284 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



THE FILLY FUTTJRITT. 



The sensation of the Belgian females came in the futurity class in the 

 red roan Paramount Lola, as perfectly formed a draft mare as was 

 shown by any breed. Five roans took the first five places in this ring 

 and their supremacy was unquestionable. However, when the ten 

 winners had been cut out from the class, the other ten formed a show 

 as good from one end to the other as was found in any previous Belgian 

 futurity. Jupiter Belle, the second prize, was an upstanding mare of 

 sound frame and true gait, but not quite so well balanced as Lola. 

 Third, fourth and fifth partook of the same type, but failed to the 

 ones above them only in some slight detail of form. The 1916 filly 

 show bids fair to be historic. 



THE CLYDESDALES. 



Two features shone bright in the 1916 Clydesdales. One was the 

 uniform excellent character of the exhibits, and the other was the ac- 

 curate judicial estimates of Andrew MacFarlane, Palo, la. Seldom 

 has so wide a range of contesting exhibitors been so thoroughly satis- 

 fied and rarely has the type established been so closely adhered to. As 

 evidence of the appeciation of his work, the exhibitors petitioned the 

 fair officials to obtain Mr. MacFarlane's services over a period of years. 



The Revelanta horse Samuda led the aged stallions, closely pressed 

 by the bay Royal Knott, a horse of much character and a rare mascu- 

 line stamp. Samuda took the honors finally on his style of going and 

 slightly greater uniformity, while third and fourth went to two smaller 

 horses possessed of that quality, finish and action that distinguish 

 the Clydesdale. The sensation of the show was the three-year-old 

 Hope's Pride, futurity winner of 1914, and first-prize two-year-old of 

 last year. He has done well, and promises satisfactory showing as a 

 sire. Baron Kilmarnock, his class rival, was a more finished line of 

 a horse, with exceptional quality and cleanness throughout. A colt 

 of type similar to Hope's Pride headed the two-year-olds, his lines, 

 and action being of the accepted style. 



THE STALLION FUTUKITY. 



While in the aged class The Pinnacle stood just above Prince Cedric, 

 in the yearlings, their relative rank was reversed as judged by their 

 sons. Prince Fickland, the wearer of the blue in the futurity, was a 

 notable stamp of a colt, level-topped, attractive in head and neck, 

 neat in way of going, and possessed of the best feet and pasterns in 

 the class. A very strong-bodied son of General Davidson came third 

 and a big-framed Pinnacle colt captu red fou rth. 



THE MARES. 



The mare classes were even more interesting than the stallions. 

 Princess Mae, the winning yeld mare, was once a futurity winner, and 

 is the big broody type that appeals lo the Scotsman's heart. Osco 

 Beauty is as capacious, but not quite so trimly set as her successful 

 rival. The champion came from the three-year-old class, as a sweet- 



