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The big sturdy muscular bay Scarcliffe President came readily to the 

 front among eight good aged stallions. With all his masslveness he com- 

 bines a pleasing quality and a sprightly walk and trot. Surveyor came 

 back again in excellent form and won second for Crownover, beating a 

 more rangy thin active bay from the Truman barn. Royal Grey, first- 

 prize winner at the last International, came forward easily in the next 

 class, which was a very strong one. He has gained weight and middle and 

 still displays the excellent underpinning that called forth praise last 

 fear. He won the championship. Truman's also won firs.t among the 

 two-year-olds with a son of Shelford Pride, and his long pastern, great 

 bone and finish all over stamp him as a worthy descendant of the famous 

 International champion. There were eleven good yearlings, but Paramount 



CHAMPION SHIRE_ STALLION 

 Iowa State Fair and Exposition, 1911" 



Rex stood out prominently among them, as he has done in every class he 

 ever entered. For so young a colt he exhibits rare muscular development, 

 immense bone and a powerful frame, all finished beautifully. He did not 

 end his triumphs until he had obtained the reserve championship. 



Coldham Surprise, second at the International last year, came back 

 along with a splendid foal and won handily among the aged mares. She 

 is heavy in build and bone, wears very silky feather and bears the stamp 

 of an aristocratic matron. Her daughter, Coldham Charm, led the three- 

 year-old class. She is an upstanding filly of great spread and bulk of 

 frame and a sweet countenance. She came next to her dam for cham- 



