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stallion that Paul Brown has usod in St. Louis for his riding horse for a 

 number of years, and also as a sire. Several local horses were of un- 

 common merit and well shown. 



Three gaited saddle types were numerous and of great excellence, a va- 

 riety of different types being brought before the judges, which necessarily 

 caused some little confusion as to the kind of horse being ridden at walk, 

 trot and canter that is most likely to obtain favor in the West. There were 

 three regular classes and one combination class. As is generally the case at 

 Western shows, quite a number of five gaited animals were shown in the 

 three gaited division, some of the owners taking the short cut of cobbing 

 the tails in order to present the appearance of a docked animal. Mares and 

 geldings of any age were shown together. There was a mare and gelding 

 class requiring ladies to ride, a stallion class for horses any age, and a 

 combination class for stallion, mare or gelding. Miss Long's well known 

 chestnut mare, Nancy Garland, by Kentucky Artist, was the winner in 

 the events in which she w^as shown. She won the combination class with 

 John Hook in the saddle. Houchin & Anderson's Pauline Moore getting 

 second. Blades & Holman third, with Mary Bowling, the Princess Charm- 

 ing, from the 0. J. Mooers stable, fourth. William C. Seipp, of Chicago, 

 was represented by his thoroughbred type, Gay Deceiver, which was not 

 especially favored by the judges. William Daniel, of Chicago, had an 

 entry in Tommy Atkins that, I understand, has not been shown hereto- 

 fore, and w'hich made a rather pleasant impression, especially in the 

 ladies' class, where he was ridden into second money by Miss Hazel 

 Ritchie. Blades & Holman had a good entry in the young mare, Maxine, 

 and 0. J. Moores showed his fine Bourbon King mare, Princess Charming, 

 winning the ladies' class with Mrs. Rasmussen in the saddle and hurting 

 her chances for higher honors than fourth in the combination event by 

 an untimely display of bad manners. This mare is out of the famous old 

 Helen Walker, that was formerly owned and shown by Mr. Moers and 

 he also had an entry, in the gray mare called Gracie Gray, of good con- 

 formation and considerable action, but whose manners were far above 

 reproach. 



Roadster classes furnished some of the best contests of the week, and 

 the brunt of the battles in these events were between George R. Peak, of 

 Winchester, 111.; Ed. P. Urich, of Kansas City, Kan.; Houchin & Anderson, 

 Miss Loula Long, and several local entries. Probably the most exciting 

 ring of the entire week was the roadster pair class, which had five entries. 

 Trev. Anderson, showing Billy Woods and Hastings Girl; George Peak, 

 showing Tommy Doyle and Tommy Piper; E. P. Uhrich, showing Stevie 

 C. and Mate; O. .J. Mooers, showing Helen Idlew^ood, and Lawrence Barrett, 

 and one of Peak's men, showing his Duke's Lassie and Devil's Dare. As 

 everybody knows, in the horse show field, Tommy Doyle Is one of the 

 most consistent- winners, and it is generally conceded that there are few 

 pairs that can beat the two Tommies driven by their owners. On the other 

 hand, Anderson has won countless prizes with his mare and gelding, and 

 shows them to the greatest possible advantage. Considerable feeling was 

 stirred up over this class, which was finally won by Anderson, with Peak 

 second, and Uhrich third, Mooers getting fourth and the other Peak entry 



