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Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Leicester. 
Class 7. — No entry in this class. 
Class 8. Pony Stallion, under 14 hands 2 inches. — The entry in this class 
was very moderate in quality. 
Class 9. Hunter, Mare or Gelding, not less than 5 years old. — In this Class, 
considering the liberal i^rize offered, wo thought that although the entry was 
large, beyond the prize-takers there was little of superior merit. We expected 
to see in this class a better show of strong, well-bred, weight-carrying horses. X 
• Class 10. Hunter, Mare or Gelding, 4 years-old. — This was an." excellent 
class, and some very good animals were shown. Wc considered Mr. John 
Booth's 4 years-old (which has since taken the first prize for the best 4 years-old 
at Grantham, Louth, DrifSeld, and at the Yorkshire Show at Wetherby) the 
best. We consider this class to be the best class we had before us. 
Class 11. Hunter, Mare in Foal, or with Foal at foot. — We considered this a 
very bad class. 
Class 12. Not less than 14 hands 1 inch, nor exceeding 15 hands. — Entries 
were few in number, none requiring special remark. 
Class 13. Hackney Mare or Gelding, not exceeding 15 hands 1 inch. — There 
was a fair good show of animals entered in this class. 
Class 14. Cob, Mare or Gelding, not exceeding 14 hands 1 inch. — This class, 
in our opinion, does not call for any particular mention. 
Class 15. Pony, Mare, not exceeding 14 hands. — This was a very good class, 
and some very clever ponies were shown. 
In conclusion, we beg to state to the Society that we were much disappointed 
at the show of horses, hunters esijecially, considering the very liberal j^rizes 
offered by the Society, and the celebrity for fox-hunting of the county in which 
the Society held their meeting. Taking into consideration the great demand 
there must be for horses in a county like Leicester, we fully expected to see a 
very superior class of horses to those that were shovm at the Koyal Agi-icul- 
tural Society's Meeting this year. 
(Signed) George 0. Wombwell. 
Joseph Atkinson. 
C. M. Nainby. 
Shorthorns. 
Messrs. Drewry, Tallant, and Hunt were the Judges of Short- 
horns, and report : — 
Class XX., Bulls over Three Years old. — In this class, containing twenty 
entries, there were very many good animals. We awarded the first prize to No. 
182, Mr. Booth's " Commander-in-Chief," a veiy large fine animal of 
excellent quality and flesh, and which may be said to have only two faults, 
viz., he has a little coarseness about his head, and is rather high at his tail head. 
The second prize went to No. 176, Mr. Peel's "Knight of Knowlsmere," 
a large, good animal, whose chief defect consisted in his head being rather 
coarse. The third prize was awarded to No. 173, Mr. Caless's " Huntsman," 
a very stylish looking animal, but rather deficient in his loins. The reserve 
number was 174, Mr. Barclay's " Heir of Englishman," a very good evenly 
made bull. 
Class XXL, Bulls above Two and under Three Years old. — This class was 
not strong either in number or quality. The first prize was awarded 
to No. 196, Mr. Adcock's " Baron Geneva," which we considered much the 
best. 
Class XXn., Bulls above One and under Two Years old.— In this class, 
altogether a very good one, there were twenty-two entries, and many 
very superior animals. The first prize Bull, No. 201, Mr. Meadows's 
