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a son of Handsome Prince, gave him a hard rub. With some judges 

 this bay stallion would have led, as he is of superior substance, a level- 

 topped horse, well ribbed up and standing over a lot of ground, with 

 round hoof heads and beautiful bones and joints, although somewhat 

 stripped of feather. Captor, a bay with big blaze, a fair shape and good 

 legs, ornamented with a profusion of feather, stood third, according to 

 the rating given by R. B. Ogilvie, Chicago, Secretary of the American 

 Clydesdale Association. Baron's Hope, a son of Baron's Pride, a com- 

 pact, round-turned horse with great feather and a beautiful hind leg, 

 was commended for Soderberg. 



The three-year-old company of stallions deserved enthusiastic praise. 

 Seven asked preferment, and a judge could have picked his winners 

 blind-folded without fear of getting one of inferior character. The blaze- 

 faced brown Ethelbert, by Baron Briton, that finally found way to the 

 front for Soderberg is not a large one, but a toppy, short-backed, shapely 

 stallion, good in fore rib and shoulder, with open hoof heads and supple 

 "kits." The same exhibitor's Tartan, winner at the International, moved 

 Into second with his neat way of going and his compact and well-fur- 

 nished body. The bulky, well-balanced bay St. Columbia, bare of hair but 

 fairly good at the ground, with a clean way of stepping, came third 

 for McLays'. 



Black Douglas, with his exceptionally good pasterns and hoof heads, 

 and Black Acme had both tickets among the two-year-olds for Soderberg, 

 leaving third to McLays' Cavalier, Frank P. Skeleton's William McKin- 

 ley and Jos. Pedley's King Robert. The latter was suffering from a 

 slight bruise which may have set him down. 



THE SHIEES. 



Most of the show of Shires came from outside the State, contributors 

 being Truman's Pioneer Stud Farm, Bushnell, Illinois; Finch Bros., 

 Verona, Illinois; A. G. Soderberg, Osco, Illinois, and Lew Cochrane, 

 Crawfordsville, Indiana. From a quartette of slashing big and powerful 

 stallions shown from Bushnell the winners were picked, although several 

 other entries were forward. The tall and massive Umberslade Victor, three 

 times a winner at the London show, was passed over by the judge, R. B. 

 Ogilvie, Chicago, who had more respect for American than English 

 standards in drafting out his ribbon horses. He found three big ones 

 and good ones in Highland Laddie and Ethelred 3d, a pair of dark 

 browns, and Duke Albert, a big, powerful shapely bay that looked like 

 the best of the lot if he had been a little fresher. He had come off a 

 season in Idaho and was somewhat worn with his work and the long 

 journey. The blue ribbon horse is a thickset stallion, close enough to 

 the ground, well muscled and a splendid walker. Ethelred presents the 

 width of a wagon, well rounded into attractive form and has clean bone. 



Much of the modern type of Shire is exemplified in the winning three- 

 year-old from the Pioneer stud — the bay Norman Emperor. He is bulky 

 enough and stands on fine flat bone with silky feather and he is an easy 

 goer at the lead rein. He came first, Russell Sage was second for Coch- 

 rane, and Barnfield All Fours, a thin but fine stepping black, was third 



