'The Shire Horse Show at_ the Agricultural Hall" which opened yesterday was unquestionably sod dened by the mysterious deaths of Kirkland Black Friar, champion stallion in 1931 and expected to be champion ain this year, and_the mare' Black the show. grooms are convinced that they were" poisoned. The remains of Kirkland Black Friar are now being analysed but the result ig not known that the shire horse industry on the upgrade, and the demand for ood stock increasing. It tg the now comparatively old story that horses, for certain classes of work, are cheaper than motors. The demand for horses comes markedly from towns, A certain change, however, noted. The very "ponderous animals, with slow, heavy tread, that used to be so common, are less! called for; activity and quickness of movement are conspicuous this year fat the Agricultural Hall.
The Boat Race Oxford's supporters may be well encouraged by the progress that the font bar been making at Healey, where all the practice has been done Brice' early. this month. An Old Blue told me recently that at Tas few men with a leg drive. have een found in Oxford" shoud Bid" that he had been a, Cambridge man. "But there fe admittedly some truth inthe ibe; added to. which believe there' are few. Cambrigge men who would not like to see Oxford win this year. 'There is some-{hing stocking' in their long series el reverses f saw a mows reel" Ploture "of the "Oxford vevew last week, and they paddled with great power and remarkably. uniformity. Yesterday they aid their Art serious Yow, of about 1% miles. 'The stroke fvas' not Faissd above 30, but it was Fonorelly "acclaimed" a" remarkable Blece of work About the same time Cambriage were also rowing three-quarters of a mile, on the Cam, and
comparisons tre. possi lag Hele But of coat, "The oddest freak of fortune is the discovery by Oxford. that the Cam fe superior fo the Isis for st least the early. stages of. training,—Mr. Mosley, president, of the OUBC. speaks mast slightingly, to an inter-Siew inthe "Dally" Telegraph" t-
dredging, a towpath. should be of" the later ster. needs fo Abingdon, and Ufley Lock should
while go log trough and catch be "removed men Hit about there} induena, And, of course, the water at Henley is far more lively than at Oxford.
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