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Mascots and Pets Highlight Dairy Cattle Congress Highlights
The article follows mascots and pets traveling with exhibitors and horsemen on a circuit of fairs including the Dairy Cattle Congress and National Belgian Horse Show. Louis and Roy Seitz bring an Ayrshire monkey named Jim, drawing crowds in the Ayrshire barn. Ritchie showcases a Belgian mare raised by hand after being orphaned. A police dog, Redisson Muscat, and an airedale from Bay Cliffs farm are noted mascots. John Ritchie of Stratford, Iowa, recently died at 24.
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Louis and
Roy Seitz
Adam Seite & Sons
Waukesha
Wis
Ayrshire
Jim
Ritchie
Nares
Radisson
Iefely
John Ritchie
Stratford