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The black Harrison from Nebraska came third, a powerful horse, highly 

 conditioned, with strong shoulders and level rump. The round-barreled, 

 thick-set Daniel was commended for Garner and also Mr. McMillan's 

 home-bred gray Parsifal, a toppy horse of even shape and good bone. 



Another score of entries paraded, and among these two-year-olds were 

 a lot of home-bred colts that bespoke intelligent breeding. All were 

 well grown but some of them showed lack of condition and handling, 

 while others had been fitted to a degree that would make the professional 

 groom look well to his laurels. Among the latter was the dark gray 

 Lerida 2nd, bred by C. A. Saunders, and got by a horse that for nearly 

 twenty years left "barrels of money" on his farm and in his neighbor- 

 hood. Barring a bit of shortness in the pastern there is little to criti- 

 cise about this colt. He may never make a great big one but he is 

 about as beautiful as they build them, with hind quarters that are 

 altogether out of the ordinary in their modeling, and bone of exceptional 

 quantity and quality. He was green at the halter and did not walk 

 or trot as well as some of the others and on that account some would 

 have set him back; but when they saw him the Ohio exhibitors had oc- 

 casion to regret that they left their strongest two-year-olds at home. 

 Their black Dragon, more upstanding and a great horse forward in neck, 

 shoulders, heart, ribs and forelegs, could easily outstep the Iowa colt, 

 but the perfect shape and finish of the latter won him premier position. 

 Renvier, an iron-gray, had third ticket for McMillan — a Calypso colt 

 low and stocky, with big arms and strong stifles. Dewey's Image, from 

 the Nutting stalls, might have been up a peg higher, as he is a soggy 

 sort; he carried more flesh but his bone was not quite so heavy. 



The yearlings numbered among them evidently several fall colts. 

 The black Vaporeux, from Ohio, was the most massive of the lot and 

 his maturity was quite pronounced. He will make a stallion of re- 

 markable size and heft of bone, but he failed somewhat in his rump 

 and hind legs compared with Cochrane's black Amerigo, a very growthy 

 black, of good head and level top. Another Calypso came on the list — 

 the black Diaz that had not been forced for show but presented a well- 

 grown frame of fairly level shape and well set hind legs. 



THE CLYDESDALES. 



An exhibit of remarkable excellence brought this Scotch breed sharply 

 home to the attention of farmers at this fair. Not in years at a State 

 Fair has so much of outstanding merit been set before the public. Mc- 

 Lay Bros, sent their best from Janesville, Wisconsin, and A. G. Soder- 

 berg proved the unusual excellence of his new importations. August 

 Post, Moulton, Iowa; W. W. Garner and T. D. Tice & Son of Iowa were 

 among the exhibitors, while Alexander Calder represented Nebraska. 

 The ring of aged stallions ' numbered thirteen, and It was of notable 

 "»xcellence. The entries furnished an admirable illustration of the ideals 

 of those breeders who seek to unite choice quality with draft horse bulk. 

 The winner was found in Soderberg's Clan Stewart, a son of Prince 

 Alexander, a toppy stallion on clean legs with a profusion of feather 

 and a bright way of going. When he has acquired more condition he 

 will be stoutly equipped for any ring. Prince Punctual from Janesville, 

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