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year, and the two-year-old class of Perclierons made the strongest show 

 for the breed. Imported and American bred Shires made up the show, 

 and many fine specimens of the breed were on exhibition. All stallion 

 classes were well filled. The futurity colt show brought out a large 

 number of foals in this breed and others. American breeders made 

 the Clydesdale show, and while it was short in numbers, it was strong 

 on type and finish. The Clydesdale breeders adhere more closely to 

 traditional form and quality of leg than do some of the other draft 

 breeds, and are quite exacting in their demands. Alex Galbraith 

 placed the awards. The Belgians made a good showing, not great in 

 numbers, but nearly all the classes contained only horses of the 

 modern type. They had the quality and finish, and exceeded some of 

 the other draft breeds in substance and weight. That the Belgian 

 horse is growing in favor among American farmers can not be ques- 

 tioned. 



NATIONAL PERCHERO!^ FUTURITIES. 



Secretary Dinsmore writes: "The most sensational show of Perch- 

 erons that has ever been made in the United States, all things con- 

 sidered, was uncovered when the futurities were shown. Seventeen 

 yearling stallions answered the call, and in all-around excellence, quali- 

 ty and finish, far excelled any previous show. The classes were judged 

 by Wm. Bell, of Wooster, Ohio, and E. B. White, of Leesburg, Va., and 

 ringside talent agreed that the judging was exceptionally well done. 

 The rating of the stallions was as follows: First, Ethelwold Farms, 

 Mondovi, Wis., on Principal; 2, W. S. Corsa, White Hall, 111., on Carloth- 

 son; 3, Corsa, on Carvotte; 3, H. G. McMillan & Sons, Rock Rapids, 

 Iowa, on Marshall; 5, F. M. Shaw, Oneida, 111., on Combino; 6, R. J. 

 Wallace & Son, Ladoga, Iowa, on Belmonte; 7, Crawford & Griffin, 

 Newton, Iowa, on Reuben; 8, Corsa, on Carmerica; 9, C. B. Dannen & 

 Sons, Melbourne, Iowa, on Mamers; 10, McMillan & Sons, on Intrar; 11, 

 Seward Bros., New Providence, Iowa, on Mignon; 12, McMillan & Sons, 

 on Surety. The seventh prize stallion was sold for $1,000, at the show. 



"Percheron breeders expected something out of the ordinary in the 

 filly classes, and were not disappointed. Thirty-three beautiful types 

 of the breed appeared in the ring, and all but three were American bred. 

 The imported fillies were good representatives of the breed, and by 

 noted show horses, one being by Imprecation, the horse that won the 

 championship of the breed at the International in 1911 and in 1912. 

 Another one was by Intitule, the second best aged horse in the 1912 

 International. After exhaustive consideration of the classes, the judges 

 sorted out twenty of the best and sent the rest to the barns, and it was 

 found on checking up the list after this had been done that every filly 

 left in the ring was American bred, and that most of them had been put 

 forward by relatively small breeders. The first place fell to one of the 

 most remarkable fillies ever exhibited in American show rings, and 

 numerous experienced horsemen freely expressed the opinion that she 

 was the equal of any mare ever shown in the United States. The fact 

 that the Iowa State Fair is becoming more and more a breeders' show 

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