EIGHTH ANNUA! YEAR BOOK— PART IX. 



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One of the things that is needed by the Iowa State Fair, and very much 

 needed, is a grand stand for the accommodation of the people. A first 

 class grand stand would also be a money maker for the fair association, 

 and in a few years would pay for itself. The present grand stand is 

 only half large enough to accommodate the ever increasing crowds, 

 besides it is old and unsafe. Thousands of people refuse to patronize it 

 for fear it will break down. 



New and up-to-date horse barns are also needed and should by all 

 means be provided for the next year's exhibition. The present barns 

 are old, out of date and not in keeping with the high class horses that 

 must be housed in them. They are poorly ventilated, the roofs leak and 

 in fact, they are inferior in the fullest sense of the word to say the 

 least. The horse industry is one of the most profitable industries for 

 the farmer of the corn belt and should be encouraged by the State as 

 much as possible. 



Kentuck Belle and foal, a typical brood mare of the American carriage type. 



This year's horse show was the greatest that has ever been held 

 on the Iowa State Fair grounds. It was the greatest horse show in 

 fact that has ever been held in this or any other country. The high 

 class mare exhibited this year far out-numbered those of the International 

 exposition last winter. "This Is the greatest show of draft horses that 

 has ever been exhibited at any fair or exposition in the world," said 

 Prof. C. F. Curtiss, superintendent of the horse department. Similar 

 expressions were heard on every hand from leading American horse 



