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year-old iron-gray stallion. This horse took the second premium in 

 his class here, and the first premium at Oakland and Petaluma. 



Everett Price exhibits Johnnie Bayswater, Sallie Moore and colt, 

 Lucy Moore and colt, and Jennie A. Garfield and colt. 



Besides these there a^re such well-known horses as Reliance, Twi- 

 light, Nimrod, Brigadier, State of Maine, Venus, Susie, Tom Stout, 

 Startle, Captain Jinks, Crown Point, and Washington. 



Many horses were exhibited at the Fair and were entered for the 

 races that were not stabled at the Park. 



THE CATTLE. 



One of the most noticeable features of the Fair is the cattle depart- 

 ment. Although occupying the extreme far side of the grounds, the 

 thoroughbred stock has been a constant attraction, and hundreds 

 visit and admire day after day. The principal breeds, so far as num- 

 bers are concerned, are the Shorthorns and Jerseys, the latter being 

 well represented this year. There is also a fine herd of Guernsey 

 cattle, recently imported. Men who come here with their cattle from 

 a distance, deserve success and recognition, for their expenses are 

 very heavy, and the aggregate of premiums, however liberal, will not 

 anyways near compensate for the aggregate expenses. For instance, 

 one herd of shorthorns captured ten premiums. This will barely 

 pay the expenses of the entire herd. The cattle are blanketed and 

 bedded down as carefully as the finest racer. They are curried and 

 groomed twice a day. Their tails are kept in good showy condition, 

 the horns are scraped so as to give them a transparent appearance; 

 they are fed on the best of hay and grain; the cows must be milked, 

 and men are required to be in constant attendance. On parade days 

 men and boys are hired to lead the animals. For instance, Colonel 

 Younger has twenty-nine head of Durhams. The bulls must be 

 handled by strong hands, and it requires twenty-nine men and boys 

 every parade day — an expense of at least twenty dollars; so with all 

 the other herds. 



The first herd on the left is that of R. Noell, of Grass Valley, Nevada 

 County, consisting of nine head of Jerseys, taken from his herd of 

 fourteen in Nevada County. They are a fine lot of cattle, carefully 

 bred, and beautifully marked. The cow Queen, a superb animal, 

 wears the blue ribbon for the first premium in her class. A fine 

 yearling bull also wears a blue ribbon. Mr. Noell imported the 

 original stock three years ago from the islands — one bull and two 

 cows. 



P. Stanton, of Brighton, Sacramento County, exhibits nine head of 

 Jerseys, finely bred, and of uniform color. At his ranch he has in all 

 fifteen head. This gentleman says that the sale of Jerseys is increas- 

 ing every year, and they are becoming more and more popular. The 

 bull Romeo is a magnificent specimen. He has also a sucking calf, 

 which wears the blue ribbon, for which he has been offered this week 

 two hundred dollars. 



Henry Pierce, of San Francisco, exhibits eight head of Jerseys, 

 as fine a lot of cattle as can be seen anywhere in the State. They show 

 careful breeding. One cow in particular, Pearl, attracts universal atten- 

 tion on account of the largest udder and best developed escutcheon 

 of any cow that has ever come on the grounds. She gives twenty-five 

 quarts of milk per day, making nineteen pounds of butter per week, 



