Arizona republican., 1910-11-12
SURPRISING NUMBER
REGISTERED HORSES
Department, Which Has Shown Steady
Growth, Is Bigger Than Ever
This Year

inns year.
When the big parade of prize win
ming livestock is held this afternoon at
the fair grounds, the crowd will see
the finest aggregation of thoroughbred
registered horses ever collected in the
territory of Arizona, for the horse de-
partment is another that is much big
ger and better than at any previous
fair.
The fair has been a wonderful factor
in the improvement and breeding of
Arizona horses, particularly in the Salt
river valley. After the first fair
horse growers and others who are in
terested in that industry began to wake
up to the fact that there is no better
country than this in the world for the
breeding of good stock. There are now
four or five times as many registered
stations in the valley as at the time
of the first fair, six years ago.
Though each successive fair has been
great educator of the public regarding
the quality of hOrseflesh, of which this
valley boasts, no one can go through
the building and view the stalls de-
voted to the equine exhibits without
being amazed at the number of regis
tered animals, many of them worth
several thousands of dollars apiece.
Most of the stations were imported
from the east and there is even one
big fellow from France. Practically all
are of the draft breeds, Percherons be-
ing in the great majority
The sweepstakes prize was captured
by Challon. $500, an iron gray Per-
cheron stallion from Louis Sands
Manistee stock farm, near Glendale. He
is only years old, but weighs 1920
pounds. With Challon are several 9th
er horses of the same breed. all
monstrous, powerful animals.
j. ]. Meyer of Phoenix took several
firsts and seconds with his black Per
cherons. no less beautiful, but a little
smaller than the Sands stock. His stall
lion is Boomer, 53977.
James McNulty, also of Phoenix, is
exhibiting two stations and both are
prize winners. one is a Belgian draft
stallion and the other is Crasville. an
imported French coach horse.
lena III is a handsome black Per-
cheron belonging to NJ. r. HorOvitZ. II.
w Chambers is the owner of MOnnet,
a gray Percheron. In another stall are
three of MOnnets colts, fine sturdy lit
tie bavs of which any breeder might
well be proud Rimbault, Jr., black
Percheron is also owned by Mr.. Cham
bers.
The French coach is quite favorite
in the Salt river valley. Don Qui-
chotte. an excellent representative of
this breed, is exhibited by the South
Side Coach Horse association.
Cocquet is another south side horse,
but he is a black Percheron. He is
owned by the Tempe Percheron Horse
company There is another big black
Percheron from Mesa
The great number of Percherons is
accounted for by the fact that this is
the most powerful draft breed known
and the farmers of Arizona are finding
is profitable to breed big horses, cap
able of hauling enormous loads. They
simply want the horse which is the
most efficient and useful on farm.
Shirley Christy has nearly a score of
horses and mules on exhibition. Most
of his stock is grade and of the
kind found on the better class of farms
in this valley. Some of his mules are
particularly fine.
Morning Star, jack of the Bartlett
Heard Land & Cattle company. is sup
posed to be the biggest jack import
ed to Arizona. He, came from
a fine jack while. Coffman & Clemens
are showing jacks and jennies import
ed from Kentucky and Missouri.