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Mr. Merna also won the mare-and-foal class, scoring- this time with the 

 roomy and typical flve-year-old IMolly by Lord Albert and her bay stal- 

 lion foal by Samuda, which won the foal class. Ford showed a brood 

 mare type in second place and a good thin black mare and her foal came 

 third for Skinner. 



Among th'e three three-year-old fillies Peterson's very drafty bay East- 

 lawn's Flash 2d, by King Charming, was undeniably the best. With all 

 her quality she possesses an unusual degree of bone, in contrast to her 

 neat black-gray mate which won third. Barron Bros, secured second 

 money on an admirable type named Elniona. In the two-year-old class a 

 pair of daughters of The Pinnacle came in first and second places for 

 Barron Bros., by reason of pleasing pattern all over. The third one 

 Hazel, shown by Merna, is another of the substantial daug^hters of Samuda, 

 and she possesses abundant quality, although scarcely such extreme silki- 

 ness of feather as the chestnut Garnet which won fourth for Skinner. 



The best class of the breed from a popular standpoint was the col- 

 lection of futurity yearling fillies, about a dozen of which were shown in 

 excellent form. The principal honor here went to Tice on Bonita, a 

 wonderfully-backed, beautifully-made bay daughter of Langwater Sultan. 

 It required genuine merit and all-around adherence to the points a Scotch- 

 man loves in order to win among so many good ones, and this filly is 

 about as good as they are ever made. Another neat bay named Shy Ann 

 won the red tie for Andrews & Son. Quite an upstanding sort secured 

 third place for Iowa State College. i?he is named Pearl Queen, is sired by 

 Gray Pearl, and is as beautifully turned over the top as she is superbly 

 furnished below. On down the line the pleasing appearance tapered off 

 gradually from one to another, a creditable showing for the breed and 

 for the judge's appreciation of his task. In the filly foals Prince Cedric 

 annexed more glory through a little miss sired by him. She beat two 

 other good mares. 



It is apparent that the Clydesdale show was mainly made up of Ameri- 

 can-bred animals, even in the older classes, so the substantial drafty type 

 combined with acceptable quality is doubly commendable. The sensa- 

 tion of the Clydesdale show was the filly futurity winner Bonita, owned 

 by Tice. Gray-headed Scotch-bred breeders asserted that no such degree 

 of perfection in head, neck, back, loin, croup, legs, feet, quality and action 

 had ever been produced in this country. 



THE SHIRES. 



Shires were even less numerous than their companion British breed, 

 the Clydesdales. At that, enough animals were on hand to fill most of 

 the classes and represent the breed's better features. Those horses which 

 were shown are real Shires of the most up-to-date quality in joints, bone 

 and feather. Prof. W. H. Pew, Ames, la., did careful work in the capacity 

 of judge. He stuck strictly to the horses with bone that is hard as well 

 as big. 



A good breed type was presented in the aged class of stallions, when 

 Trumans' entry the dark bay Kirtling Bold Lion fairly overshadowed the 

 others in size and all-around balanced excellence of conformation, charac- 

 ter, bone and silky feather. A rather more compact, level-topped, big- 

 boned bay won second for Summers, and third went to a strong-jointed 

 black shown by Trumans. The R. Connor Co. won fourth on Royal Patch, 

 a smaller horse with very big bone and considerably patched with white. 

 Trumans showed a couple of three-year-olds without opposition. The 

 two-year-old class was the best filled and numbered eleven. Trumans 

 won first as usual, this time on a chestnut of outstanding excellence as a 

 Shire pattern. He has abundant thickness and is massively built; his bone 

 is generous and his quality of the best. Big bone distinguished the whole 

 class but none more so than the burly black that won second prize. A 

 rather compact bay won a third prize for Tom Skola, and Trumans came 



