Report on the Horses Exhibited at Windsor. 
defy competition with any horse of the kind in London ; but 
when we come to the qualifications for a hackney sire different 
considerations must prevail. The Judges at Windsor gave him 
the Reserve Number, and in so doing they paid him the com- 
pliment of acknowledging his beautiful action without doing 
a monetary injustice to those which answered more truly to the 
approved type of hackney. In the 15-hand Class Mr. John 
Robinson's " Young Lord Derby," who must be taken to repre- 
sent the harness, and not the saddle, cUvision, added one moi'e 
to his many victories. On the Windsor judging, Mr. Mitchel- 
son's " Star of the North," by " Sir Edwin Landseer II," must 
be taken to be superior to any of the two-year-olds shown at 
the Islington Spring Show, inasmuch as he beat Lord Walsing- 
ham's " Felicity " and Mr. Lewis's '* Enterprising Shot," who 
were respectively first and second at Islington, together with 
some others shown there ; but in other respects the two 
placings differed. Mr. Walter Gilbey's Glendale," for in- 
stance, who was highly commended at the Hackney Show was 
now second, one place in front of Lord Walsingham's " Feli- 
city," who was first at the Spring Show ; while at Hull " Glen- 
dale " was first in the Two-yeai-old Class. With respect to the 
Windsor winner, " Star of the North," however, it may be said 
that he is a fair mover, though his hind action is not by any 
means equal to that of his forelegs, which is decidedly of 
a peculiar nature : the hoofs seem to dwell in the air and to 
come to the ground with a lightness which would scarcely break 
an egg. 
The first three in the Yearling Class were at Islington in 
June, and both sets of Judges agreed in putting Mr. Burdett- 
Coutts's " Beau Lyons " by " Candidate " first ; but Mr. 
Anthony's " County Alderman," who was third at Islington, 
now advanced a stage, in the absence of Mr. Moorhouse's 
" King Bruce " ; and Mr. Burdett-Coutts's " Master Fireaway," 
who was highly commended in London, was third at Windsor ; 
so when it is taken into account that these horses were, on 
the whole, very much after the stamp of those selected as prize- 
winners in the previous Classes, I venture to suggest that a 
good deal of the fault-finding to which the deposition of " Rufus " 
gave rise was unnecessary. The Judges took their own line, 
as sportsmen should, and in the Class last mentioned agreed 
with the same Judges who gained such kudos at Islington by 
promoting the compaj-atively unknown "Rufus" over the heads 
of well-tried horses. 
Brood Mares and Foals. — With three entries in the Class 
for Hackney Mares above Fifteen Hands, H.R.H. the Prince of 
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