CHAMPIONS AT WORLD'S FAIR 143 



World's Fair at St. Louis in 1904, the champion 

 stallion and mare were raised in Alberta. 



From Calgary to Saskatoon a new branch of the 

 Canadian Northern Railway is about to be opened. It 

 traverses a tract of rich fertile prairie on which towns 

 are clustering with great rapidity. The laying down 

 of rails and the growth of towns follow as cause and 

 effect. The traveller who found nothing but the 

 most primitive railway station on this newly-con- 

 structed track one year, and passing the same way 

 a year later, would fine a population of one thousand 

 people and all the bustle of a thriving town. This is 

 precisely the case of Kindersley. 



Saskatoon, the starting point of this branch, in 

 1903 consisted of 113 souls. In seven years it 

 developed into a population of 13,000, and possesses 

 all the advantages of a university, an agricultural 

 college, and five schools. 



From Swift Current to Medicine Hat the Canadian 

 Pacific line skirts hills rising to a considerable altitude. 

 The route leads through the valley of the South 

 Saskatchewan River. Fruit-farming, for which the 

 district is particularly adapted, is carried on there. 

 The industry is fostered by the Government, which 

 works a model farm in the district. All along the 

 journey to Calgary the great plains hold the mono- 

 poly. Rivers, lakes, and occasional distant rising 

 slopes are passing incidents. It is prairie, prairie, 

 boundless prairie on both sides of the train for days. 



