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entries would have looked equally satisfactory in second and third posi- 

 tions, and would have left the top of the line a little more uniform in 

 type. With the coming of the record-breaking class of senior calves, 

 much time was spent and conscientious effort made by Mr. Ryden to 

 pick the winners. The superior excellence of many calves which v,^ere 

 found in this line-up of more than half a hundred youngsters, make 

 absolutely safe the statement that no two men present would have 

 picked the same half dozen calves to head the line. Therefore, it is 

 not to be wondered at that some outstanding calves could not win firsi 

 place, and while some onlookers expected to see the placing slightl> 

 different, all were agreed that no one man would have given more 

 honest judgment than was given by Mr. Ryden after more than an 

 hour's work of very careful inspection. Marr's Avon 2d, the winner, 

 is a well-nigh faultless calf, and no calf of later time is so near a dup- 

 licate of Whithall Marshall as is this youngster. The claimants of the 

 next four positions are best described by the simple statement that 

 the second and fifth places were held by Villager calves, with entries 

 from .the Bellows herd carrying third and fourth places. We cannot 

 pass up this class without mention of the Anoka entry, that stood 

 sixth, a calf that surely will be heard from another season. The 

 junior bull calves were only half as numerous, but presented almost 

 as much difficulty of proper adjudication. Faultless Dale topped the 

 class, and his name describes him. With a Cumberland calf in second 

 place, further comment is unnecessary, -w^hile a son of Sultan's Stamp, 

 carrying the true Sultan type, was satisfactorily found in third place. 

 Among the matrons, the requirement of a suckling calf at side limited 

 the number shown, yet eight families were in the ring, with a pair of 

 remarkable cows contending for first place. Maxwalton Queen carried 

 the blue, but Lady Devergoil was amply able for the same honors. The 

 other cows were matrons of merit. Nunbers began to be in evidence 

 again with the entrance of the two-year-olds, and once more that herd 

 which has furnished so many outstanding winners in the heifer shows 

 for years, that of Rees & Sons, was on hand with stuff of an unbeatable 

 kind. With the entrance into the show ring of the Violets, more than 

 a dozen years back, they have been almost supreme. So, after all, it 

 was only small wonder when the top of the two-year-old class was 

 found in Lady Violet 7th, daughter of the famous Lady Violet 3d. 

 Though vfhite in color, instead of the usual roan, she is of that type 

 and wealth of flesh and quality that have so long characterized this 

 family. Simplicity 7th is a heifer of rare type and sweetness of char- 

 acter, while Dairsie Lass 3d was third only because of the two above 

 her. Time was when Lady Violet 3d was a famous show heifer, but 

 her fame was crippled after the show of senior yearlings, when, for thfe 

 second time in this great show, a daughter of hers was again picked 

 to head a class. No more need be said of Violet 8th than that she is 

 a duplicate of her full sister, the two-year-old, and that they are both 

 true daughters of their famous dam. East Lawn's Lassie was Avell 

 deserving of her place, and Village Maid 3d is satisfactory in t^h.e way 



