Dale Klingsmith with a Belgian draft horse mare, having won first prize in the horsefitter competition at the Herdsmen Show in 1930. The job of the horsefitter or exhibitor is to prepare a horse for competition and to present a horse at its very best…
Four Belgian yearling draft horses with handler standing in front of Iowa State College (University) Horse Barn 2. This barn has housed horses on campus since its construction between 1923 and 1926. Its U-shaped design with gambrel style roof,…
A group of three yearling Belgian draft horses standing in a field north of the Maple, Willow and Larch dormitories on the Iowa State College (University) campus.
A handler posing a chestnut yearling Belgian draft horse with a blonde, unbraided mane and tail. They are standing in front of Iowa State (College) University Horse Barn 2, which has housed horses on campus since its construction between 1923 and…
A group of four Belgian yearling draft horses standing in front of Iowa State College (University) Horse Barn 2. This barn has housed horses on campus since its construction between 1923 and 1926. Its U-shaped design with gambrel style roof, numerous…
A "get of sire" or "get of dam" quartet of Belgian draft horses posed by handlers next to an Iowa State College (University) horse barn. The horses are two roan mares, a roan filly, and a roan foal, standing according to size and age, as is typical…
This photograph shows what appears to be a "get of sire" or "get of dam" quartet of Belgian draft horses posed by handlers next to an Iowa State College (University) horse barn. The horses are two roan mares, a roan filly, and a roan foal standing…
A team of four gray Percheron draft horses yoked four-abreast (side-by-side) is shown hitched to a disk harrow in a field. In this photograph the horses are fitted in leather work harnesses and open neck collars with metal hames. They are hitched to…
To the left, a team of four gray Percheron draft horses yoked four-abreast (side-by-side) pulling a disk harrow in a field. To the right, a team of two Clydesdale horses and two draft mules yoked 4-abreast are also pulling a disk harrow.