The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-29 00:00:00

THE HORSE SHOW.

Monday the Agricultural was opened for
the purposes of this exhibition at 9 o'clock in the
morning, and shortly after that hour the visitors
began to arrive in quick succession. It was origi-
nally arranged that the competition for harness
horses should take place at 10, but the trials were
postponed, much to the disappointment of many
who made their way to Islington to witness this
exhibition of strength and form. The horses of this
class, however, were brought into the arena at 3
o'clock, and their practice was viewed in all
cases with pleasurable anxiety, and in many instances
with well-deserved admiration. After the animals
had been driven round the arena several times the
judges—Sir George W. Wombwell, Colonel N.
Kingscote, C. 8., and Mr. Ilarvie Farquhar—
awarded the first priz3 to Mr. John R. Kirby for
a beautiful chestnut mare, 'Violet, 15 hands 1 inch
high. Captain Spiers, M.P., Eaton-square, took the
second prize for an exquisitely formed bay mare,
with the appropri.:te and suggestive name of
Beauty ; and the third honour fell to Mr. Thomas
Bradfield, Bishop's Stortford, for a chestnut horse,
which displayed great style and form in his per-
formance in the arena. Great interest was evinced
in the trials of the little animals grouped under
Class 11—ponies not exceeding 14 hands, in single
harness,—and the high action and clear regular
stepping of many of them were fully commensurate
with the anticipations of the spectators. The first
prize fell to the lot of Mr. James Wilson, Cedar-
cottage, Enfield, who showed au almost perfect
animal, which from its name and shape might
well be called " Pretty Little Polly." A dun mare,
" Camperdown Lass," belonging to Mr. William
Burton, Marylebone, came next in the order of merit,
and " Dot," the property of Captain Spiers, M.P.,
obtained third place, being separated by no great
degree from her more fortunate rivals. The arrival
in the ring of the tiny competitors in Class 12—of
ponies not exceeding 13 hands—was received with
mingled laughter and applause, the laughter arising
on account of the littleness of the animals and the
applause from the spirit and energy which they dis-
played. After a long trial, is which the judges
found considerable difficulty in distinguishing be-
tween the merits of the most prominent competitors
the blue rihand was ultimately presented to Mr. M.
P. Heber, the owner of Pink, a beautiful cream-
coloured pony, 12 hands high, whose stepping cer-
tainly entitled it to the high position it obtained.
Uncle Tom, the property of Mr. J. W. Richardson,
Willoughton , Lincolnshire, as we have intimated, ran
Pink very closely for the first prize in this class, and
Mr. Lewis 'Myers's chestnut roan stallion Ruby was
a formidable rival to both the little quadrupeds we
have mentioned. There remains now, we under-
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severe.
Besides the horses there are several things now
exhibited at the Agricultural Hall worthy of atten-
tion in a sanitary and economical point of view.
The Dairy Reform Company give an opportunity
to all the visitors to the show to test the pro-
perties of the substitute they offer for what
they cal in the pamphlet they distribuite " the
London sky blue." It is shown that pure milk is
sold in very few dairies in or about the metropolis,
and this newly-formed company profess to remedy
this really serious evil. If the milk they supply
to their customers be of a kiwi with that which
they supply sample 3 to the visitors to the Agricul-
tural-hall, we can cordially recommend it to
the general public. As usual, the show of
vehicles is large, and many of those shown are
novel and curious. Mr. Thomas B. Aylsford,
of Walharn-green, Fulham, exhibits what he calls
" the village phaeton," which is a truly ingenious
travelling machine. It combines the shape and uti-
lity of a dog-cart with the elegance of a park phae-
ton, and is capable of carrying six persons, and a
considerable quantity of luggag.,. It can be drawn
by one horse. and, as may be conjectured from this
description, is light as well its convenient. There is