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pied much time : if by any other arrangement the necessity of 
this course coukl be avoided it woukl much facilitate the work 
of the judges. This we know is a difficult subject, but it is cer- 
tainly open to future consideration. 
The judges have very kindly sent us their Report. We are glad 
to find that they notice favourably the younger hunters. We 
thought them most promising, and if all are judiciously ridden 
during the next two years they will be a valuable lot. We con- 
sidered the older hunters very useful ; and it would be a man's own 
fault if he did not make a good fight on any of them. " Lady 
Derwent " was evidently the prize-taker, and she is a lady all over, 
and fit to carry a lady : how she would do a " big one " after twenty 
or thirty acres of steam-plough we, of course, had no opportunity 
of testing. " Mountain Dew," we thought, looked like business, 
and we should be well satisfied with a mount on him ; but the 
horse of all others for a quick five-and-thirty minutes was Mr. 
Tailby's " Orangeman," He looked like keeping close at " their 
sterns " in any country. If a horse can stay that time without a 
check it is all that is required, as no fox can live longer before 
hounds of the present day, and the greater number will be pulled 
down in half the time. " Orangeman " was unfortunately dis- 
qualified from having been dressed for a splint. 
In the Hunting Mare Class Captain Barlow's old " Silverlock," 
first at Bury, was eclipsed. She is of a right good old-fashioned 
sort, and such an one as we should have felt very comfortable on 
before she entered her teens. We sincerely wish Captain Barlow 
every success in perpetuating her blood. 
We were much taken with Mr. Cook's " British Queen," the 
first prize in the Hackney Mare Class, and should prefer cantering 
such an animal to covert to availing ourselves of any of the 
modern appliances of rail or wheels of any kind. We had con- 
siderable difficulty in getting the horses paraded in proper suc- 
cession from the men not being in their places. We would, 
therefore, suggest the erection of a clock in a conspicuous part of 
the show-yard, and that a small fine should be imposed on all 
grooms who are not with their horses at the time appointed for 
their being brought into the ring. 
We now come to the Judge's Report, which we subjoin as 
follows : — 
Eeport of the Judges of Thoroughbred Horses, Hunters, Hackneys, and Ponies. 
Class 5. Thoroughbred Hunter Stallion. — Considering the very liberal prize 
offered by the Society for the best stallion in this class, we considered the 
entry a very moderate one, and "Angelns" and "Naseby" decidedly the 
two best. 
Class 6. Hactney Stallion, not less than 14 hands 2 inches, nor exceeding 
15 hands 2 inches. — Some very good animals were shown in this class. The 
first prize stallion, " Ambition," being a remarkably fine goer. 
