638 Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Preston, 1885. 
ever, 21 entries of the Suffolk breed were made, and all but three 
appeared. The merits of this breed are so well known, and have 
been so frequently described, that but a short notice is necessary. 
Seven fine stallions, in the Three-year-old Class, were headed 
by " Dreadnought," undoubtedly the best, Mr. Kent getting 
second with " Marshman," between Mr. VVolton's two horses, A 
fine colt, of great power and very active, headed the Class for 
Two-year-olds; he is by "Tiptop," belongs to Mr. Horace 
Wolton, and will probably be heard of again ; a neat colt, also 
from Woodbridge, was second. A good mare, with a nice foal, 
showed alone in the Class for Matrons, and got the first prize 
for her owner, Mr. Wilmot ; and the three-year-old fillies of Mr. 
Austin, and the Duke of Hamilton's two-year-olds, are good 
specimens of a breed, which, despite its undeniable usefulness, 
does not spread much beyond the limits of East Anglia, at the 
metropolis of which the next Country Meeting of the Society 
will be held. 
Draught Horses. 
A handsome prize, offered by the Preston Local Committee, 
for a pair of draught horses (mare or gelding), any age or breed, 
was won by the Earl of Ellesmere with two splendid bay mares, 
five years old, shire bred, beating the Duke of Hamilton's hand- 
some Suffolk chestnuts, one of which is much older. Another 
prize, given by the same authority for a single draught gelding 
less than four years old, was won by a wonderful horse belong- 
ing to the Hon. Mrs. Meynell-Ingram, which is one of the finest 
specimens of the English dray-horse ever exhibited ; he is by 
" Stonton," sire of one of the winning mares in the preceding 
Class — a horse well known in the iNIidlands, — and was well placed 
before the six-year-old Cheshire-bred " Robin " of Mr. >Cron- 
shaw, although the latter is a very strong and evidently valuable 
animal. This was the last Class in the Catalogue for Cart 
Horses, and it will be found that entries under that denomina- 
tion numbered no less than 262, divided as follows : 
Shire or Agricultural 170 
Clydesdales 64 
Suffolks 21 
Draught horses, any age or breed .... 7 
262 
There were many absentees in this as in other departments of 
the Show, but these will be more fully dealt with in the con- 
clusion of this Report. 
