The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-27 00:00:00

THE GREAT METROPOLITAN HORSE

SHOW.

The merits of hunters and stallions having
been adjudicated upon and rewarded on Satur-
day, the cover and park hacks, ladies' horses,
cobs, and ponies were successively intro-
duced into the ring, and underwent the
scrutiny of judges and spectators. To the gene-
ral public this was, no doubt, the must inte-
resting portion of the judging, because it was that
in which they felt themselves most competent to
take part. There are many persons who are
modest enough to admit that they may be deceived
as to the points of a stallion or the capacities of a
hunter, but only a most degenenite Englishman
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vided he is not called upon to prove it by purchase
' against that of any other individual. There
can be no question that the horses of these classes,
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almost perfect, in kern, in temper, and in action •
and it was not always an easy task for the judge;
. to select among horses the merit' of which were se
evenly balanced_ The handsomest sad men per-
fect of all were, however, unquestionably The Dean,
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la magnilicent grey horse of splendid shape and
action, belonging to Major Stapylton, the winner
of first honoureamoag weight-oasrying park becks;
and Deer Stalker, exhibited by Mr. G. Holmes,
Beverley, black.-brown in colour, and one of the
handsomest ladies' hones that we have ever seen,
with a canter so easyand swift that saerely to wittier.
it was amerce of Onsets and delight How is than to be envied whom Deer Stalker is destined
to carry in her daily rides ! Only just a little in-
I ferior to this handsome animal, although a vod.
I deal different in style, wasa chesnue named blow
Bouguet, the property of Major Mersey, of Wink-
field, near Windsor, which took second honours in.
the same class; while other horses that ought.
not to be passed oven without a word of praise were.
Mr. W. Banks's Beauty, selieenut, the winner of
the first prize in one dams of park hacks and ladies
horses ; and Pinwire, the property of Mr. W. H.
Gaunt, who was first in a similar class of homes
not to exceed 144 hands. The ponies were neither- -
numerous nor very geed ; but the winners s'
of the first and emend prizes, Uncle Tom,
a brown pony under 12 hands, exhibited
by Mr. J. W. Richardson, farmer Willough- .
ton, Lincolnshire, and Billy, a dark chesnut,
11 hands 3 inches belonging to Mr. W. H. Stone, ;
M. P., were well shaped and of good action. One little. •
fellow there was not much bigger than a Newfound-
land dog,with a long thick mane, and a crest which--
hung far down his forehead, ihat excited much ..
amusement by his persevering endeavours to dis-
lodge a small boy who was riding him, and who, ~
though without a saddle, stuck to his pigmy steed
like a monkey. To the disgust of most of the e'
ladies this " little darling. was poised over by the •
judges without even a commendation. While these.J.,
classes were being judged the ring presented a very
animated appearance. The horses were ridden by .7
their owners or grooms, and as some of the
classes were pretty numerous the arena seemed
quite crowded as the horses dashed hither and
thither, or followed one another round sad round
in a rapid trot or steady canter. Generally, how- t
ever, after they had made two or three circuits, a
large proportion of the animals, wham defects. si
had at once been made manifest to the critical .
eyes of the judges, were ejectnit-.w7 .. .
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honi aboratyagg..i, ' illiems. '
Several lady equal-tans made their appearance.:
in the arena as the riders of competing.
horses, but it unfortunately happened that their. •
mounts were always among the least worthy, and
with an apparent want of gallantry which did not
escape comment from some of the fair occupants of
boxes or reserved seats the judges speedily hurried
them from the ring Only in one instance did a.
horse ridden by a lady attract more than a no- ~
ment's notice front the distributors of equestrian
honours.
The judges continued their labours until about
5 o'clock, having disposed of all but the three
classes of harness horses and ponies. As sees as
they had left the ring the hurdles were refixed,
and a number of bunters were. ridden into the
arena for a little practice at these imitation fences.
This performance is always one of the great attrac- ,-
hone at the Islington horse show. The number of
spectators had been steadily increasing during the
whole afternoon, and the emotion of the first
hurdle was greeted with almost a.shout of satisfac- -I
tion by the large crowd that at time surxeunded....
the ring. The same difficulty eneed, in the
morning had now to be contended with, though in
a less degree. Of the dozen or so. of horses that,
were ridden at them not one took the tenon at the.
first trial • and several requiredgreat perseverance.
and no small exercise of torce-on the part of their-
riders to get them over. Only me home jumped
in such a style, at once quiet and elective, as to.
merit the description of a perfect hunter. Of the
others some were very apt to strike the top of the
hurdles, while others went at them with.* wild sort
of rush,and leaped both I eglimand further than was
at all mosssary to cleat them. The. refumaleor
mishaps of the various horses, were received by the
public with unbounded erviessions of. amusement
and dalight, while hearty a.iplause was bestowed
pluck
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fold,
the horse whack she rode. At the CioilC of the leaping,
which lasted about an hour, the, American trotter,
Shepherd F. Knapp, was driven into the ring in a
regular Yankee wtg,as, and gam the company,
nee rapidiy thk'mutg, a small taste of his quality.
It is said, that this horse has trotted a mile is two
sainutes and forty seconds. Of course in the small
stretch of ground which he had to traverse without
turning it wan impassible for him on Saturday even-
ing to reach anything like this speed. He did , how-
' ever, on several occasions attain a very considerable
velocity, and the rapidity with which his feet left and
reached the ground, and the form, and beauty of his
action, were sources of admiratior, and surprise even
to persons who are familiar with the performances
of some of our beat English trotters.

CELEBRATION OF TEE Qtrlegn's BIRTHDAY.
&Ruder was observed as the anniversary of the birth•
day of the Queen, the bells of St. Martin's and other
changes nag merry peals, the Park and Tower guns were
fired, the royal standard floated from the summit of many
public buildings and churches in the metropolis, and the
shipping in the river was also gaily decorated and dressed
in honour of the occasion. In the evening the club houses
and most of the West-end traction.** exhibited illumine-
time. At Windsor the howler of the royal tradespeople
Urineeated• gar aPPearanca. being decorated with gags,
banners Merry peabs store sent forth from the curfew
tower of St. George's Chore' and St. Julius Church, and
royal salutes were fired the Long Walk, at Virginia
Water, and Fort Belwrjere.

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QUSKET? MIVP.OBCOPICAL CLua.—The ordinary
monthly meetig v,ias held at University College on Friday
evening lest r. Ernest Hart, president, in the chair.
Mr. Y. 0- 'Jocke read a short paper on " Ilinocular
Vision." rie president read s paper on " The minute
structure of the ins and ciliary muscle," in the course of
which he demonstrated the structure and direction of the
eilie,7 or accommodative muscle of the eye, in man, rumi-
nants, and birds, and showed that there are positively no
Merrier or sphinctral fibres in the latter, and discredited
their existence in the former. The paper was illustrated
With diagrams and numerous injected specimens under
the microscope. The meeting terminated with a mews'-
:ions. Ten member' were elected.

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