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breeding farms, a gratifying indication of the possibilities for breeding 

 good horses in the corn belt. 



CI.YDESDAT.KS. 



The Clydesdale show was not up to the standard of some other years, 

 especially in the younger classes. Baron Clifton easily headed the ring 

 of aged stallions and tallied very closely with the judge's ideal. Robert 

 Miller, Stouffville, Ont., who made the awards, adhered closely to the 

 approved Scotch pattern. He insisted on good feet and pasterns, silky 

 quality and free, straight action. Some very useful animals lost out 

 because they were deficient in these breed characteristics. Owing to 

 restricted numbers from which to chose in making awards, the judge was 

 compelled in some few cases to give prizes to horses that lacked a trifle 

 in substance, more particularly in yearlings and two-year-olds. It must 

 not be forgotten that Clydesdales develop less rapidly than colts of other 

 draft breeds, so that while the young classes showed up rather under- 

 sized, the aged stallions and mares made a very gratifying display. The 

 mares were an especially strong, full-bodied, heavy-quartered, big-boned lot, 

 with quality to please the judge. Some beautiful foals were also shown, but, 

 as with the other breeds, they were not out in anything like the numbers 

 needed to arouse interest and rivalry among breeders. 



HACKNEYS. 



Hackneys were not numerous, but were good — one of the best displays 

 ever seen at a state fair. Alex. Galbraith, DeKalb, 111., judged them. In 

 aged stallions the grand moving chestnut Kingsland Raincliff won honors 

 for his owners. He is a smooth full-made, fine-type fellow. Less grace- 

 ful, perhaps, and a trifle unbalanced in action is the bay ThoUa Fashion. 

 Neptune, a chestnut, is a flash mover, with style and go, but was set down 

 to third place because of some lack in body substance. The three-year- 

 old Heacham Noble Shoe is a good moving light sorrel, excelling princi- 

 pally in form and quality. Terrington Warrior can out-act him, but he 

 has a heavy head. Tollington was put down to third place because, while 

 he moved well and is fat, he is a trifle small for the company he was in. 



The pair of two-year-olds which won for Messrs. Crouch rank clearly 

 among the choicest young horses of the breed which have been brought 

 over. They were at the front in English showyards. The first prize colt 

 is flashier in action, but his mate has a bit more substance and would be 

 preferred by some breeders for stud duty. 



FRENCH AND GERMAN COACH. 



J. Crouch & Son had everything their own way in the showing of coach 

 horses, but they presented an imposing lot of German Coach stallions. 

 Mohikaner, the five-year-old bay stallion, goes steadily and high at the 

 end of the line, doing all that is asked of him. He is rather a large, 

 heavy individual and some at the ringside preferred the lighter-built, 

 more active type of some of his mates. W. A. Dobson was judge. 



