THIRTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 783 



ber of reserve championships — making nine champion and reserve cham- 

 pionships out of a possible twelve. 



The Clydesdale show was perhaps the best that has ever been made 

 at Des Moines. Home-bred animals were more conspicuous than usual 

 and they fully held their own with the imported ones. This was espe- 

 cially noticeable in the mare and younger stallion classes. The Shires 

 were present in their usual form, apparently glorying in their massive 

 weight and great power combined with good movement and style. The 

 principal show was made by Truman's Pioneer Stud Farm. The Belgian 

 classes were a hit smaller than usual, but the entries showed plenty of 

 quality. The judging of this breed, which is evidently growing in pop- 

 ularity, was watched with considerable interest by the spectators in the 

 great judging pavilion, which, by the way, seemed almost constantly filled 

 to its capacity this year. 



The futurity colt show created much interest everywhere; it was a 

 pronounced success in every respect. The Chicago Live Stock World, 

 which established this feature last year and has been promoting it ever 

 since, deserves great credit for the work it has done. The entries for the 

 event this year consisted of thirty-three Percheron, nineteen Shire, 

 eighteen Belgian and fourteen Clydesdale colts — including both stallions 

 and fillies. As a result of these futurity shows breeders are taking more 

 interest in developing their colts and thus much good is being accom- 

 plished, for only by keeping the colts coming steadily along from birth 

 to maturity can big draft horses of the desired weight be produced. 



Some of the beef breeds of cattle were not so well represented as 

 usual; neither were there as many exhibitors. There were perhaps as 

 many good ones among the ribbon winners of the Short-horns, but there 

 were fewer from which to select them. Quite a number lacked fitting to 

 compare favorably with the company in which they were placed. How- 

 ever, the showing made was on the whole very creditable. The Herefords 

 were out in full force — all in their Sunday clothes. Practically all classes 

 made an unusually good showing. They undoubtedly made a deep im- 

 pression upon the spectators in the judging amphitheater and especially 

 upon prospective buyers of feeding cattle. The Angus breeders made 

 their usual good impression upon the crowds with their smooth Doddies 

 that waste no feed on superfluous bone development. Their cattle were 

 in fine condition for the show ring. Among the Polled Durhams there 

 were some unusually fine specimens of the breed, showing that progress 

 is being made from year to year in the development of these hornless 

 Shorthorns, but the number on exhibition was much smaller than last 

 year. The Galloway show was much the same as it has been in former 

 years, though a little smaller. 



The show of dairy cattle was considerably larger than a year ago. In- 

 cluding the Red Polls with the dairy breeds, there were 455 head as com- 

 pared with 360 last year. Holsteins were much more numerous than 

 they have ever been before and the quality was fully up to standard. 

 The Jerseys made a very fine showing. Guernseys, Ayrshires, and Brown 



