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ally covered every beam of the building, some of the older ones 
dropping off, but there are enough and to spare to fill up the gaps. 
Mr. Hutchinson having been so successful with hunters, it 
was found, as expected, that a good many were kept on the 
place, and they often sell at a high figure, after being trained 
by so noted a rider. 
Seventeen horses for the farm wei'e shown, consisting of ten 
Shii-es and seven Clydesdales, many looking more like show 
animals, instead of possessing the appearance of having the hard 
work to do on a large farm. Four were especially noticed just 
after their dinner hour, going out to make such capital work with 
the chilled plough as mentioned above. To notice one or two 
more particularly, the Clydesdale mare. Milkmaid, has taken 
more than 40 prizes at the great shows, and was purchased from 
Lord Londonderry for nearly 300L 
The Shire mare. Orange Girl, has been exhibited twice, and 
has taken two prizes, as also has Myrtle, by Bar None, a fine brown 
mare, the dam of Clifton, sold at Lord Londonderry's sale to 
Mr. D. Riddle for 500 guineas. These and other mares have 
good foals by their sides, by the best horses that can be found, 
and as early as April 28 the mares had to leave their foals iu 
the box, and go out and take a share in the work. 
A few pure-bred game fowls and Wyandottes were seen, as 
also a fox terrier, Member, by that noted champion. Result, 
for which it is said 1,000L was refused. Care and breeding are 
thus continued down to the bottom rung of this prize ladder. 
Class I. — Second Prize Farm, 
Occupied by Mr. J. A. Staveley, North Dalton, Hull. 
A very large tract of land in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 
reaching down to the Humber, and again over the water in Lin- 
colnshire, is underlaid entirely by chalk, which reaches to a 
very great depth, and wells in many cases have to be sunk sixty 
to eighty yards before water can be reached, necessitating special 
pumps and small horse-gears to supply the daily wants of large 
herds of stock. A water-cart, and often a water-waggon with 
two horses, may be seen at the noted pump in the market-place 
at Barton-upon-Humber in the summer time, whilst one or two 
others wait patiently for their turn. 
This district is called the Wolds, and Mr. Staveley's farm 
is a good example of the system of treating such thin chalky soil 
in both counties. Indeed, when walking over the large fields, 
ipost of them fifty acres, one could easily fancy that it w{is the 
