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Florentine,  the  winner,  was  a very  nice  well-bred  filly,  good 
enough  to  win  in  a strong  class.  Class  15  (mares,  with  foals 
at  foot)  was  a very  strong  one,  composed  of  beautiful  blood- 
like mares,  with  plenty  of  bone  and  substance,  as  well  as 
quality,  and  looked  like  playing  polo  or  breeding  polo  ponies 
up  to  weight.  Actress,  the  winner,  up  to  great  weight,  was 
again  Female  Champion.  Redstone,  second  prize,  was  full 'of 
quality,  and  was  Reserve  Champion. 
Riding  Classes. — In  Class  64  (mares  or  geldings,  light 
weight,  foaled  in  or  before  1905)  Flo,  the  winner,  was  a very 
nice  pony,  short  backed,  big  and  handy,  with  lovely  mouth, 
and  well  broken.  Luxury,  second  prize,  was  a beautiful 
quality  mare,  but  not  so  handy  as  the  winner.  Dearest,  the 
third  prize,  was  full  of  quality,  but  not  so  temperate  as  she 
might  be  or  up  to  so  much  weight.  There  was  a great  falling 
off  in  the  rest  of  the  class.  In  Class  65  (heavy  weight  mares 
or  geldings  foaled  in  or  before  1905)  Penylam  Perfection, 
the  winner,  was  a nice,  quick,  handy  pony,  up  to  plenty  of 
weight.  The  Nun,  second  prize,  was  a beautiful  blood  mare 
to  look  at,  but  her  shoulders  seemed  short  and  loaded.  Oipsy, 
the  third  prize,  was  a nice  strong  pony,  smaller  than  the 
other  two,  but  up  to  some  weight,  though  with  not  so  much 
quality  as  the  others. 
Cleveland  Bays  or  Coach  Horses. — The  number  of  entries 
was  disappointing,  especially  the  class  for  mares,  in  which 
there  were  but  three  exhibits.  In  Class  16,  seven  stallions 
came  into  the  ring,  all  sound  horses,  and  representative  of 
the  two  breeds.  The  winner,  Rillington  Surprise,  was  'a 
horse  of  fine  quality  and  character,  with  good  free  action 
and  likely  to  develop  into  a capital  sire.  The  second  prize 
horse,  Aisldby  Pride,  was  a more  powerful  horse,  but  not  made 
on  the  same  lines  as  the  winner.  Aisldby  Hero,  placed  third, 
was  of  nice  quality,  but  requires  more  time  to  develop.  The 
winner  of  the  brood  mare  class,  Madeline,  was  a mare  of 
fine  quality  and  action,  and  had  a very  good  foal.  The  second 
prize  mare.  Forget-me-not,  was  a good  mare,  big  and  strong, 
but  rather  lacking  in  quality.  Hawthorn  Beauty,  awarded 
third  prize,  was  a mare  of  very  fine  quality,  but  too  light  of 
bone  for  a blood  mare. 
Hackneys. — The  breeding  classes  were  conspicuous  for 
quality  and  high  merit  rather  than  numbers,  nearly  all  the 
winners  having  been  to  the  front  at  the  Spring  Show  or 
Olympia,  some  at  both.  The  London  winner.  Copper  Plate, 
now  owned  by  Senor  T.  E.  de  Anchorena,  was  first  in  the 
class  for  yearling  colts.  Albin  Wildfire  was  first  in  a moderate 
class  of  two-year-old  stallions.  Three-year-old  stallions  were 
quite  the  best  class,  the  three  placed  horses  being  of  high 
