The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-04 00:00:00

THIS DAY.

The seventh annual metropolitan horse show at the Agri-
e.altural Hall, Islington, opened this morning; all the animals
I4h3nded for exhibition being in their respective stalls by
the Prescribed hour last evening. The judges for the present
Year's• show were the Earls of Coventry and Portsmouth,
and Mr Henry Chaplin, M.P., for hunters and thoroughbred
st'lli°oB ; and Colonel Maude, C. 8., Deputy Master of the
horse, and Mr James Baillie, of Allstun Grange, Leicester-
shire, for backs and trotting and pony stallions and other
breeds• The judges commenced their labours with the
banters park horses and hacks. The entries run up in
the catalogue to 390, but of this number more than
50 horses are entered twice, and some in three classes.
Tho stalls of the hacks and cobs having been enlarged,
the hall now holds about 340 horses and t'oe ponies,
and is quite full. The hunters amount to 129, of which
4A are weight-carriers and 24 four year-olds. They are
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aided into four clasaes, and, in addition to the large value
of the pi izes awarded, it is from these four classes that the
Id medal horse must be selected. To this may be attri-
buted the large amount of competition. In Class 5, for
oltlioß horses, exceeding 151- hands, there are 17 entries, in-
itill'g among the specimens some said to be remarkable
°r action and quality. There are 90 of other descriptions
of hacks, ladies' horses, and high-stepping cobs for saddle.
o:o harness classes are unusually strong, and in the class
Phaeton horses for single harness there are 17 entries; of
horses and ponies not over 141 hands, 15 entries ; and of
wos not over 14 hands, about 40. Out of these single
harness classes have been formed 12 pairs and two tandems.
There are 12 thoroughbred and 24 miscellaneous stallions,
including two greys, one black, and one bay Arab. One
°f
,theee belongs to the celebrated stud of Prince Alexis
o
rieff,
and another, Abd-el-Kader, bred by the Emperor
"I' Morocco. The Duke of Wellington exhibits in the
ew4se for park cobs a very curious looking skewbald, upon
hich his grace sets a value of 150 guineas, while the
Earl of Shannon, in the same class, shows a cob called
:Ivtertail, which he values at 200 guineas. Baron
co'lsehild and Mr. Blenkiron exhibit some thoroughbred
otalr
Ions; and Mr. J. B. Angell, well known as the promo-
and driver of the Brighton Coach, sends Alcibiades,
° a winner of the Liverpool Steeplechas ; the Earl of
salYti, Lord Cardross, Major Quentin, Colonel Burnaby,
if 11. W. Peek, M.P.,* Mr. C. Hambro, M.P., Sir Joseph
tieY, Mr. Harvey Farquhar, &c., are among the compe
blots, and Captain Austruther Thomson sends several
a°teea, among them Inis, the hunter on which he is so
'alirably depicted by Sir Francis Grant in the Royal
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N,LacietnY• Sir Watkin Wynne contributes one of his
Weight-carriers, but it is considered possible that it
ie Perhaps in harness high steppe's that the present
let looked upon as likely to excel all previous shows. On
°ed'Y the judging will be resumed with the harness
horses and at the conclusion there will be a parade of all
the Prize horse,, and some jumping, including the new
w thMer leap of some 15 or 16 feet. On the foil wing days
116ual programme will be followed, but the improve-
meets in reference to the hurdle jumping and water leap
era
8 great that it is expected more than ordinary in-
rest Will be attached to that part of the programme.
The following prizes have been awarded :

Class 1. Hunters'- weight carriers.
:irst Prize, £BO Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart., H.P.,
hlistay Park, Ruabon ; "Expectation," chestnut, aged.
ksecond Prize, £4O —J chn Austruther Thomson, Esq.,
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"arleton, Colinsburgh. Fife, "Iris," bay, 10 years old.
li.Thircl Prize, £2o—Mr. Henry Sanders, Brompton Hill,
(4thampton, " Ironmaster," grey, 6 years old.
,-,Class 2 Hunters' without condition as to weight.
Park
Prize, £so—Henry Spencer Lucy, Eoq., Cliarlcot
ark Warwick " Heroine," bay, 7 years.
second Prize, £2s—Henry Spencer, :Lucy, Esq., Ch9,rl-
-be Park, " Golden Hue," chesnut, 8 y6ars.
Third Prize £ls—Samuel James Welfitt, Esq., " Loiterer,'
bas, 8 years.
Class 3. Hunters without condition as to weight and
not exceeding 15-2 hands high.
hit-first Prize, .E4o—Major Quentin Woodleigh, Chelten-
, “Coxcombe," bay gelding, 7 years.
second Prize, £2o.—Mr. Francis Barker, " Bird on the
°V' black, 7 years.
116 Tiny Tom," the property of Robert Brown, Esq., was
°LI,'S recommended.
°lass 5. Riding Horses of fine action and quality.
• Pirst Prize, £2o—Captain George Crookes, 6, Princes-
gile, London, " Sobraon," grey, 8 yrs.
bueeon-cl Prize, £lO The Earl of Rosslyn, Easton Lodge,
41:11°Nv Essex, "An ela " black.
Tif g •
aiieed Prize, £lo—Mr. William Morley, "Countess," bay