Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-07
PERCHERONS STAR
At THE HORSE SHOW
Fine Specimens of That
Branch of the Equine
Family Shown TODAY.

The stalwart. SLOW but sure" nerch-
"rons, that are always among the
wonders" Of every fair had their day
AZ the Delaware State Fair Horse
snow this morning. Some OF the
finest and largest specimens OF thi.
branch of the horse family were
placed on exhibit. and their ponder
Gus size. built more for durability than
for speed. showed off to advan,are
when contrasted with the sleek
slender sracefulness of the saddle
horses and ponies.
Altogether the program this morn
ms VAS one of the most varied OF the
snow thus far. While the percherons
and draft horses claimed the greater
part OF the program. there wera also
classes Tor saddle horses, riding ponies
and jumping ponies. which gave n
p4easing variety 10 the show. and
iurhlshed attractions for all tastes
'the, gray mare. entered hy
Jesse Darlington, captured the honors
both in class No. lls, for registered
percheron mares. and in sub class No
2. for mares two years old a NJ.
reher farm entry won second place :,
CLASS NO. ll6. and another MONTPELIER
iarn entry won the honors in :.
special class for percherons. RiIlv
Boy entered by John c. Walker. won
tne class for general purpose na-es
or geldings.
merry win and lone. a pair Of gray
mares. OF the Montpelier Farms Won
'he class for pairs OF Registered
percheron mares shown in bsrd
Jactene and Thelma of Foxcatcbor
rarms Won second place and s,voa,
melody and Calouse of Montne,,or
farms came third in the iudgin,
Sweet Melody also won hono,s g., ,t"
~ 4oT urait mares and foals. 10
"sigh 1900 pounds or over.
jean OF Arc, entered by Thonas II
Nahsant. won the honors in the class
ior the best single farm horse owe,
an me State Of Delaware. TO he sbo,,.,
an hand. Mr.. Vansant's ent,1, a1so
captured the honors in class 1oa Co.
orait mares. any breed. and IN So
w. Tor the best single draf, ha-.o
o"heu IN the State Of Delaware
aeon, gray stallion. entered br .Ao
m"htpeier Farms won the honors g,
tle class for registered nar,h---
stallion, j year old. and under -
IN the special percheron clos. -
.aions years and under 3. I-mnire
oNneo by Jesse Darlington. won Co.
'"o nohors In both these classes
an an interview with renrasa,+o
Ne "' Every Evening today. " y
Duhham. OF Wayne. H.. who is t,,aa
lhg the percherons az the Fat.
Iha' the local horses were ap,o,... 60"
nhest In the country. and ro,,ld - .-.e
pare very favorably with those -
az any other fair throughout the -,
ted States 'ie Ohi-
N.housh the number OF these ba,,-
working horses at the Fair is ~.
&c Mr. Dunham said the api,,,a,s
eu high IN quality. He declared
thnt mere should have been -.
Soihp"ulon among the owners 90
heavy horses. OF
huhtsnan. owned by Iannoo+ A.,
fpht won In the class for i,,ro,,.
ponies, 10 be ridden by children r.,
hsht. owned by Miss Alice a., D..
received second honors
Lady Peavine. owned by John %
Grocer. won In the class fo- ,,.a,,.,
ne montpelier Farms. came second
Nr. Durham. who is president ~
'ue american Horse Association corr
i'oseo OF prominent horse owners and
breeders declared that persons who
say that the day of the horse Is nas,
~ very much mistaken. He said tbat
ring horses can be maintained
or IN ,hs. 20 per cent to 40 per cent cheap
nnrnasar n'otor % trucks for general farm
80 .Poses, and are more desirable. He
said that breeders OF horses ~ ~
.spe can ind large market for ths
y Dld. post entry, the property
ol Miss Madeleine H. Pierce won erc,
pr..e , IN the champion class for ponies
.. r'reny' another Of Miss Pierce's
sh'ries' came second: Miss Alice A.,
fonts Leap Year and Twilight c,n,a
uird and fourth respectively.