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foal at foot ; and two (including the champion " Belle of the 
Ball,") were shown in a class for pair of work-horses. But the 
Suffolk fillies quite sustained the character of the year as being 
one favourable to the sex. Both Classes 23 and 24 showed to 
great advantage in the ring ; and, perhaps, in virtue of having 
had three out of four daughters noticed by the Judges, Sir Richard 
Wallace's " Prince Imperial " took the lead among the sires, as 
a getter of good fillies ; and is quite the " Hermit " of the 
breed. 
Judges' B,eport on Suffolk Horses. 
Our task of going through the Suffolks being completed, we can but 
observe what excellent specimens have been brought before iis ; and we must 
congratulate the Suffolk breeders that their animals generally have not only 
full size, but are very active ; and; with the exception of two or three, their feet 
are remarkably good. If they will but go on in that direction the Suffolks 
will stand the London stones as well as any horse, and make a most valuable 
breed, for their hardihood is undeniable. 
For young Stall ions, we look upon Class 8 as consisting of some most 
promising colts. They are generally good ; and no doubt many of them will 
be seen again in the Showyard. 
Class 9 was a good lot ; and as our judgment was not altogether in unison, 
a referee's opinion had to be obtained, who soon selected activitj'- for more 
substance. 
The Fillies were a splendid lot. In Class 23, No. 13S, a beautiful speci- 
men, lost her higher honours by perhaps a little weakness in the hocks. 
Class 24 was a splendid lot ; and the entries gave the greatest difficulty to 
discriminate between their resjjective merits. 
In Class 25, although they did not come under our judging, were two rare 
specimens of the Suffolk breed ; and it is much to be regretted they were not 
met in competition by the Shire-bred, or Clydesdale Mare or Gelding, but 
had to carry off the prize unopposed. 
Edward G. Hodgson. 
Daxiel Sewell. 
Clydesdales. 
Clydesdales — although so far from home, and although, as 
the Judges apologetically state, "no Scotch exhibitors are repre- 
sented " — well maintained their claim to distinction. There 
were few, if any, two-year-olds to beat Mr. G. Rodger's chestnut 
" Warlock." This, bred by the exhibitor, was put the champion 
of all the Clydesdale entires. The Judges, in their Report, give 
this colt a testimonial. But they do not (as ought to be men- 
tioned), point out that both the prize-winners in Class 5, and 
the best winner among the fillies in the good Class 22, came 
from the stud, once collected at Dunmore by the same indefati- 
gable patron who, by endowing the breed with one of the very 
best of Stud Books, opened for it improved markets all over the 
world. There is not the smallest doubt now as to the efficiency 
of a good herd- or stud-book. It doubles the demand from what 
may be called amateur, as distinct from professional, buyers ; 
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