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gelding bv "Hereford," from a Steamer mare, were highly com- 
mended. "Equal to 15 stone with hounds" was rather a high 
standard, and a few of the candidates looked as if they would 
have not got verv near the hounds under it with an afternoon 
fox. The 14 entries of hunter brood mares were 4 in advance of 
last year, but not so good as we hoped to find them ; and " Tom 
Savers " was nearly as great a feature of the pony sires under 14 
hands as his sire "Highland Laddie" was at Chester, or old 
" Bobbv " at Battersea. 
The Judges for thoroughbred sires have reported thus : — 
*' Class XXXT., for Thorough-bred Sires, may be considered the best that 
the Society have had. The first and second prizes were awarded to ' Keville ' 
and ' Cavendish,' animals well calculated to answer the purpose for which the 
prize is oflered. 
" In Class XXXVI., for Hunter Sires, the Judges experienced some difBculty, 
owing to the mixture of hunters and hacks, and they consider that the former 
plan of dividing these horses into two classes is preferable. The first and second 
prize horses in this class, ' Sir Peter Laurie ' and ' Elcott,' were well calculated 
to get hunters, and the third prize, ' Safeguard,' was a good specimen of a 
hunter himself. 
" In Class XX A Ml., for Hunter Brood Mares, no animal, with the exception 
of the first prize, Mr. John Watson's ' Lalage,' was quite well enough bred to 
merit any high encomium. 
" In Class XXXTin., for Hackney Brood Mares, the first prize was awarded 
to Mr. H. Percy s ' Crafty,' a very clever hack, and a true type of her class. 
Mr. Samuel Walker's ' Polly ' was next ; but the class was very short. 
" Class CII., for ' Hunters exceeding Foiu' Years-old, and equal to Fifteen 
Stone with Hounds,' ^vas very strong in numbers, and contained many animals 
ef considerable merit. The first prize, ' Beechwood,' was equal to great weight ; 
the second and the highly commended were animals possessing much quality 
and style. Tlie whole class was very satisfactory, and much better than we 
have ever seen, except at Leeds." 
One of the Judges further observ es : — 
" ' Xeville ' is the best mover I almost ever saw in my life ; he has the 
greatest freedom of action, and steps the truest. With this he combines really 
good hind-leg action, and withal his body is quite still — no rolling about, and 
his every movement is graceful and easy. He has had an enlargement under 
the jowl and at the side of his neck, unluckily on the near side, which makes 
his head and neck look coarse at first sight to a casual observer, but by a judge 
the defect is at once seen and forgiven. He only wants rather bigger fore-legs 
to be all you require in a horse to get hunters, being long and low, with big 
girth, action, quality, and size enough for anything. ' Cavendish ' was a nice 
fresh wholesome-looking horse, but with neither the action or well-formed 
fore-legs of ' Seville but still he is a verj- useful horse and likely to get 
good stock. ' Cambondo ' had better formed and bigger limbs than either, 
but he is light in his back ribs and irritable in his temper. Altogether the 
blood staUions exhibited were an improvement on former years. 
" The Hunters were more numerous and better-looking than I ever saw them 
at any previous meeting : the only thing wanting was a little more power. The 
quality and shape of most in this class was very good. Q he brood mares, on 
the whole, were not good. 
"Hacblsteys a>-d"Pomes. — The Judges are of opinion that Class GUI. 
(Three Year-old Geldings or FiUies for Htmters or Carriage Horses) is a very 
