542 Report on the Exiiihition of Live Stock at Oxford. 
that veterinary inspection shall be necessary only when required 
by themselves. 
Thoroughbred Stalltons suitable for getting Hunters, 
Brood Mares, Hackneys, &c. 
This division of the show of horses, usually the most attractive 
and interesting, can scarcely be said to have been a good one at 
Oxford, with the exception of one or two classes, which were 
certainly superior in merit, as whole classes, to any that have 
been shown for some years, and in them was found some recom- 
pense for the inferiority generally prevailing. 
Class 7. Tlioroughbred Stallions for getting Hunters. — 
Twelve were paraded in the ring, and, taken together, seldom 
has a better lot been seen. First honours were by common con- 
sent awarded to General Peel's superb horse " Knowsley," almost 
faultless in appearance and perfect in action. " Laughing Stock," 
a horse now well known in the ring, came second ; but out of 
his usual form, overloaded with flesh and carcase, which impeded 
the light and airy action natural to him. Third place was given 
to Mr. Casson's " Sincerity," a horse of great bone and substance, 
with not the best of shoulders, still a likely looking hunting 
sire ; his performances in Ireland as a steeple-chaser, proving 
pluck and endurance, should give him a character, but he lacks 
the elegant form of the perfect gentleman " Knowsley." " General 
Peel," No. 61, was placed next in order of merit, taking the re- 
serve number. This horse attracted a good deal of attention in 
the ring from his known performance " as the winner of the Two 
Thousand ; he is of great size and power, growing somewhat 
coarse, but it was remarked of him by a distinguished master of 
hounds, that he would make a grand 16-stone hunter. There 
were others which might be favourably commented upon : No. 
60, " Chevalier dTndustrie," also a horse of great bone and 
power, " a fiery steed," as he went round the ring, but light in 
his middle. 
Looking to the object and purpose of the prizes offered for this 
class, it may be asked, Are these horses, as sires, within the reach 
of the ordinary breeders of hunting stock, or do not the fees gene- 
rally demanded amount to a prohibition, except to a favoured few? 
On this point a suggestion is offered in the report of one of the 
Judges (Mr. Calder), which may be worth the consideration of the 
Council another year, when arranging their schedule of prizes. 
Class 8. Stallions suitable for getting Hackneys. — This was 
a small class of five, the first and second prize horses being 
tolerably good-looking and useful, with good action, the first 
however showing more quality. 
