Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-09
Individual Exhibitors and Ames
College Make Fine Showing
at Chicago
m'MILLAN GETS A FIRST PRIZE
Rock Rapids Man Secures Ribbon for
Best YearIing staIIion-AnimaIs
From Ames College and Several Ex-
hibits From Iowa Stock Farms Cap
ture Valuable Prizes.
to Times-RepubIican.

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Chicago Dee 9.-The eighth Inter
national Live Stock Show closed Sat
urday night. From England, Germany
Canada and all parts of the United
States came the best that could be
ed. Truly it was an internationa
show. The cream of years of careful
importing and breeding was gathered
at Dexter Park amphitheater for the
supreme contest of champions. In size
quality and interest shown. the show
just closed stands without peer in
show ring annals.
The horse department had, as usual
the largest showing in the Percheron
breed. The big, hashy fellows from
France have always been popular with
the Americans and the favorites were
roundly cheered as the blue ribbons
We're tied. The grand champion stall
lion Of the breed was Spoons Dragon
II. G. Mcmillan of Rock Rapids, Iowa
had best yearling stallion in Balzac
a home bred colt.
j. Crouch & Sons Belgians from La
fayette, Ind, received most of the rib
bons for this breed. The other breed
ers made but small showing.
In the Clydesdale rings the Canadian
stables won most heavily. Rose OF
Bromfield, owned by Iowa Agricultural
College, won first for aged mare w
V. HiXson, Of Marengo, Iowa, received
first for one-year- old mare.
The Illinois stables won most of the
Shire awards. VIM. Crounover OF
Hudson, Iowa, won first for yearline
stallion with Surveyor. The colt was
later made champion of the breed. The
same exhibitor received first on foul
! animals, get of one sire. Tuttle
Brook. shown by Iowa Agricultural
College, won first for aged mares. She
was later made reserve champion. The
college also won first for three mares
owned by one exhibitor.
Crouch & Son had fine showing OF
German Coach horses and with nc
competition carried away all the
awards made.
The cattle show was phenomenal fr
the breeding classes. tho better quail
I ty and greater merit has been seen in
previous fat steer classes. In number
of fat cattle shown. however, the show
is the greatest Chicago has seen.
Claus krambeck's 2-year- old Angu:
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This is the third victory in this class
for the veteran Iowa feeder and places
him in class by himself, as fittel
of carload fat cattle. His bunch sole
at auction to Swift & Co., for IS pei
hundred.
The breeding classes of Shorthorns
Angus and Galloways, contained the
pick of two continents and was pro-
nounced the best showing of the breed:
ever seen on this continent.
The Iowa breeders We're most prom
inent in the Angus classes. o. V. Bat
ties of Maquoketa, made grand
showing and eliminated a successful
season with series of sensational
winnings. He had champion aged herd
best bull any age, best COW any age
and senior sweepstakes bull and cow
A. C. Binnie of Alta, Silas Igo OF
Palmyra, H. j. Hiss of Waterloo ane
V. ]. Miller of Newton, all contributed
to Iowa's sweep of the Angus ring.
J. E. Bales Of Stockport. Iowa, made
good showing in the Galloway rings
He won first on bull under 1 year
first on 2-year-old heifer, second or
Junior yearling heifer and second or
exhibitors herd.
Professor Curtis Judged the Rec
Polls using the new scale for this
breed, the first time, officially.
Canadians captured most of the
honors in the sheep classes. An Eng
lish flock also won heavily in the Dor
set classes.
The hog show is a fat barrow con-
test and experiment stations an6
agricultural colleges had nearly all the
entries. Iowa, Wisconsin and Ohio
divided up the honors.
The showing made by the SUDDEN
Judging teams sent out from Ames |:
particularly gratifying to friends of thu
college The stock judging team cap
tured the bronze horse trophy in easy
fashion, having the first four and sixth
places The corn Judging team Wor
the first five places and the Sl,5o'
Cook trophy. Both trophies become
the permanent property of the college
as they have won them three times.
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