Report on Live-Stock at Carlisle. 
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Mare or Gelding exceeding 15 hands and up to not less than 
15 stone. At the Islington Show of 1879, Mr. C. Wilson shrewdly 
perceived the taking qualities of this mare ; purchased her from 
her breeder, Mr. Stiraker, of Walton, Yorkshire, for 250 guineas ; 
put her into somewhat better form and training, and she has 
since been facile princeps wherever shown, and has earned in 
twelve months money prizes which have paid for her twice over. 
Of equal merit as a hack, and first in the class (47) for Mare 
or Gelding, exceeding 15 hands, and up to not less than 12 stone, 
was Mr. C. Wilson's bay gelding " Sunbeam," with the contour 
and grace of a thoroughbred, and the shoulder, knee action, and 
manners of a perfect hack. Second in this good class came 
Mr. Wilson's " Silver Tail," roan, seven years old, very stylish 
and smart, but with less bone than many of her compeers. The 
breeder's name, as also that of " Sunbeam," is unknown. In this 
class, amongst a goodly number of useful local entries, were two 
stout hardy hacks, after the famous old " Laughing-Stock," who 
has been a long-lived example of the value of a well-bred sire, 
and of the capability of such a horse, with mares of suitable 
stamp, for getting hunters, coach-horses, and hacks. 
In Class 48, for Mare or Gelding, above 14 and not exceeding 
15 hands, and up to 15 stone, Mr. C. Wilson, who in some 
of these classes appears to have scared off competitors, secured 
the red ribbon for " Charles 3rd," a raking five-year-old that 
showed well with head and tail up ; he moves grandly, looks at 
present rather more fitted for harness than the saddle, and is 
after that good Yorkshire sire " Denmark." The only other 
competitor in the class was Mr. Cargill's stout brown gelding 
from Langholm. 
Class 49, Hackney Mare or Gelding, above 14 and not ex- 
ceeding 15 hands, and up to 12 stone, contained a first-rate lot 
of twenty, characterised by the Judges as " the best they had 
before them." Mr. John Robinson's four-year-old chestnut 
" Water Lily," illustrating a happy combination of 'substance and 
quality, is a stylish good mover, and was deservedly first. Mr. 
F. C. Matthews's smart Driffield cob was second ; Mr. Boulton's 
chestnut stout weight-carrier was third, but did not show so 
much action ; Mr. C. Wilson's " Rod-in-pickle " had to rest 
content with the reserve card. With almost any one of the 
score a horseman might well have been content. 
Ponies (Class 50) above 13 and not exceeding 14 hands, were 
a good muster of twenty, with many smart useful animals, the 
best the model of a little hunter, " Novelty," a brown gelding, 
seven years old, the property of Mr. William Foster, of Grove 
Villas, Pontefract — a good judge and most successful exhibitor. 
" Novelty " is believed to be got by Lord Calthorpe's " Don 
