House and Garden 
“ Edna Mae,” Clianipion five-gaited saddle mare. Owned 
by Shelby 1 '. Harbison, lyexington, Kentucky 
Ridden by Mat S. Coben 
old this spring, and the following tabulated pedi¬ 
gree is worthy of study: 
/ 
Rex McDonald, 
1 Rex Denmark 
f 
t 
( 
( 
893 
1 Unknown 
'Rex Peavine. , 
1 1796 i 
Daisy, 2229 
( Peavine, 85 
/ Ratler, he by 
( Stockbridge Chief 
j 
• Stonewall Jack- 
(. son (72) 
( Ratler 
1 
( Stockbridge Chief 
(• 
1 
f Peavine, 85 
J 
\pattie 
1 
Warren Harris 
i Unknown 
f Diamond Den- 
1 
( Mark Diamond. 49 
1 
f Denmark 
1 mark (68) 
1 Kavanaugh’s 
t Gray Eagle 
1 Gray Eagle 
Here is a list of “ Edna Mae’s ” w innings, and it 
will be interesting to note that she wins in harness as 
well as she does under the saddle. 
Richmond, Ky. Fair, 1906.—First in 3-yeai-old saddle mare; 
first in 3-year-old harness mare; Hrst in high school class, stallion, 
mare or gelding any age. 
Cynthiana, Ky. Fair, 1907.—First in saddle mare any age; 
first in combined mare any age; first in saddle mare or gelding 
any age. 
Lexington, Ky. Fair, 1907. — First in saddle mare 4 years and 
over; first in saddle mare or gelding any age; first in combined 
class, mare or gelding any age. 
Shelbyvii.le, Ky. Fair, 1907.—First in saddle mare 4 years 
and over; first in saddle mare any age; first in saddle mare or 
gelding any age; first in combination class, mare or gelding any 
age; first in fancy harness mare any age; first in harness stallion, 
mare or gelding any age. 
Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, Ky., 1907. Fir.st in 
saddle mare any age; first in combined mare any age. 
Reserved Champion to Star McDonald ? Owning both horses, 
preferred stallion win. 
Louisville FIorse Show, 1907.—First in class for saddle 
stallion, mare or gelding 4 years old; champion-best saddle stal¬ 
lion, mare or gelding any age. 
It is rather a pity that those with Anglomania in 
the North and East have never taken to these horses 
and held them in greater esteem. To be sure, when 
these beautiful horses are shorn of two of their gaits 
—the single foot and running walk—and also shorn 
of their traits, then they are acknowledged almost 
everywhere to be incomparable. But why not have 
them complete in all their beauty and with all their 
accomplishments. 
MR. WARDWELL’S SHROPSHIRES 
A COUNTRY place with any extensive pas- 
^ ^ turage is quite incomplete without a flock of 
sheep; indeed a pastoral landscapewithout sheep graz¬ 
ing in a far meadow or on a near hill seems to lack 
in something that completes the composition. The 
sheep that seems to suit a country gentleman’s place 
more admirably than any other is the Shropshire, 
which is a triumph of English composite breeding. 
I'his type has done admirably in America and is 
vastly popular. A man without experience in sheep 
breeding w'ould be included to think a flock of sheep 
a great undertaking; and so it would be if gone into 
on a large scale. But a gentleman can go into the 
breeding of sheep on a small scale and gain his expe¬ 
rience while his flock is increasing. One of the things 
that makes a country place often very expensive is 
the enthusiastic haste of the owmers in wanting to 
accomplish in a year or so wdiat other men have been 
content to accomplish in twenty. Ehe experience 
gained is usually very costly — costly intrinsically 
and costly in the disappointments wdiich dull the 
keen edge of enthusiasm. 
On this very subject 1 find m the American Sheep 
Breeder some pertinent remarks from Mr. Richard 
Gibson of Belvoir. He says: 
“ I'o show how quickly a flock of Shropshires may 
Sliropsbires from Rineliiiist Stock Farm, 
Springfield Center, New ^ ork 
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