ELEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 



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PERCHERON MARE 

 Iowa State Fair and Exposition, 1910 



Percheron show came in the four-year-old mare class, where the judges 

 seemed to lose sight of both breed type and soundness, by placing the 

 Burgess entry, Hellen, over the Crouch dapple grap, Favorite. The latter 

 was a rare example of exact Percheron type and beauty, with clean, sound 

 limbs, and should have been placed at the head of the class. Such deci- 

 sions are harmful to the breed and misleading to the public. This same 

 statement applies to the roan Castile, third prize mare in this same class, 

 whose dam was at least frightened by a Belgian stallion. Decisions of 

 this kind only tend to defame the breed, and' fail to deceive anyone who 

 is educated along Percheron lines. John De Lancy and Robert Miller 

 were the judges. 



ENGLISH SHIRES. 



This great draft breed seemed to attract unusual attention this year. 

 This was due to the fact that the very best specimens that the breed 

 affords were on exhibition. Trumans' Pioneer Stud Farm was out with 

 a large stable that won many first prizes in the stallion and mare classes. 

 Dan Patch, their international winner last year, proved invincible to 

 all competition and easily won first place in the four-year-old stallion 

 class, and afterward was made grand champion of the show. The stal- 

 lion classes were not large, but in form, value and breed character were 

 very good. The mare classes made an excellent show. The prizes were 

 well distributed with Trumans winning first and championship on their 

 gray mare, Shelford's Pride, a rare specimen of Shire character, and 



