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might not be any crops| rich in a single season; ruin a farmer in a single back 'home to see. it chances to one, he has be chuck full of dirt, and nfield had a splendid farm ole place was in good e and pleasant a home as but had no children; so me that his father left him. + wanted 'to. make more, , His imagin- © reasning on the sub- ve had big crops, so I'll can si logic 1s Aawless, But itor that ame to him that sum- 'But it canie 'just the same, € that bumper crop had been so badly concluded he. would postpone harvesting 'He wasn't beatén, though, for he came nited Empire Loyalist stock and had any en 7 again. He tried Fortune seemed to only fooling. "One ¥, she sent a frost tor that year, too. iy and like the prodi. 'and in the years ped te unt of nineties a man went out to He left his 'brothers plodditig hie bad time to think of the boy - he fe Yedrs d see rt Perry. He $5000. On ed him about yes in debt," Why I've .man about town, at his broth- ¢t while he 'and sav- orty ac : out to the it. He GU Judging by ing" for he took fi e in his class at the sho: ITEMS OF INTEREST HORSEMEN AND OTHERS EDITED BY GEORGE COATES, V.'S. The Horse Show The Toronto Horse Show is a double event: If you aré a horses man and can't see anything but horses, of course you won't under stand this; but if you are a bit interested in well groomed hu+ manity, why then you can see that at Toronto Horse Show, too; It is the swellest affair of the season, ~ All the newest kinks in millinery and gowns that would make Solomon stare because of their grandeur, are to be seen, In passing it might not be amiss to note that the regulation space allowed for ladies' hats is quite a bit under the three foot. limit now. This is much appreciated by those who do not occupy the front row. The display of costumes was magnificent, Society shone In all'its'gala dav dress, and was there in full force, The number and *'quality" of the spectators was above the average. Decorations. were good, too. 'The Robert Simpson Company had the work to do and it was done in splendid style. . But, of course, what the people round here want to know is what the people round here did at the show, In the first place they sent three judges to the Show. It gives one a sense of satisfaction to see the hames of Peter Christie, Man- chester; William Smith, Columbus; and Robt. Graham; Claremont; coupled with the big fellows from New York and Pittsburg and to know that they are there upon the merits of their ability. We'll have sométhing mote to say about this man Graham later. Of curse, you kaow this is not the farmers' show. The average farmer is tinkering at his seed drill about this time and wishing it would let up raining so that he can put in that back ten acres before it gets too wet. No this is: not a farmers' show. The Fat Stock Show at Guelph: is the Society event for thé farmer. But he is rep~ resented at Toronto too to some extent, for at the tail end of the prize list there is a class for Olydesdales in_ harness, When we suc- producing a few more "gentlemen" farmers in this section the management will move that class nearer the front--that: is if autos haven't taken the place of horses. uf Just around this section but very few light horses are raised. Robt. Holtby's idea that Clydesdales pay better profits: with fewer risks and less trouble seems to find 'ready acceptance. This is no place to dispute the statement but what follows might be used: as an' argument on the other side of the question. Se Al Proctor, of Port Perry, took a roadster up to the Show and swept the boards, His name is Brown Mac. 15.2. THe prize list sa } ! re A roadster when mature for driving should have confor- mation, style of going, manners, hock and knee. action, whether driven with ordinaty or héavy shoes to force action, and as the horses are and appear at the time of showing in the ring, will be considered in the ; shown in harness toa road wagon. =» results Brown Mac must have been mature for first prize and then the championship for the best