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the  better  animal,  being  long,  low,  and  wide,  with  plenty  of  bone  and  quality. 
Having  regard  to  the  high  character  of  the  exhibits  generally,  it  is  worthy  of 
mention  that  Mr.  K.  Eaton  White’s  Boulge  Pluto,  a son  of  “Saturn,”  was  third. 
There  were  but  three  present  in  Class  17,  yearling  stallions.  Another 
exhibit  belonging  to  Mr.  A.  Gerald  Smith  took  the  lead.  Protest,  which  promises 
to  make  a very  superior  horse,  as  good,  if  not  even  better,  than  his  brother, 
Pilate.  Class  18,  mares  with  foals  at  foot,  numbered  onlj'  four,  but  they 
were  high-class  animals.  Baicdsteij  China  Dull,  belonging  to  Sir  Cuthbert 
Quilter,  maintained  the  position  she  took  at  the  Suffolk  Show,  the  second  prize 
going  to  Mr.  R.  Eaton  White's  Boulge  Ilehe.  Three-year-old  fillies  numbered 
five,  and  here  two  entries  from  the  Bawdsey  Manor  Stud,  Ramxhult  Prinrexx 
by  “ Prince  Wedgewood,”  and  Bawdsey  Buth  by  “ Golden  Grain,”  secured  first 
and  second  respectively.  Mr.  Gerald  Smith’s  Wisdom  by  “ Prince  Albert  ” 
took  the  lead  (as  at  the  Suffolk  and  Essex  Shows)  as  a two-year-old  filly 
(Class  20),  the  second  prize  going  to  another  daughter  of  “Golden  Grain,” 
Mr.  John  Syraond’s  Diamond.  The  display  of  geldings  was  a highly  creditable 
one,  the  competing  animals  being  of  good  size,  well  shaped,  and  built  for 
strength.  Sir  Cuthbert  Quilter’s  yelson,  not  a stranger  to  the  prize  ring,  was 
first,  while  a worthy  stable  companion,  Bowler,  took  second. 
Draught  Horses. — This  was  a one  day’s  exhibition  of  mares 
or  geldings  not  in  harness  (Class  22),  and  of  mares  or  geldings 
worked  within  a radius  of  eight  miles  from  Charing  Cross, 
shown  in  harness  without  vehicles  (Class  23).  The  former  class, 
with  eight  entries,  contained  four  very  good  animals.  The 
first  prize  was  gained  by  Mr.  A.  CJ.  Sparkes  with  “ quite  an 
extraordinary  gelding,”  Oldfield  Duke.  The  other  class  had 
eleven  entries,  and  those  judged  were  all  useful,  but  not  first 
rate.  The  animals  were  well  brought  out  and  most  creditable 
to  the  men  in  charge. 
Hunters. — Eight  classes  were  provided,  but  in  two  of  them 
there  were  no  entries.  The  entries  in  the  remaining  six  classes 
numbered  forty-six.  The  heavy-weight  hunters  (Classes  24, 
25,  and  29)  were  judged  by  Lord  Southampton,  whose  report, 
after  commenting  upon  the  short  entry,  proceeds  as  follows  : — 
In  all  three  classes  there  were  at  least  two  distinctly  good  animals,  the  first 
two  brood  mares  (Class  24)  being  particularly  good  ones,  and,  in  my  opinion, 
quite  the  right  sort  to  breed  weight-carrying  hunters  by  a thoroughbred  horse. 
But  this  was  the  worst  class  in  point  of  numbers,  and  the  other  mares  were 
not  in  the  same  class  in  point  of  merit  as  the  first  two.  The  three-year-old 
fillies  (Class  2.5)  were  the  best  class  all  through  that  I had  to  judge.  Most  of 
the  animals  were  up  to  the  mark  and  looked  like  growing  into  useful  hunters. 
The  winner  was,  in  my  opinion,  too  fat  for  a growing  young  animal.  Of  the 
ridden  horses  (Class  29),  there  were  not  more  than  four  worthy  of  any 
consideration,  the  first  three  being  quite  useful.  There  was  one  other  useful 
horse,  but  he  was  too  stale.  These  four  gave  the  impression  that  they  should 
be  serviceable  horses  out  hunting  ; among  the  others  were  two  that  could  not 
by  any  possibility  be  so. 
The  Champion  Gold  Medal  offered  by  the  Hunters’ 
Improvement  Society  for  the  best  mare  of  four  years  and 
upwards  was  awarded  to  Lord  Middleton  for  Ladylike.  A 
portrait  of  this  animal,  with  her  foal,  appears  opposite  (Fig.  3). 
