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Crouch & Son's Acrobat stood first. He is a massive, heavy-quartered 

 stallion with an abundance of snap and vigor and he moved with won- 

 derful freedom for a ton horse Maasdam & Wheeler's Gillot stood second, 

 a deep-bodied, neatly-turned horse, with good scale and a very typey 

 head. M. J. Nelson's Guy Lusac was nearer in breeding condition and 

 has every characteristic of a great and impressive sire. The fourth horse, 

 Lamy, was more of a chunk than those standing above him, and it was 

 largely a question of type in deciding his standing. Although lacking 

 a trifle in scale he was muscled splendidly and was a drafter through 

 and through. In the three-year-old class Robt. Burgess & Son's Hiero- 

 glyphe stood first. He is a horse that has in his makeup the rare com- 

 bination of scale, weight and quality. He is heavily muscled and very 

 masculine. Seventeen head stood below him in this class, but every 

 horse was a crelit to the show. Peter Hopley & Son are the owners 

 of the second prize winner in this class. He was picked by many of the 



CHAMPION AMERICAN BRED PERCHERON STALLION 

 Iowa State Fair and Exhibition, 1910 



spectators as the winner. He is a black of very good type and was in 

 very high condition and moved with a triflle less freedom than the horse 

 above him. He is a horse of wonderful depth, width and quarters. It 

 was in third place in this class that McMillan & Sons began to get busy 

 with stuff of their own breeding. Their Vonmore is a typey horse with, 

 abundance of scale. He won first later for Messrs. McMillan as stallion 

 "bred by exhibitor. The two-year-old stallion cass brought ' out twenty- 

 eight head which comprised the class which Supt. C. F. Curtiss said was 

 "the best ever in the ring." Crouch landed first money again. This time 



