Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1906 — INDIANA HORSE SHOW. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA HORSE SHOW.

Chief Event of Year Will Be at State Fair. The chief horse show to bo held in Indiana this year will be tjiat given tot the State Fair, Horse shows have developed into the feature of the year in many Indiana county seats. In scores of the towns this summer events of' the kind were given, and it seems that the winners of ribbons in these local contests have developed in ambition and will daring the week of September 10 undertake to win the royal purple ribbons which the State Fair management will award. The prizes for the show horses will amount to over $2,300 and of thia amount $352 ia to go to the standard bred. There will be contests for gentlemen’s pairs, four in hands and high steppers, and the best equipages. The awards offered for coach pairs and roadsters amount to S3OO. There will nofbe a more interesting feature of the horde show than that of the contest among saddlers, in which many men and women owners will participate, and in which the prizes amount to S3OO. The champion horse of the State Fair will receive SSO and a decorative rosette that will be an ornament to the finest bridle that hangs in an Indiana stable. The pony classes are also expected to be well filled, the total awards offered for those animals being $505.