636 Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Preston, 1885. 
placed second with a mealy roan of heavier style, which seemed 
somewhat deficient in dash as well as colour. Many preferred 
the third-prize colt, Mr. McCowan's " Newtonairds Yet," by 
" Macgregor," as of better style, tjpe, and quality. In Clydes- 
dale Mares and Foals ten were entered, but only six were shown. 
Lord Ellesmere's " Flower Girl," a four-year-old of great beauty 
and substance, with a coat and feather of fine black, was de- 
servedly first. " Dora," the Marquess of Londonderry's, is of 
weaker character; and the curiously coloured "Milkmaid " was 
by some thought the better animal. The Three-year-old Fillies 
were headed by one of the best movers seen for many seasons. 
Lords Arthur and Lionel Cecil's " Cornflower," by " Lord 
Lyon " ; second to her was " Lily," from Seaham, a handsome 
but weaker filly, beating a Hertfordshire bred one in a good 
class of 11 entries. Eleven were also entered in the Two-year- 
old Class, but only 8 appeared ; and Lords Arthur and Lionel 
Cecil gained another victory with " Edith Plantagenet," a filly 
of fully Clydesdale character, the Duke of Portland showing the 
second- and third-prize animals, of which the latter seemed some- 
what deficient in the points of the breed. The very complete 
and interesting Report of the Judges of Clydesdales deals so 
fully with the merits of the different prize-takers, that but little 
is left to add, save that the Show fully sustained the reputation 
which this handsome and active variety of cart-horse has gained. 
Meport of the Judges of Clydesdale Horses. 
Class 5. Three-year-old Stallions. — Was a good class, almost all the 
animals in it being creditable specimens of the breed, several of them very 
much so. The first-prize horse, No. 59, is very gay and stylish-looking, his 
action being excellent, and his fore-legs and fore-feet unusually good. No. 58, 
the second-]irize horse, has less substance than the first, and he is not so 
good a mover, but he is full of quality. The third horse, No. 62, is strong, 
big, and stylish, but he is slightly lacking in quality, and hard in the hair. 
The reserve horse. No. 61, shows good quality, but he is a little too light ia 
the bone. 
The Two-year-olds in Class 6 were really good as a class. The first-prize 
horse. No. Ot), is a very just and promising colt, showing true Clydesdale 
characteristics. The second-prize animal. No. 67, is a big grand Clydesdale, 
with beautiful hair, but it would have been improved had its fore-feet been 
wider. The third-prize colt, No. 64, is a nice animal, but is not equal in 
strength and style to the two animals placed before him. The reserve and 
highly commended colt. No. 76, appeared at a disadvantage from being 
obviously out of bloom, but he posses^^es excellent qualities and true Cl\ d6s- 
dale character. A commended ticket was given to No. 65, a nice useful colt. 
Class 7. — The Yearling Colts were very good as a class. 1'he first-prize 
one, No. 87, is full of quality, indeed he is good in every respect, though 
slightly hollow in the back. The second prize was awarded to No. 84, a 
strawberry roan, not a favourite colour for a Clydesdale, lie is a grand strong 
colt, possessed of extra good fore-feet and legs, and showing much quality. 
The third-prize colt, No. 81, appeared somewhat out of bloom. He is a 
