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medium-sized bloodlike horses were included in this di\-ision, 
such as Albert Edicard, own brother to the Derby winner George 
Frederick, Lammermoor, quite a quality sire in every particular, 
and by Scottish Chief. Vibration is another, justly spoken of 
by the Judges as belonging to a likely stamp. There was also 
a pretty little horse called Canary, but very small. 
It was a little singular that very few Irish-bred horses were 
exhibited, for as a rule they are thought a great deal of as 
hunting sires. I picked out four that could claim their birth- 
rights from the sister isle, and three — namely, Prescription, Lion, 
and Soulouque — had premiums awarded to them. lAoa, shown 
by the Duke of Hamilton in Class A, and got by Rostrevor 
out of Queen of the Forest by Eanger, a well-known sire by 
Voltigeur, was decidedly the best actioned horse in the show, 
and, after his trotting form had been seen, the question rose in 
one's mind as to the value of thoroughbred horses to get 
roadsters. Lion got a premium to sen'e in the land of the 
trotters, Suffolk and Norfolk. The value of Pedometer, another 
winner in Class A, has been proved ; and I liked the third 
honour-taker, Lord Chesham's Soidouque, the Irish-bred horse 
by Roman Bee, so exactly the sort to get hunters — and it is 
said that no one has ever heard of a Roman Bee being a roarer. 
Soulouque is a little high on the leg, and perhaps somewhat 
split up, but he has very good shoulders, and he is a bold- 
looking horse, such as might well be appreciated in most 
hunting quarters. 
It was a highly representative .show in a stud-book point of 
view, as there was scarcely a known strain without a reminder 
of it, however scarce it might be. For instance, there are only 
three horses in England by Cambuscan — namely, Camballo, 
Cavaliero, and Bradr/ate — and the last-named was found in the 
Yorkshire Class. Here also was one of the two remaining sons 
of the Flying Dutchman now in this country — namely, Janiac — 
and he was one of the three premium-takers in the class. I 
can make no objection to the choice, as Jarnac is a fine old 
horse and the sire of a great many good hunters ; but his success 
in this instance opens the question as to whether a limit of age 
should not be a future condition, as twenty years is an advanced 
stage of life for a country stallion. 
It is considered that more hunting sires have sprung from 
King Tom than any other modern celebrity, and tliree of that 
line are among the twenty-seven that took premiums — namely, 
Pedometer, Huriuenot, and Even. The last-named won a pre- 
mium in Class B, the northern district ; and his sire Quits, by 
Restitution, son of King Tom, was shown in Class C for the 
Royal Agricultural Society's premiums ; but, however useful the 
