Report on the Exhibition of Live- Stock at Shrewsbury, 1884, 619 
If a wide-awake outlook, a bright eye, life and vigour in 
every movement, and the evidences of something like high 
spirit accompanying those of mere strength for a dead pull are 
desirable in a draught horse, the Cannock Company's "Nabob" 
has much to specially recommend him besides his true form, 
his well-set fore-legs, and his wealth of muscle. Sprightliness 
is not the term to apply to a horse of ponderous build, yet in 
contrast with the more stolid-looking horses of his own kind, 
" Nabob " had something not far short of it. He was well 
placed at the head of a class in which the Worsley grey, 
" Bismarck," third at York, advanced to the second place, and 
Mr. Beart's " England's Boast," a distinguished winner else- 
where, was third. Mr. Cheers' (the reserve), of the old English 
cart-horse black colour, has a good body, upon legs and feet that 
look likely to prove serviceable. Quite in the rear were one or 
two other noted winners ; so the class of 12 entries, with only 
one absent, may be accounted a creditable one. 
Class 3, Two-year-old Stallions, 29 entries, and 21 animals 
led into the ring, had four entries from Worsley, but two of these 
were in the list of absent. The two exhibited, splendid bays by 
" Royal Albert," were evidently somewhere about the head of 
the class, and were eventually first and champion and third, 
separated by Mr. H. Browne's " The Alderman," a brightish 
brown, of great growth, and more advanced development than 
" The Beau," Lord EUesmere's third winner ; while " King 
Charming," the first winner, took nis place by unquestionable 
right. The Judges distributed their commendations liberally, 
but not with greater liberality than the merits of the class 
justified, and in their selections for favourable notice they evi- 
dently inclined rather to sterling merit, and the promise of 
future merit which the practised eye can see, than to mere good 
looks. Indeed, in the proper exercise of their discretion they 
passed over one or two animals which might have been noticed 
without bringing discredit upon their judgment, and so avoided 
the evil of lessening the value of " barren honours " — praises 
without substantial rewards — ^which, coming from Judges of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of England, should bear more weight 
than sometimes exhibitors allow to them. 
Those Agricultural Classes which were open also to recog- 
nised Shire-bred animals were, on the whole, of considerable 
strength in the numbers and merits of the animals shown. 
Those from which Shire animals eligible for the Stud-book 
were excluded, were cornparatively weak, and, on the ground 
of the paucity of entries, the Judges recommend their discon- 
tinuance. They did, however, contain a few animals of high 
merit, and as the same classes were last year, at York, fairly 
