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limbs and feet, extraordinary bone and quality — in fact, all of the attri- 

 butes in a Percheron of her age. That she comes to the front as the de- 

 velopment of the futurity class is ipeculiarly fitting, demonstrating most 

 certainly what such encouragement to Iowa breeders can bring about. 

 In the aged stallion class Jeun, a very impressive son of Carnot, went up 

 over the Dunham entry because of his scale, substance and drafty finish. 

 The wearer of the red was a better mover. McMillan's Matador, winner 

 of the two-year old class, fell reserve to Jeun. He is one of the shortest- 

 backed youngsters that has been exhibited in recent years. To his other 

 charms he adds an exceptional quality and a most impressive head and 

 neck. William Bell, Wooster, Ohio, did the judging. 



BELGIANS. 



A very high-class show of Iowa Belgians developed. Prof. W. J. 

 Kennedy of Ames was called on to align some of the strongest classes 

 ever seen in a Belgian show ring, and possibly the strongest ever ex- 

 hibited in this country. In the stallion section Jules Remi, a very 

 massive drafty blue roan of exceptional action, headed the list. The 

 champion came from the three-year-olds, a red roan, neatly turned, 

 straight, traveling youngster with lots of scale. Some very good animals 

 appeared in the younger classes, the ruggedness and weight of the en- 

 tries appealing very strongly to the onlooking Iowa farmers. In the 

 mares a sensational individual came to the front for Lefebure. Anna de 

 Balcan is a grand-moving mare with capital feet, great quality and the 

 draftiest proportions. She was shown in rather thin condition, but her 

 excellences were so numerous that she drew very strongly on spectators 

 and judges. Thirteen three-year-olds and twenty-one two-year-old fillies 

 furnished the sensation of the show. The size, correctness and uniformity 

 of these entries were remarkable, and called for the keenest apprecia- 

 tion that any female ring outside of the futurities drew forth. The Bel- 

 gian horsemen are making a strong bid for the favor of Iowa farmers, 

 and one or two future exhibitions on a parallel with that of this year 

 will firmly entrench them in Hawkeye favor. 



CLYDESDALES. 



The failure of the McLay stables to appear left such a gap in the 

 rings of this year that the glories of the display of one year ago were 

 merely a memory. Nevertheless, the winners were in most cases very 

 creditable individuals possessed of the lines, character and tidiness so 

 desired in the Clydesdale. Prof. E. A. Trowbridge, Columbia, Mo., made 

 the awards. 



Ford's Prince Cedric, a typical Clydesdale that lacked somewhat in 

 size, headed the aged class in an acceptable manner. After that there 

 was a lack of uniformity and consequent difhculty in placing. Many of 

 the ringside favored the big, drafty Forest King, that was placed fifth 

 as a successor to Prince Cedric. However, he showed to disadvantage 

 because of dullness in action, and this accounted in part for his lowly 

 position. In the three-year-old class the fight between Baron Defiance 

 and Osco Pride was rather close, Osco Pride showing nicer lines, better 

 ankles and being rather toppier, but scarcely possessing the action, clean 



