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bought at Elsenham — " Bluebeard," by " Spark," which secured 
a commendation. The Hon. E. Coke's "Charlatan," !Mr. Shaw's 
*' Senator," and Mr. Cronshaw's " Cleville " in the Class were 
shown as Yearlings in 1884, but did not succeed in obtaining 
notice at Preston. 
Nineteen Yearlings were entered ; but although there were 6 
absentees, the remaining youngsters formed a class of much 
promise. The Earl of Ellesmere brought from his fen farm 
" Shrewsbury," by his " Esquire," the dam being his last year's 
first-prize mare, Darling," by " England's Glory." The value 
of this fine pedigree was fully borne out by the appearance of the 
winner, a very compact colt, which was nearly equalled by the 
second, " Embassy," also belonging to his Lordship, and which 
will probably run his rival more closely in future when he becomes 
more fully developed. A Yorkshire colt, " A 1 Quality," by 
" Bar None," and of " What's Wanted " blood, took the"^ third 
prize, and is of great promise ; " Hopeful," belonging to Mr. 
Bury, of Huntingdonshire, was reserved and highly commended, 
but lacks the quality so conspicuous in the winners. 
The next, a very interesting class, consisted of Colt Foals, 
the produce of the " Shire and Agricultural " Mares in Class 13. 
This prize, given by the Preston Local Committee, was offered 
according to suggestions made from time to time — that foals 
should compete with each other, leaving their dams to stand or 
fall by their own merits. The first prize, a magnificent Lan- 
cashire-bred foal of Mr. Lawrenson's, is the produce of his fine 
old mare, " Brock," by " Ploughboy," and is sired by " Lincoln," 
thus beinff own brother to the Hon. E. Coke's " Chance." The 
mare did not succeed in attracting the favourable notice of the 
Judges ; but the excellence of her progeny was very evident. 
It was stated that this fine foal was sold for a large sum for service 
in Lincolnshire ; others, again, were of opinion that Essex will 
probably be the district in which he will eventually be found. 
The second and third-prize animals are good ; but this was a 
class in which the winning was easy, and Mr. Charnock and 
Mr. Williamson's foals are more on a par with each other than 
with the winner. The reserve is a pretty foal, belonging to 
Mr. Singleton, out of the second-prize mare ; and ^Ir. W. Gilbey 
was commended for " Weston Wonder," from his " Fences 
Metal," Norfolk-bred. 
It is now necessary to deviate from the order of the Catalogue, 
as the Classes for Horses there follow sex instead of sequence, 
and the Reports of the Judges, necessarily confined to each 
breed, could not otherwise be arranged in their places in a 
collective report. 
" Shire or Agricultural Mares, each with foal at foot." The 
