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stepping cobs." And each was a specimen of its type which 
can hardly have been ever excelled. 
" Cromwell's " principal opponent was Mr. W. Gilbey's well- 
known '• Spark," who, in the presence of his conqueror's dash 
and fire, seemed lumpish and dull. Yet " Spark " is a superb 
specimen of the heavy carthorse. The Earl of Ellesmere's four 
rdther lacked substance, as compared with the two before-men- 
tioned. But there is as much use for a small-sized, as for a 
larger-sized, draught horse. And no one can say " Silent James " 
or " Eclipse " want anvthing except size. They are as neat and 
active as can be desired. 
The Hon. E. K. Coke came next prominently forward. His 
Conjuror" is a tough active horse, with short hind-quarters. 
His " Certainty " is a far more attractive, though probably not 
inore useful colt, even if it be sound, of which there seems 
some question, for it was passed by at Islington. W hilst his 
" Chance"' (a black fillvof 80) is a short-legged stirring animal, 
likely to breed good things. Her companion, " Carouse," looks 
half a -Suffolk. Mr. T. H. Miller's two excellent mares, by 
Welcher s " Honest Tom," were again prize-winners ; being 
divided by the Duke of Westminster's chestnut roan, by " What's 
Wanted."' These two sires take the lead with active bustling 
sons and daughters ; as " England's Wonder " and William 
the Conqueror " do with a heavier tvpe. Mr, Miller's " Mas- 
cotte" and "Magpie" are by "Lincoln," and are very stylish 
fillies. Mr. W. Gilbey, whose stud represents, at present, 
spirited purchase rather than successful breeding, has in " Mag- 
dalen Beauty " a first-class mare. Her colt-foal by " Spark " 
should prove something very uncommon ; whilst " Chocolate " 
(the Hon. E. Coke's first-prize two-vear-old at Derby) promises, 
with age, to become one of the most useful mares in England. 
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, in " Jewel," has a capital mover, 
very well suited to Xorfolk soil. It would seem that the only 
classification of carthorses which can Ion? remain satisfactory 
is one of measurement. There should be classes for carthorses 
under, and others for those above, a fixed standard. It is im- 
possible to rest on distinctions in blood. ^Norfolk and Lanca- 
shire, Welshpool and Derby, and all that lie between these four 
points of the compass, are all employing, in different years, the 
same stallions. Whilst a Shire-bred with a Clydesdale cross, 
and a Clvdesdale who numbers amongst its ancestrv " mare 
bought in England," can hardly be asserted to be independent 
breeds. 
Judges' Report on Agricultural Horses. 
In submitting our Report of the Agricultural Horses at the Meeting of the 
la'N-al Agricultural Society at Reading in 1882, we are sorry we cannot 
