II 



AN INTERNATIONAL TRIUMPH 



All day long the cumulative work of generations 

 of men had been on exhibition. Valued at well beyond 

 the million mark, the latest creations of the art of 

 arts had been admired and studied by a seething 

 mass of humanity, to which city and country alike 

 had generously contributed. With the lure of living, 

 breathing, physical perfection strong in all their 

 hearts, they had followed with unflagging enthusiasm 

 the endless competitions and parades. Never had 

 such appreciation been manifested in such a presen- 

 tation. Never had the display of models been so 

 splendid. Old countrymen familiar with the English 

 Royal, the Scottish National and London's Smithfield 

 frankly expressed amazement at the degree of per- 

 fection, the quality and fidelity to type displayed. 



Ambassadors of foreign powers diplomatically dis- 

 cussed the results achieved in America as contrasted 

 with those obtained abroad. The Secretary of Agri- 

 culture exchanged felicitations with the official repre- 

 sentatives of neighboring nations. Governors of many 

 states rejoiced in the visible evidences of the rural 

 riches of our Western Commonwealths. Wall Street 

 men rubbed elbows with magnates of the western 

 range, or talked of Glydes and Shropshires. Everybody 



