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The Society’s Show of 1905. 
yearlings (Class 15) made a small entry ; but the first prize 
winner was Reserve Champion. Class 16, for brood mares, 
attracted only four entries, of which one was absent. The 
well-known Rosctdora , exhibited by Mr. W. B. Tubbs, won 
easily, and was afterwards awarded the Female Championsliip. 
The three-year-old fillies (Class 17) were probably the best 
class of Hackneys in the Show. The winner, Mitre , is a 
beautifully shaped mare of good colour and bone, and a good 
mover. Of the two-year-old fillies (Class 18), the first and 
second are good mares, with plenty of bone, quality, and action. 
Ponies. — Although few in number these were well up to 
the average as regards type, quality, and movement. In 
Class 19, for stallions above 12 hands 2 inches, and not above 
14 hands, the first prize went to a pony “ full of quality, 
with beautiful limbs, and that goes with great dash.” The 
first prize pony in Class 20, for stallions not above 12 hands 
2 inches, is u a fine mover, with good limbs, but a trifle long in 
the back.” The first prize mare in Class 21 is of “ proper breeding 
type, full of quality, and with good limbs.” The winner in 
Class 22 is also highly praised as a pony with “ nice short back, 
good free hand, and a fine goer.” The first prize mare in Class 
23 the Judge describes as “the best he has seen for years.” 
Shetland Ponies. — Mr. J. M. Martin reported that this section 
was highly satisfactory as regards quality, the leading studs of 
the country being represented by the best individual specimens. 
The five stallions were all considered worthy of notice, and the 
three gaining prizes are very high-class ponies. The first prize 
pony, Haldor , exhibited by the Ladies E. and D. Hope, gained 
the Champion Silver Medal offered by the Shetland Pony Stud 
Book Society. The mares (Class 25) were more numerous, and 
the quality was relatively good. The first five animals in this 
class, placed in order of merit, were typical specimens of the 
best variety of the breed. 
Mountain and Moorland Ponies. — The Judge states that 
though the section included many high-class ponies, it appeared 
doubtful to him whether some of them could be regarded as 
bond fide specimens of true Mountain or Moorland breeds, 
though they were possibly bred on land of that description. 
The first and second prize stallions (Class 27) were ponies of 
“ great and similar quality, with good action and with heads, 
necks, and quarters suggestive of Arabian ancestry.” The first 
prize mare (Class 28) was one of “ excellent old-fashioned sort, 
of good size, up to weight, and with smart useful action.” 
Polo and Riding Ponies. — The Radnorshire Company’s 
Gownboy repeated its success of 1903, by winning the Male 
Championship. The animal is a thoroughbred, with all the 
best points of a polo pony stallion, combining a strong back 
