452  Report  of  the  Live-Stock  exhibited  at 
action.  By  many,  Mr.  Shaw’s  second  horse,  “Cromwell”  (2415), 
from  Lancashire,  would  have  been  preferred.  He  was  first  at 
Reading,  has  good  clean  bone,  strong  build,  splendid  neck,  and 
moves  better  than  the  first.  Mr.  Pole-Gell’s  third  is  a neat, 
if  not  very  heavy,  four-year-old  chestnut,  bred  by  Mr.  Kent, 
Lincolnshire.  He  stands  well  on  nice  legs,  and  appears  to 
advantage  in  motion. 
Three-year-olds  were  stronger  in  numbers,  and  quality  was 
not  deficient.  The  Hon.  Mr.  Coke’s  chestnut  “ Certainty,” 
bred  by  Mr.  Tinsley,  Lincolnshire,  is  an  animal  among  a 
thousand.  He  shows  muscle  and  general  development,  that  are 
not  often  visible  in  older  animals.  He  was  first  at  Reading, 
and  has  gained  in  all  a dozen  first  prizes.  Well-sustained  as 
merit  was  in  the  class,  he  was  abreast  of  the  others,  and  moved 
so  well  that  he  very  properly  got  the  cup  as  the  best  entire  horse 
of  the  breed.  “ Esquire,”  of  Lord  Ellesmere’s,  bred  by  Mr. 
Blunt,  placed  second,  has  immense  forearm  and  bone,  with  more 
feather  than  is  common  among  Shires,  while  his  buttock  is 
grand,  and  character  good.  His  head  may  be  rather  heavy  for 
some  tastes,  but  he  is  an  animal  of  great  substance.  To  him 
fell  first  honours  at  London  in  the  spring.  Mr.  Forshaw’s  third, 
bred  in  Lincolnshire,  is  compact  in  build,  with  better  bone  than 
some  of  the  others,  and  easy  action.  He  stood  first  among  all  ages 
at  Doncaster,  beating  Lord  Ellesmere’s  first  aged  horse.  Lord 
Egerton’s  Reserve  colt,  bred  by  Messrs.  Waring,  Lancashire,  is 
a tidy  bay,  son  of  the  celebrated  prize-horse  “ What’s  Wanted.” 
Still  larger  were  numbers,  and  correspondingly  greater  was 
size,  in  the  Two-year-old  Colt  Class.  The  Judges,  as  they  say 
themselves,  had  no  sinecure  here.  A satisfactory  first  was  found, 
however,  in  Mr.  Elsey’s  handsome  bay  colt,  bred  by  Mr.  King, 
Lincolnshire,  and  sired,  like  Mr.  Coke’s  champion  colt,  by 
“Lincolnshire  Tom”  (1367).  This  colt  is  wonderfully  ripe, 
strong  in  bone,  good  in  feet  and  feather,  and  in  general 
features  not  unlike  a Clydesdale,  but  bigger  and  better  matured 
than  animals  of  the  Scotch  breed  usually  are  at  the  age.  The 
biggest  colt  in  the  class,  if  not  in  the  Show,  for  a two-year-old, 
was  Mr.  Welcher’s  second,  of  Mr.  Betts’s  breeding,  and  also 
sired  by  “ Lincolnshire  Tom.”  He  has  monster  legs,  measuring 
below  the  knee  12J  inches.  His  thighs  and  forearm  are  very 
strong,  but  his  hocks  are  too  fleshy.  He  has  gained  eight  first 
prizes,  and  is  an  extraordinary  colt  for  size  and  substance. 
Mr.  Bacon’s  third,  an  active  well-put-together  colt,  of  his  own 
breeding,  is  the  best  “ stepper  ” of  the  three,  and  has  good 
pasterns  and  feet.  The  Lion.  Mr.  Coke’s  Reserve  black 
colt,  bred  by  the  exhibitor,  has  excellent  feet  and  pretty  good 
form. 
