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Three excellent mares were shown by McLay Bros, in the aged class. 

 The judge preferred the smoothly turned, stylish brown-roan Lady de 

 Bathe which has excellent quality and pasterns and straight action. The 

 bay Miss Fanny is of quite a feminine but less rugged stamp and the light 

 bay awarded fourth made scarcely so good a show in action as the Forbes 

 mare, although she is a remarkably compact one of great constitution and 

 excellent underpinning. All of the prize-winning three-year-old fillies 

 were related in one way or another to stock bred or imported by McLay 

 Bros. They were a very likely lot, especially the wide brown Dorothy 

 Vernon, by Borgue Chief, with her beautiful top and underpinning. Of 

 the two yearlings which secured the first two places for McLay Bros., 

 the first is of very attractive type and quality while the second stands on 

 a little the heavier timber. The first-prize American-bred mare, Princess 

 Goodwin of McLay Bros., which has been shown as a winner for nine 

 years and now has been put to breeding, was brought in competition with 

 the four-year-old Lady de Bathe for the championship and had to be 

 content with the reserve ribbon, owing to her lack of condition, although 

 her intrinsic worth was apparent at every point. 



GRADE DRAFT HORSES. 



The prize list of the Iowa State Fair for grade draft geldings and mares 

 is the most complete of any fair. Its ample prizes were offered to induce 

 farmers to make a greater effort to produce and develop high-class horses. 

 Last season some very creditable entries appeared and this year there 

 was a distinct advance in the number of worthy contestants. R. B. Ogil- 

 vie, Chicago, 111., inspected the classes with his usual discrimination in 

 favor of the substantial enduring type. In order to make this essentially 

 a show of work horses he suggested that the pure-bred mares be with- 

 drawn from the open class for horses at the halter as their opportunities 

 for winning honors had been abundantly provided in the show of breed- 

 ing animals. Accordingly the competition in this class was narrowed 

 down to geldings and grade mares. The winner in this class was the gray 

 off-leader of the Crouch six-horse team. He has grown a bit since last 

 year and has preserved his quality in exceptional fashion. His big clean 

 bone, powerful chest and bold action are remarkable. 



In the classes for Iowa farmers some very drafty types were shown 

 with a preponderance of Belgian grades from Polk county. A big bay 

 mare with great middle and feet led the aged mares. The well known 

 roan mares Castille and Strawberry won first as best farmer's pair owned 

 in Iowa and third in the open class. The Crouch roan swing pair was 

 first in the open class for pairs with the chestnut wheelers second and a 

 pair shown by J. A. Loughridge fourth. The Crouch four and six had 

 no competitors although they were fit to the minute and with their 

 excellent handling made a most attractive exhibition. 



THE HACKNEYS. 



Only a small showing of Hackneys was submitted for approval under 

 the eye of Alex. Galbraith, DeKalb, 111., but some noted horses were in- 



