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pionship honors. A big heavy-boned typical cart horse pattern brought 

 the Hopley standard to the front in the two-year-olds, and a sturdy chest- 

 nut yearling won for A. G. Soderberg. The promising filly foal of Cold- 

 ham Surprise by Holker Menestrel 2d was easily victor in her class. 



THE CLYDESDALES. 



A very high standard of drafty character was set by the seventy-one 

 Clydesdales that came before Robert Miller, Stouffville, Ont., for their 

 ribbons. There has been a great improvement in the size and substance 

 of Clydesdales shown at this fair in the last two years, and it has been 

 made without deterioration in finish or underpinning. The exhibit came 

 from a wide range of territory and represented the work of both large 

 and small breeders and the importers in a very creditable manner. 



David Roth won the first blue ribbon with the very drafty Softon, a 

 horse of great bone, excellent pasterns and bottoms, and powerfully built 

 above. Two horses from the Leitch stable, both typical Clydesdales, fol- 

 lowed. Samuda, another of the big drafty sort, yet with underpinning 

 and action of approved pattern, won the blue for McLay Bros, in a strong 

 class of three-year-olds and he came next to the aged horse for the cham- 

 pionship. The same firm also w.on the red in this class with a colt 

 especially well furnished at the ground, and a good goer. Leitch won in 

 the two-year-old class with the typical bay Royal Mint, which was sep- 

 arated from his smaller stablemate by the rugged Hixon colt Baron Lyne- 

 doch. A very thick sturdy youngster from the Hixon stable won the blue 

 in the stallion foal class. 



Two of the McLay matrons stood at the top of the aged mare class, and 

 each had her admirers. Miss Fanny is in better condition and is a beau- 

 tiful type from head to hoof, but Marjorie is perhaps a little more power- 

 ful of frame, deeper of chest and goes more acceptably. McLays had it 

 all their own way with three-year-olds, but they were fully prepared for 

 competition with the champion Bessie Winsome. Their Graceful Lady, 

 full of middle, and attractively turned, won the two-year-old class, but 

 Lady Lustrous was beaten among the yearlings by the larger Queen May. 



THE DRAFT HORSE FUTURITIES, 



The National Draft Horse Breeders' Futurities were the occasion of 

 bringing out the largest and best collection of yearling stallions of the 

 four draft breeds ever collected at a state fair. These futurities were 

 established a year ago by "The Chicago Daily Live Stock World" at the 

 suggestion of J. H. S. Johnstone, under whose management the scheme 

 was perfected and operated. The plan worked out very successfully. The 

 total of all cash and the value of the handsome cups, medals and rib- 

 bons reached a sum of $3,461. Besides the cup awarded to the first colt 

 of each breed, the cash prizes to the same colts ranged from $100 in the 

 Clydesdale and Belgian classes to $225 in the Percheron class, and the 

 smallest sum won by any of the successful colts was $15 for the Per- 

 cheron in twelfth position. 



