FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II 



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Another feature added this year was the steeple-chase races and 

 jumping contests, which took place in the center field of the race track 

 in front of the grandstand every afternoon. 



The entries in the steeple-chase races were not large, but the contest 

 proved to be exciting and popular with the audience. The plan of show- 

 ing a number of classes of light harness horses and saddle horses in the 

 show ring across from the grandstand each afternoon, which was made 

 possible by the construction of the subway under the race track, worked 

 out to be a popular feature with the grandstand crowds. This not only 

 afforder a better place for exhibitors to show their horses, but also afforded 

 an opportunity for a greater number of people to witness these contests. 

 On the whole, the horse show was well balanced, and every ring was keenly 

 contested. 



The following tabulation gives the number of horse exhibits and the 

 number of horses entered in each division as compared with 1913: 



Breed 



191i Fair 





10113 Fair 







Percheron/ , — 



Clydesdale 



Shire 



Belgian 



Suffolk Punch 



Draft gelgings and mares 



Standard bred and show horses. 



Saddle Horses 



Hunters and Jumpers 



Morgan 



Hackney 



Shetland ponies 



Welsh ponies 



Ponies other than Shetland 



Mules 



Totals-- 



240 



115 

 92 



175 

 21 

 72 

 95 

 96 

 22 

 25 

 25 



148 

 32 

 40 

 20 



1,152 



196 

 64 

 112 

 139 



40 

 104 

 SO 



"37 

 11 

 116 

 25 

 19 

 48 



The cattle exhibit at the 1914 fair was made by 103 exhibitors, who 

 showed 1,186 head of cattle. This is an increase of 25 exhibitors and 229 

 head of cattle entered over last year. The exhibitors represented ten 

 different states, Iowa ranking first, with 55 exhibitors, Wisconsin 14, 

 Missouri 8, Illinois 7, Nebraska 7, Kansas 5, Minnesota 4, and Mississippi, 

 Indiana and South Dakota each contributing 1 herd. There were 768 

 head entered in the beef breeds, as against 591 in 1913; 418 in the dairy 

 breeds, as against 366 in 1913. 



The new cattle barn erected this year, with accommodations for 108 

 head of cattle, relieved the congestion in the cattle barns to a certain 

 extent, but, at that, it was necessary to use the three old sheep sheds 

 which were converted into cattle barns a few years ago, and it was also 

 necessary to stall twenty or thirty head in temporary stalls covered with 

 a tent. 



