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Class 19. Hunter Mare, Three Years old. — Another small class, three only; 
it No. 148, "May Queen," is a heautiful mare; and if "Honesty," who was 
at abroad last year, can get a few more like her in Kussia, he will prove a 
veiy cheap horse, and a loss to this country. 
Class 20. Hunter Mare, Four Tears old. — A small but good class. 
Xo. 150, " Sunbeam," is a very beautiful mare, now probably at her best : 
she gallops with rather round action. No. 152, to whom we awarded second 
prize, is a very useful mare, and a credit to her sire and dam, both well known 
in the Showyard. 
Class 21. Hunter Gelding, Four Years old. — A wretched class ; so bad that 
we onlj' awarded one i^rize to No. 158, " Kelly," a fine galloper, and up to 
weight, but a very bad mover in his trot. 
Class 22. Hunter, up to 12 stone. — This was a good class, as it contained 
" King Charming," No. 164, winner of first prize, and " Jester," No. 168, 
placed second. Both horses are good ones in their way, but both are not 
without faults. No. 165, third prize, might very well have been in the 
heavy-weight class. 
Class 23. Hunter, up to 14 stone. — No. 170, "Banker," won very easily. 
He is as grand a horse as a man can find. No. 174, second prize, and No. 172, 
third prize, are nice horses, but not of the same class as " Banker." 
Classes 24 and 25. Hackneys. — Both moderate classes. 
Class 25. — Wretched in the extreme. 
Class 26. Pony, under 14 hands. — This was a well-filled class, and con- 
tained some very useful ponies. No. 207, " Tally Ho," was a long way superior 
to the rest of the class. 
Class 27. Pony, under 13 hands. — Another good class, and larger entry ; 
one of the best classes we had before us. No. 228, the first-prize pony, is a 
very good mover, and quite a pony. No. 218, is a very handsome little 
fellow, with not such good action as No. 225, third prize, but with better 
shoulders. 
Class 28. Jackass. — We were not prepared to find the jackasses allotted 
to us, and when two — a grey and a black — entered the ring to compete for 
50/., we could not help exclaiming, " What money thrown away !'' 
Class 29. Mules. — 501. again to be awarded between four entries ; two " not 
for competition." Here we awarded the first prize to a irown mule in pre- 
ference to a grey one, although both were equally good movers. Surely this 
class might be called Mr. C. L. Sutherland's henefitl 
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Cattle. 
Turning from the horses, it may be as well, in the first place, 
to hear what the Judges have to say about the Shorthorns. 
Though the Show muster was not a large one, the quality of 
the Shorthorns, the Devons and the Herel'ords, left little to be 
desired. Primus inter parses, the Shorthorn holds first place in 
the catalogue, and attracts the largest share of public notice. Of 
the Shorthorns exhibited at Taunton, the Judges, though their 
work was prolonged until far in the afternoon of Monday, have 
■little to say, their Report being compressed into the following 
ifew lines : — 
