Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-14
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4 Wapcllo county farmers, among
the most thrifty in the State, have,
we arc glad to say, educated them
selves up to the fact that ii is no
more trouble or more expensive
to raise good stock than it is to
raise that of inferior grade. The re :
suit of taking this view of the case is
that in this county may be found
some stock farms that will rank fav-
orably, SO far as the quality Of the
stock is concerned, with the best in
the State, while on almost every
farm you will find from one to doz-
en- thoroughbred cattle, indicating an
interest in the improvement Of stock
that is truly commcndablc.
The improvement in the stock OF
horses, while not so marked as the
| Improvement in cattle, has been very
great, and now Wapello county has
as many good horses, perhaps, as any
county i'm Iowa. The interest in the
| improvement of the grade Of horses
i
ually active this spring and the dis
position is to breed only to the best,
which, in time, of course, will pro-
ducc the best results. With this OBJ
ject in view the colt show on Satur-
day was projected. The show was
not rs large as it should have been
although the attendance was quite
respectable. Among others we no
tice colt four weeks old, sired by
Red Buck, belonging to A. l.. Graves,
clean limbcd, with splendid muscle,
and as symmetrical rs it could well
be.
| A. II. Burns also exhibited two
colts, one two and the other three
weeks old, one of which was partic-
ularly noticeable for its beautiful pro-
portions. Sired by the same horse.
The other colt was also an excellent
one.
| Gen. Hedrick exhibited colt from
the same horse which attracted con-
siderable attention and was one of
the very best on exhibition.
Jas. ID. Ladd exhibited a yearling
Bashaw colt, also a Bashaw colt four
weeks old and a Red Buck three
weeks old.
Samuel Dorr had Oh exhibition
fine Red Buck colt, and also
one only few weeks old.
Gilbert Guyle had on the ground a
two year old Morgan horse, that at
tracted general attention. A more
be hard to find. He weighs 1910 lbs.
and has not an ounce of superfluous
flesh about him. He also had year
ling and two fine colts of few weeks
of age that promise well in the flu
ture.
There may have been others pres
ent the names of whose owners we
inadvertently overlooked, as some on
exhibition had beenetaken away be-
fore we arrived. The show, howev-
err, in quality of stock was very cred
table indeed, and the farmer owners
frequently remarked that they never
had such colts follow their mares be-
fore.
1t was the freely expressed opinion
of many of the best horsemen pres
ent at the exhibition, Saturday, that
Mr.. Van Voorhis' horse, "Red Buck"
is the most promising and valuable
stallion in Iowa. He is horse Of
fine size, color and style, and of the
best blood in the country for speed
and endurance His progeny on cx-
hibition last Saturday present all the
fine points of their sire and for the
most part promise to be speedy and
valuable. We may mention that on
last Saturday morning 'Red Buck"
while out taking little morning OK
crcise at the park made half mile
in from Ill to :16 seconds, as vari-
ously reported by the gentlemen
present who held their watches on
him.
He is certainly valuable acquisi-
ton to this section Of Tewa