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eluded. The four-year-old chestnut International represented the Crouch 

 stable at the top of the aged stallions. He was a winner on the other 

 side before his importation last year and stood first as a three-year-old 

 at the Interantional at Chicago last fall. He goes with great style and 

 dash. Tollington is smoother-turned over the croup, but is rather a 

 heavy-made horse. In the three-year-old class the famous Crouch colt 

 Pockington Protector, by Royal Denmark, had things all his own way. 

 Last year he was second here and at Chicago, but his winning mate 

 died last winter as a result of a hard fall. This colt has developed into 

 a horse of elegant mold and sufficient substance and goes like a house 

 afire. The mares were not such a noteworthy lot. 



SADDLE HORSES. 



There was a creditable collection of saddle horses presented before 

 Gen. J. B. Castleman, Lexington, Ky., for prizes, but the old-time famous 

 winners were seriously missed. The greatest attraction of the saddle 

 horse section was the noted champion mare Carolina of Gen. Castleman, 

 which was not entered in any of the classes but was shown under her 

 veteran owner as a special attraction at the evening exhibitions. This 

 was a feature of great educational influence as well as popular interest. 

 The real art of equestrianism is rare among the inhabitants of Iowa and 

 saddle horses of even moderately acceptable type and manners are still 

 more unusual. Thomas Bass of Missouri had the most complete stable 

 and won most of the important awards as shown by the subjoined list. 

 A. S. Burr, of Illinois, also had some excellent horses. The champion 

 stallion, mare or gelding is the stallion Rex Chief A., a mannerly, full- 

 made chestnut, scarcely so stylish and lengthy of neck as the judge de- 

 sired, but going his gaits creditably. 



OTHER LIGHT HORSES. 



A few German Coachers were shown by J. Crouch & Son, La Fayette, 

 Ind., without competition. Included in the lot were the seven-year-old 

 stallion Minno, the three-year-old Antonious, the two-year-old William and 

 the five-year-old mare Freifrau, all looking fit for any show and moving 

 in attractive form. 



Standard-bred trotters were shown by a number of Iowa exhibitors and 

 by J. R. Peak & Son of Illinois. These were judged by W. A. Dobson, Des 

 Moines, Iowa. The principal prizes were taken by the Peak entries, in- 

 cluding first in all the stallion classes except foals, first on three-year- 

 old and two-year-old fillies, get of stallion, produce of mare and champion 

 stallion. The foal classes were both won by L. H. Pickard and the 

 mare championship was taken by Horace Anderson on the aged mare 

 Winnie Blake. Morgans were taken before Geo. M. Rommel, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, for the distribution of prizes. It is noteworthy that the ani- 

 mals brought before him were of greater substance, range and finish 

 than has been the case in some previous years. American carriage horses 

 were shown before W. A. Dobson. Although there were a number of 

 entries in various classes there were few in which he considered that the 

 merit justified the awarding of a first prize. 



