172 Report of the Judges of Foreign Draught Horses at Kilhurn. 
invited to take part in this magnificent Show. The Society 
included in this category the Percherons and Boulonnais, the 
Normans and Anglo-Normans, the Flemish, and finally horses 
of other foreign breeds, whether for draught or for riding pur- 
poses. This classification leaves something to be desired, 
because it gives the exhibitors the choice of entering their 
horses in those classes in which they think they are most likely 
to obtain prizes. At the present time, the various breeds have 
disappeared, and it is very difficult to distinguish them amongst 
ail these animals bred from all kinds of stallions. We believe 
that a classification of horses according to their use or capacity 
would be more practical for agricultural horses, specifying 
their divisions according to age and weight. It would thus 
have been possible to establish a class of draught horses which 
could work at a walking pace and another which could work 
at a trot, without taking into account the origin of the animals 
— a regulation which leads to grave errors, as at present 
Percherons are bred in the Boulonnais and vice versa. 
We regret also that the Royal Agricultural Society has not 
brought together in competition English and foreign horses 
without any other distinction than those of use, age, and height. 
We believe that under these conditions the aim of the compe- 
tition would be better attained, and its study would be more 
interesting.* 
In conclusion, we ought to say that amongst the sixteen 
draught horses exhibited, three are remarkable animals. These 
are — " Turenne," No. 2692, a stallion of the best type of the 
French Percheron breed ; " Brilliant," No. 2717, a stallion of 
a good type of the Flemish breed of heavy draught horses ; and 
" Sultana," No. 2724, old as she is, a most exact and most rare 
representative of the small Boulonnais breed called Mareyeuse. 
Certainly these three animals are excellent types of the breeds 
which they represent ; but we still think that the Continent 
possesses animals even more remarkable, and we regret that we 
did not see them exhibited at this magnificent Show. 
Signed LavALAED. 
H. VAN WiCKEVOORT CrOMMELIN. 
* This Report appears without the signature of the English Judge — Colonel 
Barlow — chiefly because lie dissents from the opinions expressed in this and the 
preceding paragraph. — Editor. 
