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a pleasing pattern and style both standing and going. He looks like a 

 real show horse with an outcome. Singmaster won third place on a tall 

 blue-gray named Orie, not large of bone but exquisite in quality. His 

 stablemate Eugene is also a big one. 



The two-year-old class recalled the days when single exhibitors almost 

 filled the ring with colts weighing right at a ton each. Two dozen an- 

 swered the call and most of them were big ones. The best-balanced of 

 them all ap'peared to be Dunhams' black Arago. He is not so tall as some 

 but is powerfully built with a masculine head, strong shoulder and back, 

 long wide croup and superior underpinning. His unusual excellence in 

 important points of make-up brought him ahead of Singmaster's dark 

 gray Jock, the tallest of the lot. Another tall gray colt from the Sing- 

 master stable is Model, of distinct quality stamp but not so large of bone 

 as the two above him. A promising black came fourth. 



Yearling stallions constituted a futurity class with fourteen entries and 

 twelve shown. J. T. Judge secured the chief honor on Sir Cyclone, a 

 dark gray colt of compact build, muscular quarters, attractive head and 

 ample bone, but not so springy as might be desired in pasterns and step.- 

 A more upstanding growthy colt named Maplegrove Ledgerdemain won 

 the red ribbon for Singmasters. He possesses the back, croup' and style 

 one expects to find in a Jalap colt. The third colt Anton D, shown by 

 John Donhowe, is smaller and thinner but is beautifully turned over the 

 back and croup, and he has the very sharpest of cannons and stands better 

 than either of the first two. Don L. Berry had a big-boned good-legged 

 muscular gray that came fourth, beating another good gray shown by J. 

 Hill. There were no culls in the class and some very good ones were 

 left on down the line because they did not quite measure up to the exact- 

 ing standard of character, quality and joints. In the stallion foal class 

 a couple of creditable youngsters appeared and George Baker's entry 

 won the blue. 



THE MARES. 



Mare classes were small. This is considered as indicating that the very 

 best mares are busy doing farm work and raising foals and so could not 

 generally be put in shape for their best showring appearance. Much in- 

 terest centered about the black four-year-old mare Trinquante shown by 

 Dunhams. She is a half-sister to the famous three-year-old Turquoise 

 and plainly shows a relationship. She is a big mare of rare grandeur, 

 strong back, long croup, big bone and hard texture, an easy first-prize- 

 winner; and slie won the grand championship. Baker's second prize black 

 Nena is smaller but is also set up' on serviceable and seasoned timber. 



In the class for mare and foal Iowa State College won distinction with 

 a rugged drafty black named Ellen and her gray foal The Princess. This 

 youngster is sired by Jalap, and displays the expected head, back, croup 

 and legs which that sire stamp's on his get. 



A couple of three-year-old fillies constituted the whole show in their 

 class, although they could have borne considerable competition.. The 

 Hurdcroft entry Pearl had the better of the argument against Babcock's 

 Adelaide. There was a little more spice to the next class in which Dun- 

 hams made a successful show with a well-balanced filly named Sylphide. 

 She had to be a real good one to beat her mate Kathleen, a dark gray 

 with round rib, long croup , and powerful legs of the- best quality. A couple 

 of other likely fillies brought up the rear of this class. 



Hurdcroft Farm showed a sweet beautifully-made, deep-chested and 

 nicely-finished black yearling filly named Sara Belle that took the honors 

 in the filly futurity. Dunhams were right after her with La Mascotte, a 

 daughter of Lysee, large, well-proportioned and clean-cut. They also 

 won third on another filly by the same sire and named Lycette. Fourth 

 prize went to Hoit's gray Marguerite, a daughter of Jalap and conspicu- 

 ous for her strong back, well-proportioned hindquarters and serviceable- 

 looking legs. Like all the others that got a look at the money in this 



