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splendor, seemed to captivate the visitors and they never grew weary of 

 their seat in the horse show. Every conceivable style and breed of horse 

 was to be seen that was worth looking at, from the immature little Shet- 

 land pony up to the great draft horse of a ton or more in weight. 



The American-bred horse and the American breeder met the importer 

 and the imported in the same ring on the same terms of show ring de- 

 mands as have prevailed, and are still the friends and admirers of their 

 former fancy, notwithstanding an adverse distribution of the blue, the 

 red, the yellow and the purple may have been ordered. The horse show 

 is a great feature at the Iowa State Fair and especially has the heavy 

 horse of the draft type been an especial favorite with the Iowa farmer 

 and Iowa buyer. Iowa has become largely interested in the production 

 of draft horses. This is one of the rapidly developing industries of the 



American carriage liorse "Wilbrino Boy" owned by E.J. Bronhard, Colo, Iowa. 



State, and no district of country is better prepared today to give this 

 feature of live stock production attention than is Iowa. 



The cattle show was not only interesting in point of numbers entered, 

 but in quality and show ring finish; there was more than the usual appre- 

 ciative comment from the visitors. A fine, well conditioned lot of show 

 stock meets with the quiet approbation of thousands of sightseers, and 

 may be seen to count for nothing in the light of show ring appreciation, 

 yet there is an impression carried away which helps form public senti- 

 ment that reverts to the good of the live stock industry. 



The Short-horn cattle were In numbers and interest in the lead with the 

 breeders and exhibitors. The very strong classes that were shown excited 

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