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side, and he was smooth as a ribbon all over. It would require an en- 

 thusiastic artist, indeed, to picture a more ideal external form. The 

 grand champion sow was Henry's under one year entry. She did not 

 have extreme length, but was even as a model on top and bottom, and 

 stood on a faultless set of feet with short, straight pasterns, the kind that 

 never go down. Chas. A. Marker, Auburn, 111., was the judge. 



Among the Duroc- Jersey pigs there were some severely contested fields. 

 The judge, A. J. Lovejoy, Roscoe, 111., declared that in certain cases he 

 could scarcely satisfy himself. Although the Duroc-Jersey people had 

 offered $25 as a prize for the "biggest hog on the ground," this fetish of 

 size was distinctly ignored in their show and the wearers of the blue 

 were pigs of smooth form, quality and freshness. Oftentimes big size 

 was there, but did not break into first moneys. Waltemeyer Brothers 

 were well intrenched behind strong show material, and against some 

 forty competitors won all the championship ribbons. 



The Chester White show was put on by thirty-six exhibitors, all but 

 two from Iowa. In all they had entered some 280 animals, a record never 

 before closely approached by the whites. Some of the show stuff was a 

 bit over fit, but withal there were plenty of rare good ones in the show. 

 N. H. Gentry, Sedalia, Mo., acted as judge. One thousand and fifty pounds 

 of Chester White boar, in the form of Barr's Wildwood Prince, was the 

 grand champion, but the much finer type grand champion sow of Brown 

 was the model more acceptable to the ringside. 



The Hampshire breeders were there, as ambitious as ever, and with 

 their show and their enthusiasm pushed their breed forward in the favor 

 of Iowa farmers. Chas. E. Bunn, Peoria, 111., of Shetland pony fame, 

 made his entry into the Hampshire show this fall, and saw his aged boar, 

 Bunn's Pattern, go through to the grand championship. Yates' Gloria 2d 

 was the champion female, and an able defender of the high showing 

 which her family has attained. All the pigs were belted, but color appa- 

 rently received no consideration from the judge, Wilson Rowe, Daven- 

 port, la., and quality was the watchword of the show. 



Iowa did not attract any outside herds of Yorkshires, but she staged a 

 very tight show with three herds of home raised swine. The boar classes 

 were light, but Davidson's entries furnished some trim long bacon beau- 

 ties in the sow classes. F. M. Hartzel and J. B. McKay were the con- 

 testants for the Farnworth prize money, and they shared it about equally. 

 Some common ones were driven in for the young classes, but the aged 

 purple winners were fit to compete in much larger fields. C. C. Roup, 

 Kalona, la., was the judge. 



THE DRAFT HORSE SHOW. 



With importers' exhibits curtailed by the European war, Iowa draft 

 horse breeders came to the rescue in such numbers, with entries of such 

 quality as to preserve the great reputation of the Hawkeye fair's horse 

 exhibit. The smaller breeders felt encouraged to get into the game, and 

 the character of their exhibits augurs well for the future of the draft 

 horse in Iowa. Exceptionally strong shows of foals and yearlifl>,a fur- 



