Horse-jumping Competitions.

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Two very good mares

CLASS 38 (mares not exceeding 13-2, with foals at foot or to foal in 1902).— Fair class. One mare rejected by veterinary surgeons. shown, but not placed, being of Hackney type.

CLASS 39 (three-year-old geldings or fillies, not exceeding 14-1).-Small class, but of good average merit.

CLASS 40 (two-year-old colts, geldings or fillies, not exceeding 14 hands).—— Very good class, the two first being of outstanding merit.

CLASS 41 (yearling colts, geldings or fillies).-Good class all through and of thorough polo type.

Harness Horses and Ponies.-Prizes in three classes were provided by the Carlisle Local Committee, and attracted twentythree entries. With the exception of the first and second prize winners, the animals in Class 42, for mares and geldings of any age, above fifteen hands, were of only moderate quality. Class 43, for animals between fourteen and fifteen hands, was also not a very strong one; but the prize winners were of considerable merit. Class 44, for harness ponies above fourteen hands, was a very good one, and the first four animals noticed were all fine movers.

HORSE-JUMPING COMPETITIONS.

Prizes for Horse-jumping Competitions to the total amount of 160l. were provided by the Carlisle Local Committee, and the competitions took place in the Large Ring immediately after the Parades of Light Horses on the afternoons of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The competitors were divided into the following classes :

CLASS A.-Mares or geldings, 15-2 hands and over.

CLASS B.-Mares or geldings, above 14-2 hands and under 15-2 hands.
CLASS C.-Pony mares or geldings, 14-2 hands and under.

CONSOLATION CLASS D.-Confined to unsuccessful competitors in Classes A and B.

CONSOLATION CLASS E.-Confined to unsuccessful competitors in Class C. The entry fees were fixed at 11. each for Classes A, B, and C, and 10s. each for Classes D and E; and the amounts received were added to the prize money in equal proportions. There were sixteen competitors in Class A, twelve in Class B, and nine in Class C. For the two Consolation Classes (D and E) there were thirteen and three competitors respectively. As in 1901, the course consisted of six obstacles, but a novelty was introduced this year in the shape of a "Ditch and Bank," which was substituted for the Double "In-and-Out" Jump. The "bank" was a turf-covered mound about five feet high and three and a half feet across the top. As a rule the Irish horses negotiated the obstacle in the approved fashion, being trained to the trick of placing all four feet on the top of the bank, instead of attempting a flying leap; but some of the

English horses that were otherwise excellent jumpers were not so successful over the bank. Large crowds attested the popularity of this department of the Show, and the stands, as well as the open spaces around the ring, were thronged with people on each of the days. On Tuesday some excellent performances were given, in spite of the pouring rain, by the hunters over 15-2 hands, and the first prize went to Hard Cash, shown by Mr. F. V. Grange, who also secured the first prize on the following day with Rufus. In the Pony Class, on Thursday, Mr. Joseph Wheeler's Laddie, a brown gelding aged over twenty-five, showed himself a magnificent jumper. His feat of winning the first prize was the more noteworthy, as on the previous day he had gained the first prize for jumping at the Peterborough Show.

HEAVY HORSES.

Shires. This section was below the level of former years when the Show has been more centrally situated. The number of entries was only sixty-four distributed amongst seven classes; but the yearling colts and fillies are praised by the Judges. The three-year-old stallions (Class 45) were only four and were not good, except the first prize winner, Mr. J. P. Cross's Lockinge Forest King, which gained the Champion Gold Medal of the Shire Horse Society. The two-year-olds (Class 46) were a fair class of nine competing animals, all being placed except two. The three prize yearling colts (Class 47) were good, and the first prize colt, Mr. A. H. Clark's General Favourite, was the reserve male champion. The brood mares (Class 48) are described as "rather a weak class." three animals were present, and the third prize was withheld under Regulation 24. Only two exhibits were present in Class 49, for two-year-old fillies; but the Female Champion was selected from this class in the first prize winner, Mr. William Jackson's Ladysmith 2nd, a brown filly by "Nailstone Cœur de Lion," a portrait of which is given opposite to this page. The two-year-old fillies (Class 50) were the best in the section, all the animals being placed. The first prize winner, Lord Llangattock's bay filly, Hendre Birthright, by "Prince Harold," was reserve female champion. Class 51 contained 11 good yearling fillies of "even merit."

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Clydesdales. Seven classes were filled by eighty-four animals, the largest exhibit of this breed ever seen in the Society's Showyard. The Judges preface their report with

FIG. 6. SHIRE FILLY," LADYSMITH 2ND." 32825.

Winner of Champion Prize for best Shire Mare or Filly, Carlisle Meeting, 1902.

Erhibited by Mr. WILLIAM JACKSON.