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ing, of any age, above 14 bands, mustered 14 entries. The 
Judges regarded them as “ a very excellent class— one of the 
best we have ever seen in any showyard.” Class 27, harness 
mare or gelding, of any age, not exceeding 14 hands, with 13 
entries, “ was also good, containing several cobs that ran the 
first prize mare very close.” 
Heavy Horses. 
Shires. — The modern representatives of the “ Old English ” 
horse were entered to the number of 122 in the Catalogue, no 
less than 21 counties contributing to this total, these counties 
being 16 in England, 4 in Wales, and 1 in Scotland. Of the 
English counties Lancaster sent 18 entries, Warwick 16, 
Chester 12, Derby 10, Stafford 10, Leicester 9, Salop 9, 
Middlesex 5, Herts 4, York 3, Essex 2, Gloucester 2, Beds 1, 
Cambs 1, Notts 1, and Norfolk 1. From Wales, Carnarvon 
contributed 6 entries, Flint 5, Montgomery 2, and Carmarthen 1. 
From Scotland the county of Berwick sent 4 entries. Of the 
21 class prizes awarded Warwick secured 5, Chester 3, Leicester 
3, Stafford 3, Derby 2, Beds 1, Gloucester 1, Lancaster 1, 
Notts 1, and York 1. In addition, Derby and Warwick each 
won a Champion prize. 
Class 28, Shire stallion, foaled in 1890, had 15 entries, 
“ half of which were of great merit,” the first prize horse com- 
bining “ great size and substance with action.” 
Class 29, Shire stallion, foaled in 1891, attracted 17 entries, 
four of which “ were especially gocd,” the first prize horse being 
“ of excellent quality, fair substance, and commanding appear- 
ance.” 
Class 30, Shire stallion, foaled in 1892, with 17 entries, 
was not so good on the whole as the two preceding classes, 
“ but the first prize colt was so much ahead of all the others 
that perhaps in other company they might be more valued.” In 
awarding the Shire Horse Society’s Champion Gold Medal to 
Lord Belper’s Kingston Harold , wdiich under the name of Itohehy 
Harold obtained the Championship at the Shire Horse Society’s 
Show in the spring of 1893, the Judges remark : — 
The first prize colt, also tlie champion horse, is in our opinion quite the 
best horse that has been seen since the Shires have been acknowledged as 
an established breed. Many people think it wrong to give a Champion Cup 
to a yearling. VVe think we are bound to give to the best, consequently 
we had no hesitation as to which was the best animal in the yard. We 
think this colt has a great future before him, and it will be long eie we see 
another at the age to rival him. 
