758 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



To Wm. Bell, Wooster, Ohio, was entrusted the responsibility of assign- 

 ing positions. His excellent performance of a difficult task serves to 

 increase the confidence already generally expressed in his discriminating 

 knowledge of draft horses. On the futurity classes of yearlings he was 

 assisted by Peter Hopley, Lewis, la. 



An even dozen aged stallions faced the judge in the first class. There 

 was not a great surplus of fat in evidence, but the spare form in which 

 most of the candidates appeared aided in getting at the genuine merit of 

 the horses. In most cases the lack of flesh was due to heavy breeding 

 service this season. A very stylish high-headed gray came to the top 

 for McMillan & Sons. This horse Incruste is exceptionally well molded 

 over the top, has a neat set of legs and goes with all the dash one could 

 wish. The Truman gray Interprete following in second place is a wide 

 substantial kind v/ith plenty of middle, a good quality of bone and a free 

 easy stride. Seeley's gray coming third is now quite thin but shows 

 the essentials in pleasing fashion. In the championship contest the Mc- 

 Millan gray moved even better than on the first day and won a notable 

 victory. 



The three-year olds numbered sixteen, and a very strong lot they were. 

 The judge gave plenty of examination to all entries, but it was early 

 apparent that the winner would come from the Dunham lot. Size was 

 more conspicuous there than elsewhere and it was well supported by un- 

 derpinning of ample strength. The largest-framed colt was Dunham's 

 black Joujou, a son of Etudiant. He is not fat but possesses a pleasing 

 balance of build, bone, quality, step and style that are hard to surpass. 

 The next colt has perhaps a stronger middle but he also carries more 

 flesh. His strong chest, good quality and activity at the end of the line 

 are conspicuous features helping to land him a notch above the third 

 Dunham colt. All three of these are considerably larger than the fourth 

 one. 



The thirteen two-year-olds upheld the reputation of the breed for* 

 early maturity. Size was conspicuous, and in none more so than in the 

 Dunham quartet which caught the ribbons. These are all colts with 

 plenty of stretch. Their frames are large but not loaded to the limit 

 with fat. Some others unplaced looked a little lower-set and heavier 

 for their inches at present, but balance and frame gained due recognition. 

 The winner Kourbet is a powerful dark gray having a chest, back and 

 croup of exceptional substance, while in bone, foot, quality and action he 

 suits a critical taste. A dressy black having scarcely so much middle but 

 very strong hindquarters came second and a very deep-chested big-boned 

 compact black, third. This colt was fortunate, some thought, in getting 

 ahead of the dark gray son of Calypso named Lunar — not a fat one but 

 smooth as an egg, set up on ivory-like bone and going with great style. 



The greatest interest centered about the class of seventeen yearlings, 

 all American-bred ones and most of them brought out with great size and 

 fine bloom. The entries were the same for the open class and the 

 futurity. A pair of Carnot colts found their way to the head of the 

 line for W. S. Corsa. The gray Carlant received preference by reason 

 of his exceptional bone, feet and quality combined with a great heart 



