459 
the  Society's  Meeting , 1883. 
awarded  the  Champion  prize,  as  the  best  male  Clydesdale  exhibited.  The 
second-prize  animal  in  this  class  is  a good  promising  horse  ; while  the  third 
shows  strength  and  quality. 
Class  6.  Two-Year-old  Clydesdale  Stallions. — The  first-  and  second-prize 
animals  in  this  class  were  excellent  colts : the  others  were  only  an  aver- 
age lot. 
Class  18.  This  was  a large  class  and  fairly  representative  of  the  breed. 
With  the  exception  of  one  or  two  animals,  the  whole  class  was  of  excellent 
merit,  and  we  consider  them  valuable  brood  mares. 
Class  28.  This  class  was  par  excellence  the  class  in  the  Showyard.  The 
three  first  animals  are  perhaps  as  good  as  anything  of  the  Clydesdale  breed 
seen  in  any  Showyard  for  many  years.  The  Judges  placed  five  animals  in 
this  class,  and  without  exception  all  the  five  were  good,  and  even  superior 
mares.  The  Judges  awarded  the  Champion  prize  for  the  best  female  Clydes- 
dale in  the  Yard  to  No.  237,  and  think  her  perhaps  the  best  Clydesdale  mare 
exhibited  this  season. 
Class  29.  This  class  of  Two-Year-old  Fillies  was  of  good  quality.  The 
first-,  second-,  and  third-prize  animals  were  of  great  merit,  and  the  reserve 
number  filly  was  also  a useful  mare,  of  good  size,  and  looked  like  improving. 
Peter  Anderson. 
David  Buchanan. 
Suffolk. 
This  useful  Eastern  breed  compensated  in  quality  for  some 
shortcomings  in  numbers.  The  Judges’  Report  is  so  minute 
and  exhaustive,  that  space  would  only  be  wasted  by  any  remarks 
of  mine.  It  may  be  stated,  however,  that  the  Suffolk  foals  were 
bigger  than  many  of  those  of  other  breeds.  The  attention  of 
the  reader  is  invited  to  the  excellent  Report  of  the  Judges, 
appended. 
Report  of  Judges  of  Suffolk  Horses. 
We  report  a good  exhibition  of  animals  of  the  true  characteristic  of  the 
breed,  considering  the  distance  of  the  Showyard  from  the  Eastern  Counties  and 
the  curtailing  of  the  number  and  amount  of  the  prizes  offered.  The  number 
of  animals  exhibited  will  compare  favourably  with  the  entries  of  other  breeds 
of  horses.  The  very  wholesome  rule  of  some  local  societies  in  refusing  to  give 
prizes  to  any  but  animals  free  from  hereditary  unsoundness  is  bearing  useful 
results,  as  we  can  report  that,  excepting  in  one  class,  we  did  not  require  the 
services  of  the  veterinary  surgeon ; and  perhaps  the  unsoundness  there  may  be 
attributed  to  the  desire  of  the  owners  of  the  animals  to  show  them  in  such  high 
condition.  We  regret  that  no  prize  was  offered  for  Gast  Mares,  as  these,  not 
being  pulled  down  with  foals  upon  them,  generally  present  the  best  specimens 
of  any  breed,  and  are  mostly  animals  in  the  prime  and  full  bloom  of  life. 
Class  7.  Aged  Stallions. — There  were  three  before  us.  To  No.  61,  the 
Duke  of  Hamilton’s  “ Eastern  Emperor,”  we  awarded  the  first  prize — a very 
grand  horse,  but  wanting  in  quality  for  a Suffolk ; to  No.  62,  Mr.  Woltou’s 
“ Chieftain,”  we  gave  the  second  prize — a horse  of  immense  size,  but  full 
of  good  quality  and  Suffolk  character ; had  his  hind-quarters  been  equal  to 
his  fore-end,  he  would  have  been  a very  hard  horse  to  beat  in  a Showyard. 
No.  60  appeared  so  out  of  sorts,  and  had  so  many  suspicious-looking  scars 
on  him,  that  we  declined  giving  him  the  reserve  number,  notwithstanding  that 
offhand  his  form  was  quite  equal  to  that  of  the  prize  horses. 
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