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line character. Next to them stood a thin horse of excellent quality and 

 deep in middle, whose symmetrical mold could not he denied. Of a lower- 

 set, and more rugged build, with substance everywhere, was the dark 

 gray Lamy. 



The three-year-olds, eighteen in number, formed a rather more attrac- 

 tive class. The outstanding winner was found in the dark gray Hiero- 

 glyphe with which the Burgess stable subsequently captured the champion- 

 ship. He has a magnificent top, bold front, long level croup and ample 

 middle on generous and correctly set timber, and he handles his more than 

 a ton of weight with a light easy grace. The black Naro is scarcely so 

 heavy in bone, but is full of quality and style which with his big middle 



FIRST PRIZE PERCHERONS 

 Iowa State Fair and Exposition, 1910 



and weight succeeded in landing him a notch higher than the beautifully 

 balanced Calypso colt Vonmore. This colt, which won third for McMillan 

 & Sons, had scarcely enough fat to clinch his right to a higher place, but 

 this is a growthy youngster with a stretch of frame, well set legs, big 

 feet and bold straight action that should serve him well another year. 

 Fourth fell to a compact strong-boned gray and fifth to a very symmetri- 

 cal black which some breeders would have placed higher. 



Less sensational in its quality than last year, the array of two-year-olds 

 lacked only one in numbers and included plenty of difficulties for the 

 judges. Sixteen of the twenty-eight candidates were from the Burgess 

 stable. First prize finally fell to a big-boned muscular gray which most 



