The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-11-13
FIRST COLT SHOW
IS BIG SUCCESS
NINETEEN COLTS ARE ENTERED
IN THE FIRST BRookINes
COUNTY SHOW
Prof.. J. ". WILSON GIVES ADDRESS
A Large Crowd Of Farmers In the CITY
n Much Interest is Shown In
the Question of Better Horses

The first annual colt show for Brook
ings county, which was held in this
city last Saturday, was very much of
a success, and an interest in better
horses was created which will mean
mich to the future prosperity of the
county.
Nineteen colts were entered, a splen.
did showing for the first time. con.
sidering that the farmers had but a
couple OF weeks to prepare their ami.
mails and many hesitated about bring
ing them in on that account, The
commercial Club committee, which
had the affair in charge, is surely de-
serving Of praise for its success and
the admirable way in which II was
handled.
The weather was favorable enough
SO that the show could be held on
Main street and shortly after the hour
OF two o'clock the nineteen colts were
lined up from the post office north.
where the judging was done by Prof.
b. l.. Thompson of the animal hus-
bandry department of the State Col.
lege. Watched by a big and interest.
ed crowd the animals were mt
through their PAGES, and the awards
as announced were as follows:
First, Percy o. Kennard; second. G.
l.. Hinkley; third, Howard Stedman:
fourth, w. Evans; fifth and sixth, Mr..
Berke; seventh, H. d. Hill.
The seven prizes offered by the Com.
mercial Club Of Brookings, were as
H. WEIGH; H. d. Hill, 2; Mr.. Berke, 2;
p. O. Kennard; Joe Hawkins; Howard
Stedman; p. Peterson, Q; G.. N. Ken
nard; c.. Pollman, q; w. Evans; j.
Christopherson, 2; G. l.. Hinkley;
Chas. Hawkins; Louis Eberlien.
The decision as to first prize was
popular with the crowd, as most of the
o%nlookers had picked the handsome
looking Kennard colt. He proved to
be Just as good a horse as he looked,
but some Of the other handsome AMI
mails we're far down the line and two
or three of the rather ragged looking
but well built colts ranked above them.
The winner Of first prize is a hand
some bay colt, eight months old, and
it's dam Is a grade Shire and its sire a
pn,o hraJ Darcharnp
Prof. j. w. Wilson, head of the anil
NAL husbandry department at the
| State College, delivered a short ad-
dress just before the animals were
judged. He outlined the advantages
of the colt show in arousing interest
in better horses, and advocated the or
ganization Of a Farmers Association
which would purchase some good sires
of the different breeds for the use of
the community. A good horse can
just as well be raised as a poor one,
said the professor, and he will be
worth twice as much to either work In
the field or to sell. He said that there
had been some complaints of the coun-
ty fair, but this came from those who
did not really appreciate what value a
fair was to the community and the in
dividual exhibitor. To the live stock
breeder it was the best advertisement
to be had for his stuff and he should
think more of this than Of the small
premiums. Brookings county, accord
ing to the professor, is sadly lacking in
sires of all kinds. He has frequent
calls from different parts of the state
from farmers who wish him to pur.
, chase good stations, bulls, bears OF
> rams for them, but he is unable to get
this stock in Brookings county. A
very profitable business awaits the
v farmers of this county If they will
2 only go into raising good stock for the
market.