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Report on Live-Stock at Carlisle. 
Carlos," out of a little thoroughbred mare. He has beautiful 
shoulders, good legs and feet, and was one of the best all-round 
goers at Carlisle. He has taken upwards of fifty first prizes, 
and his owner is said to have last year refused 250/. for him. 
Mr. John Kobinson's thick compact " Lord Silvertail " was 
second, and Mr. C. Wilson's stout " Little Jack," third. 
Two classes (51 and 52) of Smaller Ponies, for which the 
prizes were handsomely provided by the Carlisle Committee, 
attracted fifteen entries, contained some very useful little animals, 
and were very popular with the public. Mr. Foster, of Grove 
Villas, Pontelract, had again first honours in both classes with 
his model little victors in many a well-contested arena. Mr. C. 
Wilson's " Multum in Parvo," about eleven hands, created much 
amusement by carrying briskly at a hand-gallop round the great 
parade-ring, amidst heavy mud, a six-foot Cumbrian, who 
weighed l5 stone. 
The Judges made the following critical Report of the Hack- 
ney and Pony Classes : — ^ 
Hackney Stallions, over 142 hands, not cxccedinp: 151 (Class 13), were a useful 
lot, but the feet of several were in very defective condition owing to bad 
slioeing, whilst in the Brood Mare Class (No. 29) were three or four mares 
which would have done credit to any showyard. 
In the chief classes for lUdirig llackmys, exceeding 15 liands and up to 
15 stone, and not exceeding 15 hands and up to the same weight, the entries 
were small, only two exhibits appearing in each class ; but probably the fame 
of Mr. Christopher Wilson's celebrated mare " Lady Walton," and his " Charles 
3rd," which were the winners in their respective classes, deterred other people 
from entering. 
The class for Haekneys, 14 to 15 hands and up to 12 stone (No. 49), 
brought out 20 entries, and was the best class we had before us, many of the 
exhibits being very superior animals and very fine goers ; and the class for 
Hackneys, above 15 hands (No. 47), was also a very creditable one. 
The Ponies were on the whole very good, many of them being very superior. 
And in the class for Fony Stallions (No. 14) we were surprised, after giving 
our awards, to find that the first, second, and third prize ponies, and also 
the reserve No., all belonged to the same owner, Mr. Cliristopher Wilson. 
The Riding Ponies, above 13 and not exceeding 14 hands (Class 50), were a 
strong class, numbering 25 entries ; the jirize animals would take a great deal 
of beating in any showyard, and Mr. Forster and Mr. J. liobinson are the most 
fortunate exhibitors. 
John B. Booth. 
Egbert Clakk. 
George Higgiks, 
CATTLE. 
British cattle-breeders are evidently fond of variety. They 
are averse to have the living machine which yields dairy produce 
and beef cast in one or two Procrustian moulds. They multiply 
and cultivate new varieties, regarded as specially fitted for par- 
ticular use, situation, or style of management. Purity of breed 
