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Like the yearling stallion futurity-winner, the Hixson filly Lady 

 Caliph has the best of bone and shaping in her legs, and she secures 

 a great grasp on the ground at her long easy stride. Probably the best 

 fashioning of the lot is seen in the body and croup of the big Princess 

 Mae coming second, but her action is sluggish. The bay Osco Belle is 

 much better of shape than Irene, but the latter takes no discount in 

 underpinning. A sweet shapely chestnut won preference among the three 

 filly foals, with a more muscular heavier framed youngster giving her a 

 close rub for that honor. 



THE SHIRES. 



Tlie Shires have at other times been better represented than this year. 

 The Truman entries were the backbone of this show both as to numbers 

 and character, as the prize-list plainly indicates. However, other ex- 

 hibitors were especially conspicuous in the yearling futurity classes for 

 American-bred colts and fillies. R. B. Ogilvie, Chicago, 111., made the 

 rating. He laid especial emphasis on the shape, quality and soundness 

 of underpinning, and it is gratifying to record that few of the old- 

 fashioned wooden-legged kind came before him. His decisions were 

 heartily endorsed at the ringside in nearly every instance. With the 

 futurity classes H. 0. Weaver, Wapello, la., joined in the work. 



Five massive Truman stallions won all the prizes in the aged class 

 of eight. The front of the line was occupied by the 2,200-pound bay 

 Dunsmore Willington Boy 3d, impressive of front, powerful of coupling 

 and set up on great timber. The next one is thin but excels in quality 

 of bone, hocks and action and the third is of much the same pattern. 

 The line of seven three-year-olds also started one, two, three for Tru- 

 mans. The thin active brown Lord Carlton, flashing big shoes and flat 

 glistening shanks at every step, took the lead. Dunsmore Royal Lad is 

 larger and wider but lacks the graceful outlines of the winner. Superior 

 action won his position in preference to the good gray March Pioneer. 

 Like all of Mr. Ogilvie's selections, the victorious two-year-old Carlton 

 King is splendidly furnished in canons and joints and sprightly on the 

 move, and he has a pattern of top amply to support these merits. He 

 was an easy winner for the Trumans and was followed by three prom- 

 ising stablemates. 



The dozen yearlings presented divergent claims for favor. An im- 

 ported gray finally came to the head of the line for the Trumans because 

 in spite of thin flesh he is deep of chest and stands on large bone, 

 shapely joints and wide bottoms. Beside him stood the Rittenhouse 

 futurity winner, a bay distinguished among the lot for his extreme 

 style, beautiful finish, excellent turn over loin and croup, and full round 

 middle, while he has about as much bone as the gray and is furnished 

 with much finer though scantier feather. His action is straight and his 

 joints remarkably clean. An opinion expressed at the ringside was to 

 the effect that the decision savored more of prophecy than of due recog- 

 nition of acceptable showring condition secured without any sacrifice 

 of quality in underpinning. An upstanding McCray colt of great bone 

 but light middle came third, beating his stablemate also in level forma- 

 tion of croup. There were a couple of rugged stallion foals. 



