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perhaps no more uniform than in previous years. Lagos buttressed 

 his right to the ultimate stallion championship by sending forward a 

 son, Laynot, that in quality, action, and well-set limbs brooked no de- 

 nial. A very soundly turned black of Dunhams, Karnac, was second. 

 He was scarcely as forward in flesh and fit as some of the other horses 

 in the ring, but withal held that promise of firmly knit thriftiness 

 that hinted at future battles, not all one-sided, with the winner. Car- 

 valentine is a big, well molded youngster, while the gray Pompey had 

 a hardened muscular expression that bespoke great future service. 

 Space forbids a recital of further excellences in the next ten places. 

 That they were present to a high degree in each individual was obvious 

 to any observer. 



THE MARES. 



The mares also had their bright spots but the numbers were not 

 so great. The blood of the historic Pink again found championship 

 expression in the massive, flinty Pink Brillante, a gray mare robbed 

 of motherhood by a wire fence in which her progeny became entangled. 

 Only four weeks separated the suckling period from the show, hence 

 bloom was not yet attained, but the type was there. Another big- 

 framed gray headed the mare and foal class, but the maternal duties 

 told too severely on that nicety of finish that bespeaks the champion. 

 The beautiful black Carnante, futurity premium winner of two seasons 

 ago, headed the three-year-olds. The futurity of last year contributed 

 the two-year-old winner and reserve champion, Dunhams' sensational 

 Turquoise. She appears this year a stretchy black of brilliant action 

 and outstanding broodiness. 



THE FILT.Y FUTURITY. 



Twenty-three fillies brought twenty-three visions of victory with 

 them, and the nine whose illusions were shattered were of such merit 

 that predictions for another year v/ere absolutely unsafe. The two 

 .top fillies were of the same stamp and of no outstanding difference, 

 although they came from two stables. Patience is a big upstanding 

 filly Avith good underpinning and clean cut quality; so is Keota Clarice. 

 That one should win rather than the other required a study of each; 

 the story cannot be presented in mere words. Carcile is a compactly 

 knit black of the thrifty stamp that portrays service. That she had 

 many supporters for supreme honors is obvious when one realizes the 

 difference in type between her and her conquerors. Orpha, in fourth, 

 was a big thick mare that lacked the professional fitting, but that would 

 catch any farmer's eye as readily as the others. 



In the groups interest centered on the relative merits of the Carnot 

 and Jalap colts in the get of sire class, but Carnot finally won on the 

 uniformity of stamp in his progeny. 



THE BELGIANS. 



Whatever may be the condition in the country at large as regards the 

 Belgian breed, Iowa seems destined to take the place of the despoiled 

 nation in supplying the draft horse interests of the United States. One 



