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bons. The judge, W. A. Dobson, Marion, Iowa, a dealer in carriage 

 horses, could not find one worthy of a blue ribbon in the first seven classes 

 before him. In a foal he finallj^ came upon one that he believed would 

 make a good seller in heavy leather if he developed according to promise 

 and showed sufiicient action. 



HACKNEYS. 



Only a few Hackneys were shown, but they included Prickwillow 

 Connaught and Queen of Diamonds, two of the top-notchers in this coun- 

 try. John Garrison, of Des Moines, judged them. 



MORGAN HORSES. 



When the blue ribbon was awarded to the high-headed, long-backed, 

 wasp-waisted, spindle-shanked leggy Golddust Abdallah, an aged Morgan 

 stallion, the dust of Justin Morgan must have collected itself into form 

 and rolled over in its grave. There was a real old-fashioned Morgan in 

 the ring and he was third prize. Mr. Bell, of the animal husbandry divis- 

 ion of the department of agriculture, made the awards. The passing of 

 the Morgan could not have been more plainly proved than in this class. 



SADDLE HORSES. 



Some fair good specimens of the gaited saddle horses were shown and 

 judged by A. W. Hawley, Pioneer, la. The handsome cup, offered by the 

 American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association for the best stallion, mare 

 or gelding, was won by the ever-youthful and brilliant Jack o' Diamonds. 



SHETLAND PONIES. 



An astonishing exhibit of these diminutive ponies was made, the aged 

 stallion and the aged mare rings numbering a score each. Some very 

 capital specimens appeared throughout the class, and very few poor ones 

 were to be found. The usual variation in height was apparent, but for 

 the most part the exhibit was pleasing and indicates clearly the very large 

 interest at present manifested in the breeding and use of Shetlands. 

 Eight pairs of ponies in harness were in the ring. 



Tioentieth Gentury Farmer, Omaha, Nebraska. 



The Iowa State Fair of 1907 has come and gone, recording one of the 

 greatest agricultural events of the twentieth century. The Iowa State 

 Fair has probably no equal in the United States as an agricultural show 

 and exposition, covering as it does so completely the varied and diversi- 

 fied industries of general agriculture, as found today in the great grain 

 growing and live stock producing agricultural belt of America. 



The Iowa State Fair is the product of the Iowa State Board of Agri- 

 culture, an organization of the people, in whose hands have been entrusted 

 the administering of the agricultural exhibition interests of the State. That 

 this trust has been well reposed and that efiicient and trustworthj^ men 

 have been selected for the active duties of carrying out the great objects 

 and aims of the organization, in furthering the work of agriculture by 

 agricultural education, is fully verified by the rapid and permanent growth 

 of this fair. 



