The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-11-20
The Chicago Horse Fair.

The following, from the pen of Rev
G.. i. Linderman, formerly pastor of
the Baptist church i'm this village, and
great lover of horse flesh, will doubt
lass be read with much interest by the
many friends of that gentleman; The
great horse show i'm the exposition
building Chicago, which has Just clos
ed, has been justly declared the most
wonderful OF its kind in the world
| The very best horses which money
could buy i'm Europe as well rs those
raised i'm this country were on exhibit
ton. The large building was fitted for
stabling purposes the stalls being at
the sides and each end, while great
arena in the center was prepared for
/ exhibiting the animals and around the
outside were galleries where thousands
of spectators could clearly see the
horses. The ring, or track. was raised
nearly two feet, by heavy plank floor
ing covered with ground tan bark
packed SO hard that horse moving
ever So rapidly would not slip or make
any noise to speak of. The track was
one-iourth of mile in length. 1t was
grand sight, 20 see fifty or sixty of the
handsOmeSt horses in the world, NOV
/ ing around, led by we'll dressed groomS,
/ taking exercise.
The breeds represented, were Perch
cronS, Clydcsdales, German heavy
draft, French and English Coach, Clevc-
I land Bay, several strains OF Hambleto-
mans, Kentucky thoroughbreds and
/ Shetland ponies. The horses ranged
/ in size from that of a sheep To the mon
ster of 1900 lbs They were shown, as
usual in their respective classes. The
Judges stand was in the centre, so =
/ fine view could be had is the horses
were ridden or driven around. Great
enthusiasm was manifested when the
gate swung open, and two men appear
ed leading IA quiet, fair-sized, blood bay
colt with star in face. There was Il
beautiful girth around him, on which
"AXtell" appeared on each side in large
gilt letters. At the same time "A card
was displayed from the stand which
read: Three year Old record, pip;
sold for Sl0j, 600" Then Tuesday he
was the fastest three year old i'm the
world and had brought the highest
price for which a horse was ever sold,
but ON Saturday last Senator Stanford's
colt, Sunol, of California, just sold to
Robert Bonner, trotted mile i'm 2:101
leading AXtell l. seconds and proving
the fastest three year old yet produced
While Axtell was being led around,
another magnificent blood bay, PAGER,
was driven in by Budd Doble, and as
he passed the name of the horse APP
peared on a card elictng fresh demon
STATIONS of delight. twas Johnston, ="
record 500
The riding, driving and stock horses
were superb in symmetry, color and ac-
ton, Mambrino King, of Buffalo, is
claimed to be the handsomest horse i'm
the world. He is fine sixteen hand
chestnut, and very handsome; he took
second prize in his class. The writer
saw several horses he pronounced finer
than the King. Potter Palmer's match
ed roans took LIST prize in the carriage
class, and other teams were equally
favored i'm other classes The aggre-
gate value of all is $1,000, 600. Taking
the whole exhibition into considera-
ton, if it was ever equalled we do not
know when or where.
c. T. IINDFRMAN.