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at Ludlow, Leominster, and Hereford. They were present at 
the Warwick Show on the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 
in compliance with the conditions under which the prizes were 
offered for competition at the Spring Show in the Society’s 
District F. 
Hunters. — Eight classes were allotted to this section, as com- 
pared with 11 classes both at Doncaster in 1891 and at Windsor 
in 1889, and 6 classes at Plymouth in 1890. Two sets of Judges 
officiated, the one set dealing with Classes 2, 4, 5 and 6, and the 
other set with Classes 1, 3, 7 and 8. 
In Class 1, for hunter mares and foal, there were 16 entries. 
The Judges selected 6 for the veterinary examination, and 5 of 
them were passed as sound. These 5 “ were all useful mares, 
and the foals of good quality and substance, particularly the foals 
of the winners.” Lord Willoughby de Broke’s Blue Stocking, 
Major Langlands’s Scarlet, and Mr. John Cooper’s Beatrice took 
the first, second, and third prizes respectively. 
Class 2, for hunter mares or geldings up to 15 stone, foaled 
in 1886 or 1887, won the unqualified admiration of the Judges, 
as the best class of weight-carriers they had ever judged or seen 
in the Show-ring. The general quality was so good that the 
whole class was highly commended. The first prize animal, 
Mr. Henry Ford’s 5-year-old bay gelding Roaster, proved to be 
“ a very fast, active, powerful horse, beautifully balanced, and 
with plenty of bone.” The same exhibitor took the third prize 
with York, Mr. Joseph Horton’s Tiptop being second. 
Class 3, for hunter mares or geldings up to 12 stone, foaled 
in 1886 or 1887, was strong in numbers. Many of the most 
valuable animals were considered by the Judges as up to more 
weight than stipulated, consequently they were passed by. 
The three prize winners and the reserve number moved and rode 
the best, and showed themselves “ to be horses of high merit as 
light-weight hunters.” The substantial awards went, in order, 
to Mr. Henry Custance’s The Knight, Mr. E.. D. Levett’s Laddie, 
and Mr. Joseph Horton’s Paragon. 
Class 4, for hunter mares foaled in 1888, was only of mode- 
rate quality. The first prize went to Mr. J. H. Stokes for May 
Queen, “ a nice active animal, but too small.” Mr. A. J. Brown 
was second with Miss O’Connell, and Mr. Gilbert Greenall was 
third with Dorothy. 
Class 5, for hunter geldings foaled in 1888, was also of not 
more than average quality. An exception must, however, be 
made in the case of Seakale, for which Mrs. C. T. Hoare received 
the first prize. “ This horse is by Soulouque. He is very fast, 
active, and quite a first class animal, being nicely balanced, and 
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