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Yearlings numbered twenty-two, and in this class also the Burgess 

 stable asserted its excellence. The gray cojt Keronly is thin but built 

 upon a superior pattern both as to top and bottom. The black Master- 

 piece from the McMillan stable is not so large but rather more blocky in 

 build, with unusually heavy muscle and hone and a pattern of legs and 

 feet that called forth much praise. His stablemate Agitator, -standing be- 

 side him in the final line-up, is of much the same general pattern, but he 

 has not stood up so well under the heavy feeding, so there was general 

 surprise among the spectators that he got as high as he did. Both of 

 these colts trot off well and are a great credit to their sire Calypso. In 

 the championship contest Prof. Carlyle preferred the superior action, 

 feet and pasterns of the two-year old. 



The white mare LaBelle. a prizewinner at the last International, came 

 to the front of the line of twenty-five mares, the equal of which have 

 never before been gathered at a state fair. She is of matronly and 

 distinctly Percheron stamp, and is now suckling a foal. She won her 

 honors, however, not without a hard struggle against the International 

 champion Amorita, which was brought out more highly fitted than at 

 the time of her famous triumph. Amorita is strong in the length of 

 her croup and the beauty of her stride, but the white mare probably 

 excels her in depth of chest, and she is withal very correct in pasterns 

 and feet, with a sweet feminine front. Last year's winner Favorite came 

 back in splendid form and there were some who preferred her range and 

 style to the type which got the chief .recognition. Her stablemate Delia 

 bears an attractive stamp of quality and femininity. Among the nine three- 

 year-olds the big blue-roan Imprudente, shown so successfully last year, 

 came in easily to first place, but she was beaten in the competition for 

 the purple ribbon by the white mare, which the judge considered more 

 matronly. Burgess & Son also won the blue ribbon for two-year-olds on 

 a thin, well balanced gray, and her stablemate got the red also. Year- 

 lings were led by two big smooth fillies from the Buswell stable. A 

 Carnot filly excited much admiration in the class of foals. There were 

 full classes for American-bred horses, and the average quality of stock 

 shown compared favorably with the open classes, as many of the horses 

 raised on American farms won ribbons in both sections. The horses of 

 McMillan & Sons and Maasdam & Wheeler were most conspicuous in 

 the restricted classes, but some of the blue ribbons as well as minor 

 honors escaped to the hands of less extensive breeders. 



THE BELGIANS. 



Belgians stood next to Percherons in point of numbers. There were 

 twenty exhibitors and 100 horses to give zest to the competition. From 

 first to last it was a show of massive draft horses, combining quality 

 and substance to a marked degree. Most of the classes were filled sufll- 

 ciently so that only horses of exceptional character could get inside the 

 money. Prof. W. J. Kennedy, Ames, la., tied the ribbons with particular 

 care to secure bone, quality, strong feet and a thick full-made Belgian 

 type in winners. When the classes were ready for the ribbons it was 



