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down, blocky and evenly fleshed, but to many the Short-horn steer would 
have looked better as champion. The grand champion herds were also 
very close. The ribbon finally went to the Saunders herd, chiefly on 
uniformity. 
HORSES. 
PERCIIERONS. 
The Percherons were the sensation of the horse show, if not of the 
whole fair. There was not a dull moment from the time the twenty-two 
aged stallions lined up for the inspection of the judges until the ribbons 
were placed on the champions. The ringside was packed with excited on- 
lookers, who occasionally broke into cheers as some particularly close 
placing was announced. The judging was creditably done by Alex. Gal- 
First Prise Two Year Old Percheron Stallion, 
Iowa State Fair and Exposition, 1908. 
braith and Prof. W. J. Kennedy. The twenty-two aged stallions, all in 
the pink of condition, were a difficult proposition for the judges. After 
the short leet of ten head had been chosen it looked to the average by- 
stander as though the only way to place the ribbons would be by lot. 
The size, symmetry and muscling of Singmaster Bros.' Aurele finally gave 
him the blue, however. Burgess & Son's Decime, the horse that landed 
second in the final shakeup, is a horse of outstanding quality and finish, 
but scarcely showed the scale of the blue ribbon horse. With many the 
