only moderate 
Class, with great want of action. No. 278 (Mr. John Kitching's Primus) 
was Reserve Number for the Gold Medal. 
Class 14. Yearling Stallions. — This was but a moderate Class. The 
First Prize, No. 292 (Mr. John White's Duke of Wellington), was a good 
animal and an easy winner. There was again great want of action, and 
niany of the horses had small bones and weak pasterns. 
Class 15. Mares and Foals. — A very good lot. No. 301 (Mr. Thomas 
Kelsey's Patience) was afterwards awarded the Queen's Gold Medal. 
Class 16. Three-year-old Geldings or Fillies. — No. 304 (Mr. Henry 
Bamford's Princess Maud) is a very good mare with superior action, and 
was afterwards Reserve Number for the Queen's Gold Medal. 
Class 17. Tiuo-year-old Geldings or Fillies. — Only one exhibited. 
Class 18 — Yearlings — was only a small Class. No. 314 (Mr. John 
"White's Lady Danlnj), the First Prize, was a good animal. 
George Woubwell. 
James Rutherford. 
Clement Stephensou-, 
Hackneys. 
Even to the untrained eye there is a great deal of the poetry 
of motion in a horse " trotting of his own courage without force 
of spurs," as the writer of one of the Paston Letters phrased it 
prior to the year 1480. At Windsor there were many horses 
which Margaret Paston would doubtless have described in the 
above words, and which Sir John Paston would have bestridden 
with discerning pleasure as doing infinite credit to the county 
breed — for Norfolk has, from the time whence the memoiy of 
man runneth not to the contrary, been noted for its horse, which, 
though known by a variety of names, has ever been a trotter. 
One horse in the class attracted attention, and that was the 
Hon. Arthur Cole's " Recruit " by " Cadet." On his first appear- 
ance he did not make a very good show, but when settled 
down he strode along in excellent style; and as he shows 
a good deal of quality, and is a nice, well-made horse, with 
