Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
SOME FINE HORS S,
The Live Stock Exhibit at the Columbia,
Fair.
All Fine Breeds Run Back 60 the Ara
bian-Big shires, Clydesdale. s.a
Percherons-Americ Breeds.
correspondence Of The Evening Star

Correspondents Of The Evening Star.
| CHICAGO. August - fs0
The exhibition OF live stock now in pro-
gress at the worlds fair is notable in many
particulars and must be acknowledsad "a
De- taken all In all. the most important ons
ever held in this country II embraces
beside horses ana cattle sneep ana hoes
hNe STOCK appliances. incubators and other
Vi the hlgh-class accessories OF model
farms To begin with the horses there in
not single breed OF importance that has
no' some me specimens. They range from
the heaviest shire. weighing very nearly
1'oo pounds. TO the most dim,nut,ys shet-
iand pony. which a strong man could ptck
UP ana carry on his back-if A. would per.
init him TO do So
Inc Judging opened on Tuesday, August
w Win bunch OF Suffolk punch horses. q
1871 hitherto almost unknown in this
country. although IL II one of the sldest
anu pest known OF English heavy-veieht
horses. The exhibit was NOT exteos,ve
ola aeng Out four stations over five years
oia, ana TOUR mares of the same age Eestde
seNerai yearlings and colts One horss
esme from Thorndale. Ontario ana an The
res resi- are owned In this country. The typs-
horse ,'er, punch Is a large. heavily built
i nery compact. with short neol and
iess. Inc color Is chestnut and whfts feet
ana a blaze face" are common. Thsw srs
especia.y adapted for medium draft pur-
poses. The two best Of the stallions ysre
among the finest looking Of an the horseS
led into the ring 'o'
following the SUFFOLK punches cam. the
ssysras o. the rercherons. which occupied
several days. There are sixteen OF tSess
norses. covering stations over five Sears
oid. between four and five under tnr~.
unaer TWO ana yeariings. and mares q Inc
many Of the Percherons come from GO. 100
yut he majority are owned In IIllnc,a
Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin ana New york
.ac,, une swarding Of the prizes one farm
secuon. The whole display Is ouite We
.narhaole. ana speaks highly for Ame-tcsn
importers and breeders II is hardlv an
s,sa1s a.. 70 say that not even in France
.sSeii can one Bee inner specimens of these
princes OF draft horses than are now s,,-..-e
at the worlds fair
AFTER the Percherons came the Judging ~
the Cydesdale and Shtres and amoY,r re
latter IL the largest horse Ia the fair \. -
..s0 pounds For the benefit OF thu nm
iniuated IL may be stated that the i. reest
nor are usually found among the shires.
me Siydesdale pressing them closely with
the Percherons the lightest Of the shree-
me iast-named. too. lack the heayy fet-
locks mat are Distinguishing feature q
the other heavy draft breeds
Amerfcan-Bred Hers~s.
A strange breed followed the draft bors-s
into the stock pavilion IN the Am@rtco-
Arab which is nothing more nor less than
the pure strain Arabian horse crossed with
the American breed As every hors.msn
knows. back Of almost every high-tred
morse IN existence Is a foundation q the
blood OF the Arabian horse The Perrher-
one with nrst-class ped.grees an 20 hack
70 ~ sc ooes the running stock. 30 does the
trotting, and IL Is boast thar the Eng
nsn hackney, now one OF the most pyoular
OF all horses. is but an evolution from
Arabian blood. Further than this. q 10
a I'm al rr~1rh
that are not bred at ALL hut have run via
Tor generations. the tough broncocs that 40
often show great qualities OF cpursGs aui
endurance. are the oTspr,ng OF the Ara
bian horses that cortez brought with him
from Spain and let loose On the American
continent centuries ago. Today the AnefI-
co-Arab liz a small-limbed acknowledgements
horse. OF wonderfully beautiful ,-croffions
and with the keen. Intelligent eve OF a bu-
man being. Only four stations over four
years old are shown, two coming from
Long Island and two frora different stock
farms In Wisconsin. There are Lalf a doz-
en- mares and several colts Altoesther
the display is rather an ey.d-nce os what
can be done than of what has heen done
OF thoroughbred Arabs themselves there 10
also most interesting bunch. and among
the Russian horses several Rnsssa-
Arabs that are. In a general way, siFnflaf
TO the Americo-Arab.
The exhibit of the Russian horses IN itself
one of the most interesting OF all WASH
ingtonians will remember that the secretary
OF the Russian legat ton several years ego
appeared with a Russian drosky ana two
Russian trotting stations. which he drove
on alternate days. These were the first
ones ever seen in the peighborhood Of
Washington. They were large-bOned,
stoutly built, about sixteen hands higk and
very fast trotters for a long distance. There
are now shown at the fair a complets line
OF these Russian horses. most Of them be-
ing the property OF the Grand Duke Dim-
TRY and the Russian state administratiou
OF studs. Several have been exchanged with
Senator Stanford's Palo Alto farm for
American horses. so that the strain viii
have the benefit OF a trial In this country.
The chief ones shown are the Orlon trots
tiers. which are a strain bred by Count Ors
Ion of Russia. They are not OF course.
as fast as the American horres-none are,
for that matter-but they are hardy. and
can keep UP a rapid gait for q long time
The two types are the light horses ana tkl
heavy ones. the former resembling Hames
what our own trotters. There Il an exhi<
bition also OF Russian saddle horses des
signed as weight carriers.
OF American saddle horses there IN . fnl
display. and Il IL hardly necessary 10 say
that most Of them are bred IN Kentucky,
although Missouri appears second with .
good showing. There are none from ether
states. and Virginia and Maryland. ~ fa-
nous for their saddle horses. have seat n
specimens at all
The Vermont Morgan..
OF other purely American breeds perhaps
the most interesting is the strong exhibit
made Of Vermont Morgans. So much have
people been bent upon obtaining English
and French horses Of late years that many
OF them seem TO have forgotten that En-
glishmen themselves have been compelled
TO admit that for general purposes the Nor
gan horse is a match even for their famous
Hackneys. IL In satisfactory. therefore. "a
see that there are breeders who still cults
waite them. for their worth continues a. obs
tain a general recognition. The stallionG
exhibited number I'm all thirty-eight and
come from farms In Illinois. Missouri, Ken-
lucky, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
and Indiana There Is also a fine showing
OF mares and colts.
The Morgan and the English Hackney arr
apt TO be competitors. OF the latter fherG
Is not as full display az OF the former.
but several Canadian farms. as well -
American. show some fine specimens.
When We ask to see the large coach horse
We necessarily leave American breeds be-
hind, for the coach horse has been brOaght
TO a state OF perfection I'm Europe far
surprising anything 20 be found In this
country In point OF fact American horses
embrace saddle horses road horses trofters
and runners. but OF draft horses and coach
the coach horses the breeds now most cul-
tivated are the French coach horse ana the
Cleveland bay. Both have strong repre-
sentation at the fair. Among the former
are fourteen stations over five years old,
four between four and five and ten under
three. Several stations are shown with