Report on. ilie ITorfte.'i E.vhihited at Windsor. .V77 
under the present system the well-bred, well-brokeu, uud well- 
mannered park hack, the horse upon which men and women like 
to ride, is at a discount at shows, and a tearing, shaking, short- 
and-wide animal is the only one which obtains prizes, save on very 
rare occasions, as at Bath, for instance, a few years ago, when 
the Judges passed over all the steppers and gave the prize to a 
thoroughbred chestnut, the property of the late octogenarian 
proprietor of the Plymouth theatre ; but a storm of indignation 
arose over the decision. In connection with high-stepping hacks, 
there was much sense in the criticism of a foreign gentleman 
who was present at one of our principal shows. '' Are they not 
splendid horses ? " asked his friend, when the hacks came into 
the ring, " would they not look well in the Bois ? " " They are 
very fine," was the reply, " they trot much — but they do not 
proceed." 
Subject to these remarks no exception can be taken to the 
hacks decorated at Windsor. Of the Fifteen-stone Class men- 
tion has been made ; while in the Twelve-stone Class the first 
place was filled by Mr. Lucas"s " Elegance," a high-actioned 
mare whose form is familiar to all attendants at shows. In 
noticing the Fourteen- to Fifteen-hand Class it is only necessary 
to say that Mr. Carey's " Grace Darling " beat Mr. Cogswell's 
*' Lady Sapphire," the best walker in any of the classes. 
Report of the Judges of Hackneys. 
[Classes 19 to 29.] 
In judging Ilacknej's we selected for breeding animals those we con- 
sidered most like a general-purpose horse for riding and driving, with sub- 
stance ; especially choosing those with action and good feet, points we con- 
sider most essential for a ride-and-drive horse. 
We were compelled to place one or two animals lower down in the prize 
list than their appearance deserved, because in our opinion they were deficient 
in these points. 
The stallion No. 322 (^Ir. William Miles's Excel) has good action, with 
plenty of propelling power behind ; good shoulders and back, with deep 
back ribs and excellent feet — points making him in our opinion a good 
example for a Hackney stallion. The same may be said of No. 411 (Mr. 
Burdett-Coutts's Silver Belle) for a mare or tiUy. 
In the riding classes — Weight Carriers up to Fifteen Stone — we had diffi- 
culty, because we considered No. 433 (the Earl of Londesborough's Ophelia) 
was not up to the weight, but she had by far the best action of any in the 
Class. We thought many of them looked more like harness than riding 
horses. 
In the other two riding Classes very many meritorious animals were 
shown. 
James Hoensbt. 
Chaeles Pigott. 
Geeald Stapyltojt-Smith. 
