SEVENTEENTH ANxNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART IV 269 



THE P\n.T. CLASSES. 



Among the seven aged bulls the three up top deserved especial con- 

 sideration. The event left Gay Lad 16th, the champion of former 

 seasons, in his accustomed top-notch position. He carried too much 

 bulk for his competitors albeit it is asking much of early-maturing 

 Herefords to maintain until under years of fitting the extreme smooth- 

 ness that they show in their earlier forms. His stable companion 

 Bonnie Brae 60th, for which Mr. Harris gave $11,100 at auction, is 

 decidedly a wonder in his egg-like conformation and hind quarter 

 finish, but all his exquisite modeling and bloom failed to land him 

 above that bulky good-headed level-backed and heavy-quartered bull 

 from Kansas, Publican 4th, as his heavy cover gives warrant for recog- 

 nition. The two-year-olds numbered among the five of them the 

 grand champion in the person of Bocaldo 6th. This droop-horned 

 bull, with exceptional evenness of modeling and fitted to the minute, 

 is of satisfactory championship timber. The mellow-hided yellow-red 

 Ardmore claimed next rank by reason of his width and smoothness 

 and the round-turned neatly-finished Good Lad 7th was third. If 

 Agitator, another son of Bonnie Lad 20th, sire of Ardmore, was the 

 least in size of the company of five senior yearlings, he claimed com- 

 pliment on the strength of his spread and evenness, his neatness of 

 finish and brevity of leg. Impressive in head and blockiness of build 

 is Vernet Prince 31st that followed him on the list, and Repeater 57th 

 is quite bulky. More of unevenness appeared among the junior year- 

 lings than usually characterizes this class. A pair of Harris bulls, 

 Gay Lad 40th and Repeater's Model, thick and meaty, the former 

 notable in his back, loin and buttocks, were the leaders, and the mel- 

 low Tippecanoe's Promise came third. The senior calves were a fair 

 average, better than the ring preceding, and had as head Rialto 2d, 

 whose back in its smoothness looks like turned from a lathe. Re- 

 peater 83d was deeper ribbed and carried much heft of hind-quarter 

 and a little more finish at the tail head than Prince Donald, which is ^ 

 a calf of much the same stamp in low-setting. The juniors were a 

 pretty bunch and had as head Bonnie Donald, a rare good lad. 



THE FEMALES. 



Among the eight aged matrons were some which had borne the 

 brunt of the show yard battles on many a field and bulk may perhaps 

 be said to have been more dominant than bloom. Vernet Queen 8th 

 has held her own and more, in that she has improved in some re- 

 spects while accumulating her impressive bulk, and at this time she 

 carried her claims successfully clear through to the crowning female 

 honors. Pairview Bonnie 2d captivates with her charming countenance 

 and emphasizes her merits by the hooping of her middle. The thirteen 

 two-year-olds were led by another of the Vernet Princesses from 

 Mississippi, the 23d, and not many flaws are picked in her. Dis- 

 turber's Lassie 12th is distinguished by an evenness of rib-arch and 

 a finish of hindquarters that are enviable in their excellence. Miss 

 Repeater 7th is particularly strong in her finish of front and breadth 



