436 Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Leicester. 
France — a good omen for the future, as nothing is so likely to 
secure to us the blessings of peace, as nations uniting together 
to promote agricultural improvement. 
HOESES. 
This year for the first time horses head the catalogue of live 
stock with 167 entries, which with few exceptions were present; 
but, considering the valuable prizes in some classes offered, and 
that our tents were pitched in the classic hunting fields of Eng- 
land, the number was not equal to our anticipations. 
Of the agricultural horses, which appeared first on the list, 
Messrs. Turnbull, Crosse, and Steadman were Judges. In 
Class 1, containing eight agricultural stallions, and Class 2, con- 
taining ten, some difficulty was experienced by the judges in 
awarding the prizes, owing to the mixture of the acknowledged 
breeds, Lincoln and Clydesdale, with others supposed to possess 
qualities adapted for their different localities. The first-prize 
animals in both classes were extremely active, symmetrical, and 
of great substance. 
Of Suffolk stallions there were only five in Class 3, and four in 
Class 4, but they were all first-class animals, and well deserved 
the prizes awarded to them. The Suffolk mares, foals and fillies, 
were equally good. Mr. Tennant's first-prize mare in Class 16 
possessed remarkable symmetry and substance ; but her foal was 
not equal to that of Mr. Attwater's second prize in the same class. 
The Suffolks however, fully upheld the great name this breed has 
acquired; and it may be mentioned that one of the judges who 
officiated at Plymouth was struck with the great improvement in 
their feet and legs which has taken place during the last three 
years. 
The Judges of Thoroughbred Horses, Hunters, Hackneys, and 
Ponies were Sir George Wombwell, Bart, and Messrs. Atkinson 
and Nainby. They had a very hot and hard day's work, having 
more classes than the judges of the Agricultural Horses, as well 
as a larger number competing. The ground, although on a 
beautiful site, was hard and slippery, and prevented so good a 
trial as was desirable. All hunters should be put into a gallop, 
but this was impossible. This year too it was fortunately decided 
to have no jumping, as unless the ground had been artificially- 
prepared it would have been out of the question. We think, how- 
ever, that under more favourable circumstances the public might 
be again gratified with a performance which at all times creates 
very great interest, and cannot fail to be financially advantageous 
to the Society. 
The sending every selected horse to the veterinary yard occu- 
