Report on the Horses Exhibited at Windsor. 
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Perth, and to bo the bond fide 'pvo-perty of any landlord or tenant 
in the county, " and to be kept for the purpose of breeding." 
Four years later all restrictions appear to have been swept 
away, and the Highland Society's prize was open to everybody. 
The next step in the building-up of the Clydesdale seems to 
have been recourse to English blood, as one breeder after 
another came down south iu search of a suitable cross ; and this 
departure, like that of the introduction of Flemish blood, was 
so eminently successful, that some of the best-kuown horses of 
to-day may, through the medium of the Clydesdale Stud-book, 
be traced to have kinship with English horses. 
A glance at this year's catalogue showed that among the 
lara:e number of o\vners who had entered their horses at Windsor 
were all the foremost breeders. Had the Eoyal taken place 
at the usual time, the stallion classes might possibly have been 
better filled, for June comes in the midst of the season for 
sires ; but, on the whole, there was not the slightest reason to 
be dissatisfied with the entries, which numbered nearly 100. 
For the reason just stated, the class for Aged Stallions was made 
up of three out of the five entered ; but it was a pity that one 
of the absentees was Mr. Montgomery's well-known horse 
" Sirdar," as his presence might have added keenness to the 
competition. Still, an excellent trio were left to fight out the 
issue. Mr. David Riddell's name is so intimately associated 
with tlae advance of the Clydesdale that no one grudged him his 
victory with " Grand National," an improving horse who was 
placed third at the Spring Show, though in the estimation of 
the Judges there was probably very little between him and 
the Duke of Portland's " Macaulay " (first in his class at New- 
castle), who was placed second ; the latter has possibly the 
better action of the two, but yields to the winner in outline and 
substance. The third horse, Mr. J. S. Hodgson's " Sir Hilde- 
brand," claimed honours at Norwich three years ago, and is an 
instance of the Clydesdale being indebted to English blood, as 
his dam " Darling," who won many prizes, was hj " Tintack," 
an English-bred horse ; and one of " Darling's " grandsons, 
"Lord Salisbury," was sold a few years ago for 1,500/. In the 
Three-year-old Class Mr. John Gilmour's " Prince of Albion " had 
virtually a walk over, in spite of the good company in which he 
moved. The adage, ''Like father, like son," was here verified 
to the letter, " Prince of Albion " being by that very famous sire 
" Prince of Wales," possibly the finest horse that ever passed 
through Mr. Eiddell's hands. Among his many victories was 
the First Prize at Manchester in 1869, when, as already stated, 
Clydesdales first competed in classes confined to themselves ; and 
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