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in fourth with an upstanding gray. The futurity class only drew four 

 yearling- stallions. The conspicuous winner was the roan Trumans' Blus- 

 terer, a thick colt standing on tremendous bone of hard texture and 

 trotting straight and easily. A bay of excellent quality came second 

 and another bay of less size but very strong back and level croup won 

 third. The last in line is the largest of the lot and possesses the accept- 

 able type of the breed but his legs were not set so truly nor tempered 

 so hard as those above him. Two rugged stallion foals were shown, each 

 having big bone and much muscle. 



A very drafty bay mare was shown by J. L.. Howard as the sole rep- 

 resentative in the yeld mare class. She is a desirable type nevertheless 

 with breadth of beam, a powerful back, long level croup and bone of 

 clean and ample cut. Crawford & Griffin secured the leading positions 

 v/ith mares and foals on two substantial brood mares and their likely- 

 looking youngsters. Even the tliird-prize mare, the gray Fuchsia, shown 

 by Connor, is a very desirable and drafty type, a hard sort to beat, and 

 she has a good foal. Only two three-year-old fillies reported, a pair of 

 good bays from the Connor stable. The heavier-boned and very typical 

 Dray King Fashion beat the rangier neat-legged Dray Queen Star. More 

 competition added interest to the next class, and Summers won the blue 

 decoration on a bay having wonderful chest and back as well as the 

 desired make-up below. This one named Rampton Clara is more attract- 

 ive in pattern than her second-prize mate Ciceter Blossom by the same 

 sire Brown Tom 2d. Connor's entry that won third is perhaps chiefly 

 distinguished by the excellent shape and tempering of her bone and joints. 

 The futurity judging was a light affair among the yearling fillies, as only 

 two appeared. These were attractive bays. Six more prizes totaling $94 

 would have been awarded if enough fillies had been entered. Shire breed- 

 ers did not take advantage of their opportunity. A single good filly foal 

 was shown by Crawford & Griffin. Group classes were also lightly filled. 



THE BELGIANS. 



The greatest draft horse show was made by the Belgians. Especially 

 is this true considering the present event in comparison with the small 

 numbers of real show horses which represented the breed in years past. 

 The Belgian has undoubtedly made a good impression in the state, and its 

 breeders are fully awake to the advertising value of the state fair. 

 Classes were large and most of the entries were bred in Iowa. Some 

 of the favorite old show horses have made a remarkable record as sires 

 of show winners at this year's fair. Chiefly through their influence a 

 high standard of quality and correctness has been set for Belgian legs, 

 feet and action. Adherents of all breeds praised the Belgian display. 

 Perhaps the famous feeding ability of the breed had something to do with 

 encouraging owners to bring their animals on to a sufficient finish for 

 showing. Certainly the Belgians were well-fleshed. 



Prof. W. J. Kennedy, Sioux City, I.a., assigned positions in the prize- 

 list with rapidity and accuracy. He agreed with current comment that 

 it w^as the best show in many of the classes that the breed ever made at 

 this fair, and in some cases was the best display ever made by the breed 

 in America. 



THE STALLIONS. 



Seven aged stallions came out. A darkly spotted chestnut four-year- 

 old named Irvinedale Rowdy put up a dashing display of style and accu- 

 rate action. He is not fat and so lacked somewhat in massiveness of ap- 

 pearance, but he has plenty of frame, stands on magnificent timber, 

 both as to the cut and the polish of! it, and has a well-bred stallion's 

 front. Chas. Irvine owns him and also the third-prize horse, a roan 

 called Canon, which has been heard from before. He is a big horse but 

 seems to have been neglected somewhat in legs and feet. Champlin Bros, 

 showed their well-known big bay Paul de Roosbeke, very hard in the 



