Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-09-17
RIBBON WINNERS
FRANCE IN STATE
PRIZE PERCHERONS AND ROAD
STEERS ARE PRODUCTS OF WIS
CONSIN PASTURES.
PONIES WIN CHILD HEARTS.
CIydesdales, Coach and Saddlers Vie
with Proud Highschool Horse
for Honors.
BREEDERS SEE A GREAT FUTURE.

| MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 14.-The
second day of the Wisconsin state fair
opened with rush this morning. By
noon the attendance ranged from l2,OOO
to $4,000.
Shortly after noon heavy downpour
I of rain, accompanied by high wind, de-
seconded upon the fair grounds. The
Storm coming up unexpectedly from the
southwest. sent the thousands OF visitors
to shelter. Unlike previous years, how
ever, the grounds remained in fairly
good condition, owing to the new drain
age system recently installed. In place
of the muddy thoroughfares that former
| ly greeted the fair goers when 1T ralned,
the roads bore much the resemblance OF
city streets and the cement sidewalks
caused more than one unfortunate VS.
itor who was caught in the shower to
thank the fair managers for their fore
sight.
Thoroughbred Horses at the Fair.
They range from huge Percheron to
| tiny Shetland pony. Great muscles, vast
proportions and the dainty tread of little
hoofs share in the EXPLANATIONS of won
der.
They are the horses of the state
fair. They" are Wisconsin's latest
product.
1t is hardly more than ten years ago
|
pf the word-was an unknown quantity:
| those that possessed points indicative OF
| 1uality had been imported from other
states those that were bred within the
state-and they were few-were scrubs.
Today the big Pabst farms on Ocono-
mowoc lake; the pastures OF August YIN,
lein on the upper Milwaukee river, and
in other sections of the state, and others,
are bringing to the state fair horses as
wonderfully developed as the best that
Iowa. the east and the west, are offer
ing.
University Factor.
The University of Wisconsin has been
a factor in the recent development. IL
ia the un;yersty's school of agriculture
that introduced the registered stallion"
The first results of that innovation are
now on the state fair grounds. The AMI
mails bred under the system are the at
tainment of scientific selection. They
are the offspring Of the mares OF Wis
rOnsin's farmers and the stations
watched over by the state.
The process involves the purchase,
first, of a pedigreed stallion. That ami
mai is registered at the University of
Wisconsin. The registration papers are
held by the owner. me ANIMALS 50
recorded are of unquestioned breeding,
and their offspring is expected to glVe
TO the horses OF Wisconsin the results
of years of careful selection.
Greatest Dairy Herd Shown.
Pre-eminently a Wisconsin product,
the dairy herds of the state fair excel
ANYTHING that has been brought to the
grounds. Probably nowhere has WIDER
satisfaction been shown than in the cat
tie; in the wonder Of sanitary stalls and
barn; in the newer concrete construction.
The exhibits are remarkable in their
cattle; they are perhaps as remarkable
in the other dairy adjuncts that go with
the pasture and the herd: with Jersey,
Guernsey and Ayrshire, butter and milk
| and cheese.
Therefore the new barns are filled to
overlooking with dairymen: therefore ex-
pressions of admiration are heard on ev-
cry side.
The cattle range everywhere, from the
exhibit herds raised on the outskirts OF
Milwaukee-and they include the pro-
ducts of the HickoX farms; of Sunny
Peak, the home of the HOWE Jerseys
and Others-tO concrete sllos.
Ayrshire Herd Interests.
In one barn is an Ayrshire herd. The
unique cattle, not yet well known ID
Wisconsin, are ranged in model stalls.
They are the type that the north is COM
ing to know. They range over scant
pastures. They produce milk from the
bush lands of northern counties. 1t is
breed that the University of Wisconsin
is expressing interest in. 1t promises to
thrive where the finer Jersey and more
delicate Guernsey cannot exist.
Primarily there are the Jerseys, of
course, and the Guernseys. They are
primary only because of the universal In
terest that is being shown in them.
Race Horse Is Shot.
Smithy Kane, one of the most val
liable of the race horses running at the
state fair, was shot on the track on
Monday, following an accident, upon
order of a veterinary surgeon on the
grounds.
Ten minutes after the shooting J. w.
johnson, owner of the animal, made
personal examination of the dead horse.
He contended, almost Immediately there
after, that there had been no possible
excuse for the shooting.
Mr. Johnson was not notified of either
accident or shooting, until after his
horse was dead. He was in the stables
on the grounds at the time of the acc,
dent. The horse had finished a race and
had won its heat. In rounding a curve,
one that was damp and slippery, the
horse suddenly tripped and fell. 1t lay,
apparently helpless, on the track. A sur
geon was called. He, together with
sin Humane society, pronounced the case
one of a broken leg. Thereafter the
horse was shot by the surgeon.
Ted B., a race horse owned by W. H.
Mccartney of Terre Haute, Ind, died
in its barn this morning from heat pros
tration. The horse was entered for sew
eral races of the week, and was a valu-
able animal
Deputy Closes Game.
The sheriff force got busy this morn
ing at the sta fair and put out of bust
, ness q shooting gallery after a motor
man named Stanley Lay had lost Sc;
A deputy who watched the. conduct Of
| the game for an hour says that the pro
:, prietors inveigled spectators into invest
/ ing their money, allowing them to win
City Farming.
City Lot farming in PHILADELPHIA has