The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-10
HORSE EXHIBIT
GREAT FEATURE
EIGHTEEN SPECIMENS OF HEAVY
DRAFT TYPE ARE "A
MARVEL.
BREEDING MULE COLTS
JERSEYS, DEvONs AND HOLsTEIN
cows ARE 4 GREAT
ATTRACTION TO
VISITORS.

being numbered. II the exhibition OF
criterion. They do say that the hack
and carriage horse Is rapidly giving
way to the automobile and taxi. and
that may be so to some extent. But
the draft horse ia still holding its
own. and SO is the racer, the saddle
and the driver.
The big draft animals on exhibition
at the fair are marvel. Six OF them
Of the Clydesdale breed tip the scales
at total of seven tons, and they are
giants to look at. There are eigh-
teen of these animals altogether, the
group Of six being exhibited by Nor
ris 4 Company. of Chicago. In near
by stalls are Percherons OF French
breed and others OF Belgian breed
that make II most creditable show
ing. The Clydesdale claims Scot
land as its native heath.
1T Is declared that draft horses will
continue to hold their own with the
average auto truck. for the very sim
pie reason that It costs as much to
operate one of vehicles by case
line power as it does to keep four
horses a-going.
So. as long as that condition pre-
walls, II seems unlikely that the draft
horse Will pass into oblivion
She's Thoroughbred.
/ Most of the saddle and harness
horses are in class to themselves.
| Vanity Belle; a kentuckybr bred mare
( of royal blood is said to be the cham
| pion three year-oid saddle and har-
ness animal of her class. She is a
| fine looking bay animal, bred at Mid
| dleton, KY in the heart OF the Blue
Grass region. 2. ]. Gregory. of Bar
ton Heights, has Queen Golden on
| display. He is very proud of his
/ high-clased chestnut sorrel and is
! confident she will prove a ribbon win
/ ner.
| Most of the saddle and driving ami
mails are three-gaited combinations.
An interesting feature of these ex-
hibits are the specially bred null >,
some of them sired by Emperor IL.
a famous Jack, out of pure-blooded
Percherons. A pair of four-months-
old mule colts out of n Percheron
mare are declared to be the best
specimens OF their class in Virginia.
Breeding Mule Colts.
The chief exhibitor in this class is
A. s. Harrison. of Fairfax, who Is
also breeding mule colts from hack
ney mares. Some of the little mules
have ears as long as the grown-up
ones. although they are hardly yet
three months old, and they look JUST
! as wise as their sire.
Mr. Harrison also has nne exnioit
of mammoth Jennets. with colts at
Ifoot.
shetland ponies occupy number OF
stalls in the adjoining building, all
highly bred and peetty specimens,
t TIE Jerseys and Devons and Hol-
stems and other ne milchers do the
eve good to behold. In the Devon ex-
hibit May Ill has been quite a prize
winner In the past, and VIII douotiess
+ carry off a ribbon or two here. She
has the record of forty-six pounds OF
mil kper day an da ffve-sixth test In
butter fats She Is MIXED twice .
day giving nearly twelve quarts al
each milking She took first premium
at the Syracuse fat rlast year anc
at the Battleboro, Vt. fair. THIS veal
she proved a winner at the York, Pa
fair.
Waterboy a Mammoth.
Waerboy, mammoth bull or tht
Red Poll species. Is perhaps the fin
!. est specimen in hts class ever seer
here. His we'll sleked body seems alb
normally long, but he Is indeed a won.
der to behold He weighs more thar
ton and is seven years old
Some of this class of stock is prizzee
not only for being fine mflchers, hu'
+ for beef as we'll. For instance, this
Devon can be fattened and sold or
the foof after its usefulness as 6
milcher is past. With the J0sey this
does not apply so we'll. its usefulness
being practically exhausted when i
no longer serves as a milcher.
Under the same roof Is number
of short horned stock that show W
, we'll, these being good milchers ant
, also good beeves
Songbird, a three -year-old Devon
, Is already making a name for her
, self with May Ills record to com
bat. She is now giving thirty-sevel
. pounds of milk daily. with a higl
, quality of butter fat.
Dolgorouki Absent.
Conspicuous by his absence IN hel
, row Is polgorouki the prince, who's
owner is John Armstrong Chaloner
Mr. Chaloner, 1t appears. has bee,
recently too busy at charlottesville
trying To prove himself sane In New
York to be devoting any time Il
State fairs. 1t will be recalled tina
Prince Doigorouki was one OF the Tea
lures in hog row last year II is re
ported he os roaming the woods 0