The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ld on Wednesday,and proved successful from all points of view, aresult due to the enterprise of the society. In thefirst place they changed their venue, the show-yard this time being on Newbury Racecourse,which made a much more accessible and con-venient showyard. Secondly they increased theprize schedule, with the result that there weremore entries than for several years past, the totalbeing 208, as against 153 last year, while in thejumping classes (where the value of the prizes hadbeen chiefly enlarged), there ware twenty-sixanimals entered a
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ld on Wednesday,and proved successful from all points of view, aresult due to the enterprise of the society. In thefirst place they changed their venue, the show-yard this time being on Newbury Racecourse,which made a much more accessible and con-venient showyard. Secondly they increased theprize schedule, with the result that there weremore entries than for several years past, the totalbeing 208, as against 153 last year, while in thejumping classes (where the value of the prizes hadbeen chiefly enlarged), there ware twenty-sixanimals entered as against fourteen. The weathsr ?was fortunately fine, although somewhat chilly,and there was a very large attendance. In the Hunter classes the brood mares were ofgeneral excellence. The best in the opinion of thejudges was Sister Anne, a chestnut mare, withbrown filly foal, which obtained the Hunter Im-provement Societys gold medal for Mr. yearling class was poor, but a misfortunebefell one of the exhibitors, Messrs. Doble, of. SNAPSHOTS AT THE EAST BERKS HORSE THE HUNTERS. SHIRES IN THE JUDGING RING. Show is always distinguished for the excellence ofits sheep, which include both the Lowland varitiesand those of the hill type. Thanks chiefly to the excellent example set byMr. Victor Cavendish, , the breeding of Shirehorses has of late years made great strides in thedistrict, and the result is an improved shownearly every succeeding year. Last weeksdisplay might have been larger, but the qualityleft little to be desired. One of the features ofthe section was the presence of four immensemares by Blythwood Kingmaker, a horse rentedby Mr. Victor Cavendish from Lord Rothschild,and one of the best investments in this line evermade in this part of the country. The winningcolt foal, by Holker Menestrel II.—from theHolker Hall stables—is declared by many goodjudges to be one of the best seen in the district foryears-a sturdy colt, with plenty of sizo
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