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IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



H. G. McMillans' First Prize Three-year-Old Percheron Filly. 

 BELGIANS. 



The exhibit cf these heavy bodied typical draft horses was un- 

 usually good. Particularly were the classes strong in the older stal- 

 lion classes, the rings being large and the quality unusually good. 

 It was as good, if not the best show in Belgian classes, that the Iowa 

 fair has brought out, and one that could not but make friends for the 

 breed. 



Competition was not so strong in numbers in the Shire classes, al- 

 though quality was good. 



CLYDESDALES. 



This breed made a fine show. In uniformity of type and breed char- 

 acter in clean quality of limb and mode of action, it excelled all other 

 breeds. The small bodied, long backed kind have been discarded for 

 the stronger loin and deep bodied kind that have substance and endur- 

 ance. Breeders seem to be more discriminating when it comes to se- 

 lecting or using a stallion of this breed, and we think we can forsee 

 a bright future ahead for the modern type of this Scotch breed. 

 American bred colts made a good showing and were good enough to 

 get first place in some of the classes. Robert Ogilvie of Chicago, placed 

 the awards. 



