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of the ringside had overlooked. A more symmetrical growthier colt, 

 high-headed and bold-going, was the black son of Calypso which stood 

 second. A compact black carrying the weight characteristic of the Bur- 

 gess colts stood third, while a very substantial dark gray which stood 

 fourth, with stronger ends and middle on good legs and feet, certainly 

 deserved all that he got. So close was the merit of these four colts 

 that even the last one could have been first without much injustice to 

 the others. The ten yearlings were led by a gray on excellent big feet 

 and bone followed by a compact, well balanced Calypso colt and a rangy 

 gray, all three likely looking youngsters. A small class of foals included 

 some muscular rugged growthy ones for the prizes. 



The eighteen aged mares excited intense interest. The high-headed 

 flash gray Favorite was brought out by the Crouch firm in the pink of 

 condition and her level top, wide quarters, smoothness and quality were 

 conspicuous, but the judges preferred the big roomy gray Hellen which 

 stood on big bone and feet. The seventeen three-year-old fillies were a 

 grand lot. The gray Himere which later won the championship is an 

 exquisitely molded, compact, muscular filly going flash and true. The 

 black with white hind feet, standing second, is a big wide one with ex- 

 cellent top and bottom. Two-year-olds included an easy winner in the neat 

 typical filly from the Crouch stable, but Alex. Galbraith was called in to 

 settle the disagreement of the judges as to second and third places. Year- 

 lings were acceptably headed by the Calypso filly Pinafore. Only one 

 filly foal was shown. 



In the classes for get of stallion and produce of mare Iowa breeders 

 showed a remarkably uniform strong-boned growthy lot of youngsters. 

 The type was right and they had weight as well with three-year-old Calyp- 

 so and Olbert colts weighing right up to 2,000 pounds; two-year-olds, 1,- 

 800, and yearlings 1,500. 



Ten Iowa exhibitors combined with two from Illinois and one from In- 

 diana to furnish a collection of Belgians exemplifying the best type of 

 the breed. The standard of flat hard bone and wide feet which R. B. 

 Ogilvie insisted upon last year was closely followed by exhibitors in se- 

 lecting their candidates and the result was some of the hottest competi- 

 tion ever seen in the Belgian classes. Alex. Galbraith, DeKalb, 111., made 

 the awards with keen discrimination against any weakness in underpin- 

 ning and full appreciation of the wide compact massive type. 



Three grand horses were finally sifted to the top from among the best 

 all-round collection of fourteen aged stallions the breed has ever bruoght 

 out at a state fair. First went to the beautifully balanced Crouch chest- 

 nut which stood on strong bone of fine quality and wide feet. Somewhat 

 larger and heavier in bone was the Finch roan, while his mate, also a 

 roan, was not so weighty or level but very wide in his chest and a good 

 mover. Fourth caught a strong-boned chestnut, and fifth went to the 

 brown Coquet, a very nugget of a horse which was fourth last year and 

 has done heavy duty in the stud each season. A strong class of sixteen 



