St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-08
The Horse DisnIar.

No one who has the interests of the
Northwest at heart can fail to feel delight
at the tangible evidence given at the fair
| grounds that Minnesota farmers are i'm
proving the character of their horses. AS
has been stated before, it is one of the best
evidences of the prosperity of an agricul-
! tural community that its tools, machinery,
| buildings and stock are steadily improving
in quality. a farmer ordinarily gets the
| best of everything else before he starts to
improve the breeding of his draft animals
1t is curious, too, that this should be so,
when it is considered that the service of a
high grade stallion costs but S25 or $50
more than that of mongrel but adds 500
or more to the value Of the get when ready
for work.
The horse-breeders of the Northwest are
turning more and more to Minnesota as o
market for their best animals, and there are
several who have large strings on exhibition
here who have never exhibited in the
Northwest before.
One of these is the Moffatt Bros. of
Paw Paw, ILL.,, who are among the first i'm
porters and breeders OF Clyde horses in the
country. They are represented at the fair
with twelve head, some OF which are i'm
ported, beautiful animals, whose sleek coats
and heavy build are the delight of lovers of
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Waukegan, Ill, another heavy importing
firm of Clydesdale horses, have sixteen on
exhibition, a large number Of which are
imported.
The other heavy breed of horses, the
Norman Percherons, is well represented by
| thirty head exhibited by George E. Case q
Co. of st. Peter. All of them except few
yearling colts are imported, and ten of them
came over this year. The imported stallion,
! Brilliant, is one Of the heaviest horses on
the grounds and weighs 1900 pounds.
| I. D. Delaney Of Mortified also shows
a full-blood Norman stallion, Prince I'm
perfal, weight 2, 10 pounds, with three
other Norman horses. Among the Clyde
horses also should be noticed the seven
head belonging to Galbrath Bros. of James
vile, Wis, also with three English Shire
horses.
W. W. McNair of Minneapolis, exhibits
| sixteen head of horses. of which ten are
thoroughbred runners, two NOrmanS, three
Shetland ponies and one grade Norman
mare.
The CosgroYe Live Stock company of LIE
Seuer, MINI, exhibits a number of fine
horses, among which are Frank II, Nor
man stallion, also number of trotting sires
and mares.
A. Post Of Faribault shows the fine
young stallion Volunteer chief, with two or
three others.
Fl. G. Finkle of Moorhead has also his
string OH exhibition, which will be sold on
Friday morning.
Leonard johnson of East Castle Rock
has an exhibit of ten head of horses, all
Percherons except three or four English
Shire, the whole being imported with one
exception.
E. P. Rutan Of Heron Lake displays
stallion, Volunteer Patchen, and number
Of fine specimens Of trotting stock.
John Bradford of Big Lake, breeder of
thoroughbreds, exhibits three stations and
a mare or two.
p. W. Paine of Hutchinson has four
| horses, trotting bred, one of them, Callona,
being quite famous trotting sire, being
the father of Capitola Of st. Paul.
Fred B. Close OF Pipestone has also
string Of thOroughbreds. including Elsham,
st. Andrew, John Campbell and Skillery
Maid
II. c. Vaughn of Minneapolis shows two
saddle horses, Kentucky bred, which he
says can each show fabulous number of
saddle gaits; and Mrs. G. 3. Eustis, also of
| Minneapolis, exhibits a remarkably fine
saddle horse.
The last horse noticed is a Gambetta, a
French coach horse. owned by W. D.
WaShbuTn of MinDoaDoIiS