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anything but sluggish. Prince, the three-year-old winner, was a drafty, 

 symmetical gelding with plenty of quality. The farmers' teams were a 

 grand string and the appearance of the teams shows that Iowa farmers 

 can groom and harness their teams to perfection. The first-prize team, 

 belonging to E. N. Gates, Newton, Iowa, were strawberry roans, well 

 matched and each of them Aveighing close to a ton. The other teams 

 were very good and t^he owner of each team may justly feel proud of 

 his outfit shown in this class. In the open class, Crouch & Son showed 

 five splendid geldings and they took all the ribbons. The draft team in 

 harness commanded the admiration of every spectator. When the ribbons 

 had been placed, Crouch & Son had the blue, Burgess the red and Castile 

 and Strawberry, the Iowa team, the white. J. A. Loughridge, of Delta, 

 Iowa, won fourth with a team excelled by the others only in condition 

 and massiveness. Crouch's four and six-horse teams were the only teams 

 of their kind on exhibition and they were deserving of the prizes which 

 were awarded them. 



HACKNEYS. 



The aged classes in stallions and mares were well filled and the other 

 classes brought out some very good individuals. Imp. International, a 

 winner last year and the property of Crouch & Son, stood handily at the 

 head of the row of aged stallions. He is a beautiful sorrel, with won- 

 derful dignity of carriage. Tollington, the second prize winner, is the 

 property of Trumans' Pioneer Stud Farm, Bushnell. 111. He is a fine 

 specimen of the Hackney breed and excelled those below him in height 

 of action, and he also had more style of carriage. Crouch & Son's Imp. 

 Pockington Protector, a fine three-year-old stallion, had no opposition. 

 Chas. E. Bunn carried away the blue and red in the two-year-old class 

 with no outside competition. Cadet, the foal shown by Henry Lefebure. 

 Fairfax, Iowa, had no opposition. A. L. Champlin's first-prize aged mare 

 acted finely and was awarded the blue. Wood Molly, Mr. Lefebure's mare, 

 was placed second in the class of four. Mr. Bunn had the only entries 

 in most of the remaining classes and his horses were awarded the blue in 

 each class. Crouch & Son received the purple and the reserve on their 

 four-year-old and three-year-old stallions, respectively. Alex. Galbraith 

 was the judge. 



SHETLANDS. 



The Shetland show was one of the best that has ever been held in the 

 west. This is the unanimous verdict of a great number of pony men who 

 have attended the best shows of recent years. The pony show was a 

 show of numbers and of quality. The majority of the class showed on 

 Children's Day and the "kiddies" certainly were interested spectators. 

 The exhibitors say this is a prosperous year in the pony trade and the 

 exhibit would indicate that a large number of men in Iowa and adjoining 

 states are getting to be professionals in breeding and showing the Shet- 

 lands. The aged stallion class was shown first. Geo. A. Heyl, of Wash- 

 ington, 111., won the blue on his spotted stallion, McDougal. Chas. E. 

 Bunn's Grandee showed wonderful style, but was excelled by McDougal 



