Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Derby. 
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We regret to see the entries so small in so important a breed of agricultural 
horses. 
We regret to sec the original character of Suffolk horses somewhat departed 
from. 
Length on short legs is the type one should try to preserve in maintaining 
the true Suffolk character, whereas many of the entries were too leggy. 
A foreign apjiearance in one or two entries indicated a Flemish strain in 
jmst generations. 
A little more muscular power in the back and loins, and less erect, would 
constitute our idea of strength; power without lumber being the essential 
point in a draught horse. 
We noticed that tlie feet of the horses might be very much improved by 
allowing the horse to tread more on the frog of the foot, thereby naturallj' 
not only expanding the foot, but allowing the natural leverage (the frog) to 
take the jar otl' the legs when in work, instead of setting up the shoes at the 
heels, which prevents the natural assistance which this provides being 
brought to bear. 
Speaking of them as a class, we cannot commend them as representative of 
what they should be, and what the best of their breed are undoubtedly, viz., 
able to compete in every point with the best of other breeds of carthorses. 
Benjamin Wade Cooper, 
Samuel Ckaske Koper. 
Thoroughbeeds. 
This has never been a strong class at the Shows of the Society, 
and at Derby it was shorter than usual in number and inferior 
in quality. At Carlisle seven horses were shown in this class and 
only five at Derby ; whereas eight thoroughbred stallions were 
shown at Derby in 1843, as evidenced in Table IV. ; and it 
must be said that they were a very indifferent collection, not one 
of them coming nearly up to the ideal standard of a sire of 14- 
or 15-stone hunters. But the Judges made the best of a bad lot, 
and were as patient and critical as if they had a ring full of 
rare good ones. 
Three Brood Mares with Foals competed in Class 23. Nothing 
can be added to the clear Report of the Judges, except that the 
prize-money might have been more usefully expended. 
In a class of four Heavy-weight Hunters, after careful trials and 
weary rides in the blazing sun, the Judges gave the first prize 
to a very good chestnut, " Sir Colin," belonging to Mr. Stordy, 
and the second to Mr. Starkie's " Slingsby," These prizes, as 
well as all the prizes for Hunters, were offered by the Local 
Committee. 
The Five-year-old Hunters up to 12 stone were a very good 
lot, eleven in number. The winner, a clever-looking black 
aged gelding, " Old Boy," first at Carlisle and a winner at 
Islington and the Alexandra Palace, is the beau-ideal of a 
hunter. Colonel Barlow was first in the Four-year-old Light- 
weight Hunter Class with " Floating Feather," a chestnut mare 
