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prominent characteristics. The second winner, " Leslie Rufus," 
a low-built chestnut horse, exhibited by the Hon. G. Walde- 
grave Leslie, looked little as he stood in his box, especially as 
his next-door neighbour on one side was a horse of compara- 
tively gigantic proportions ; but on that compact frame is 
muscle implying immense strength, of which, as we see when 
the horse goes out, nothing is wasted in bad action, his limbs 
are used with such ease and freedom. Mr. Loder exhibited a 
couple of very useful looking horses of his own breeding, 
namely, " Pirate " and " Whittlebury ;" the latter is a bright bay 
with good action, third on the prize-list ; the former is a brown 
inclining to bay, when a good light brings out the colour. 
Both are by " King of the Forest," and from Show mares. Mr. 
C. J. Lucas, Mr. R. Bowman, and Mr. G. Chapman, had useful- 
looking horses in the class ; and Messrs. E. and A. Stanford, the 
well-known breeders of heavy horses and Sussex cattle, exhi- 
bited their " Earl of Ashurst," a horse that brings no discredit 
upon the reputation of their stud. The class, in short, had 
merit throughout. 
A good Class of Mares and Foals contained, as stated in the 
beginning of these notes on the Clydesdales, 13 entries ; but 
Mr. Loder's " Flora " and " Jess " were absent, and " Sonsie 
Queen " alone, the dam of one of his two-year-old horses, repre- 
sented the adult female Clydesdales of Whittlebury. If the 
Report of the Judges throws any light upon the reasons for their 
decisions, we may infer that the merits of the mares alone 
influenced the Judges. The foals are not once mentioned. 
Form, action, and excellence in those parts which are so very 
essential to the usefulness of the equine race, the legs and feet, 
gave Mr. Kerr's " Bonny " her right to the first place ; the per- 
fect form but not quite perfect action of the Duke of Rich- 
mond's " Lily," first winner at Reading, brought her into the 
second place of honour ; the third place was adjudged to 
Mr. Charlton's " Nanny," or " Nannie," the second winner at 
York, for general merit as a brood mare ; and the reserved num- 
ber, 179, is that of the Marquess of Londonderry's powerful 
mare, " Milkmaid." The high commendation of Mr. Rodger's 
" Mystery " (already mentioned) was the only further notice of 
entries in this class. 
Number was not one of the recommendations of the Three- 
year-old Filly Class, consisting of only 5 entries, and one of 
the 5 absent ; but two or three good animals, the first winner 
exceedingly good, made it a noticeable class. The fine young 
mare, whose unusually low condition for a Show animal did not 
prevent the Judges from owning her right to precedence, is an 
unnamed dark bay, bred by the Marquess of Londonderry, and 
