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were  brought  before  the  Judges.  Easton  Duke,  the  winner,  is 
own  brother  to  “ Easton  Trainbearer.”  The  third  prize  went  to 
Sir  Cuthbert  Quitter’s  Bawdsey  Marshal  Ney,  a second  prize 
winner  at  the  Bury  Show.  The  two-year-old  fillies  (Class  54) 
numbered  five.  The  winner,  Sudhourne  Queen  of  Spades,  is  a 
beautiful  mare,  ably  backed  up  by  Bendlesham  Diaholo  and 
Rendlesham  Magnet.  Diaholo  is  a remarkably  fine  square 
mare  upwards,  but  not  quite  so  good  below.  Class  55  (three- 
year-old  fillies)  was  headed  by  Mr.  Carlyle  Smith’s  Ashmoor 
Sunflower,  a third  prize  winner  at  home.  Unfortunately  this 
beautiful  true  type  of  Suffolk  filly  was  sadly  disfigured 
by  an  accidental  injury  to  her  knees.  Bawdsey  Jewel  and 
Sudhourne  Lassie  were  second  and  third,  both  worthy  repre- 
sentatives of  two  famous  studs.  Class  56  (mares  with  foals) 
made  a poor  show,  both  in  number  and  merit  also  ; but  the 
danger  incurred  in  sending  a mare  and  foal  a railway  journey 
of  two  hundred  miles  is  likely  to  keep  the  names  of  many 
breeders  out  of  the  catalogue.  The  Judges  were  glad  to  notice 
a total  absence  of  faulty  feet,  and  if  an  occasional  light  bone 
below  the  knee  detracted  from  some  of  the  entries,  nearly 
all  in  the  stallion  classes  showed  bone  and  back  sinew  enough 
for  any  purpose. 
Draught  Horses. — The  horses  exhibited  in  these  classes 
were  of  excellent  quality,  but  the  numerical  strength  of 
the  entries  was  disappointing,  and  one  exhibitor  gained  all 
the  first  prizes.  The  exhibits  were  judged  as  products  of 
the  agricultural  industry  from  the  standpoint  of  efficiency 
for  subsequent  employment  in  commercial  centres. 
Cattle. 
One  hundred  and  fourteen  classes  in  this  section  formed 
the  most  comprehensive  classification  ever  provided  at  the 
Society’s  Show,  and,  in  all,  1,146  animals  were  entered. 
This  large  number  of  exhibits  has  only  once  been  exceeded, 
viz.,  at  the  Windsor  Show  of  1889.  There  were  no  less  than 
423  Shorthorns,  or  51  more  than  last  year,  when  there  was  a 
record  entry  of  the  breed. 
A novelty  in  the  “ Royal  ’’  Showyard,  were  the  exhibits  of 
“ Old  Gloucestershire  Cattle  ” sent — not  for  competition — by 
the  Duke  of  Beaufort,  Badminton,  Sir  Lionel  Darell,  Bart., 
Frethorne  Court,  Stonehouse,  and  Mr.  J.  Lloyd  Baker,  of 
Hardwicke  Court  (see  Note  on  pp.  415-419). 
Shorthorns.— The  show  of  this  breed  formed  the  largest 
and  best  collection  of  Shorthorns  ever  brought  together  at  any 
meeting  of  the  Society.  A considerable  number  of  animals  in 
the  classes  for  males,  whose  owners  had  evidently  entered 
them  with  the  sole  purpose  of  qualifying  them  for  the  auction 
