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legF and well-fitted. This six-year-old is a hard one to beat anywhere 

 but he is not) so bold In manner nor so free in action as the winner. 

 Champlins had in three good stallions, and their brown was fourth and 

 the chestnut fifth. C. G. Wood took the blue tie on his three-year-old 

 chestnut stallion Jupiter, not fat but possessing a nicely-balanced build 

 from top to bottom. He is stronger of back than the big-chested deep- 

 flanked chestnut Indigene which the Lefebure brothers showed in second 

 place. A smaller bay Hamlet Boy won third for Markey Bros. 



The two-year-olds, sixteen in number, made a class of stallions whose 

 superior has probably never been produced by the breed in America. 

 Champlins won first on a big thin colt whose bone is extraordinary both 

 for its measurement and density. He has the appearance of growing on 

 to a great size and still preserving the long neck, powerful back and 

 level croup which give present distinction. Chas. Irvine's roan Jupiter's 

 Hero, big and balanced in build and action, gave the winner plenty of 

 competition. Both of these are considerably larger than the third-prize 

 Lefebure entry. 



There were sixteen yearling stallions in the futurity class. The Lefe- 

 bure Brothers are continuing the business of their father the late Henry 

 Lefebure, and it was a source of satisfaction to see them win the first 

 two places in the futurity. Their first colt is a very large chestnut, extra 

 strong iJi the back, and he has heavy muscle and bone. In these respects 

 he beats) the second-prize colt. This one is also chestnut in color and 

 compactly built and has legs, that stand more steadily and possess more 

 elasticity in action. Both of these colts are more attracive in character 

 and outlines than the chestnut and the roan with which Good won third 

 and fourth prizes. The stallion foals were good ones. Irvine had the 

 honor of winning the class on a well-made youngster sired by his Inter- 

 national champion stallion Alfred de Bree Ecyke. Excellent legs and feet 

 Sire this colt's conspicuous qualities. McDermott had a thick heavy-bonea 

 bay that won second. 



THE MARES. 



Few mares were brought in. Markey Bros, met no rivals for their pair 

 of blocky chestnut dray mares, both eight years old. The larger of the 

 two won first prize. There was a larger number of mares with foals and 

 the mares in this class were far better individuals. Irvine sent in a fine 

 pair of chestnut mares, each boasting a lusty chestnut foal. Suzette is 

 somewhat superior herself and her foal is straighter and larger, so she 

 led the class. Two other mares slipped in ahead of her mate, and this 

 shows how good the lot was. The Champlins had a big drafty roan named 

 Sadie, very matronly and level of lines, and she had a meritorious bay 

 foal, so these two took second place. Estes had a big bay mare and foal 

 that came third. 



At the last International show Wm. Crownover won the grand champion- 

 ship on a chestnut two-year-old filly that was praised unstintingly by all 

 who saw her. Her name is Lista and she has developed admirably. Seldom 

 has so perfect a draft type been produced among the mares of any breed, 

 and she has a sweet femininity that marks her for special approval. She 

 easily won first here as a three-year-old. Her mate Salome, right off the 

 same pattern, won second, and a roan from the same stable came third. 

 These three are all sired by the famous Farceur whose get have added 

 much in the last few years to the fame of Wm. Crownover as a breeder. 

 An outstanding roan, another Farceur filly, secured the blue ribbon among 

 seven two-year-olds. She is made just like the others of that breeding, 

 a typical Belgian of the most up-to-date sort, with substance, bone, big 

 feet, style and the finest of quality. A chestnut, also shown by Crown- 

 over, came next by reason of her very strong back and roomy build as 

 well as underpinning of the right kind. The Lefebures had a creditable 

 third-prize winner and Irvine had to be content with fourth in this very 

 good class. 1 



