TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI 707 



in one bunch as the fourteen that opened the fair Monday morning. 

 Francis & Sons' Meddler Keep On caught the blue because he was a lit- 

 tle bit better than any other, but what the difference was no two men 

 about the ring could agree on. But he also won championship on boar 

 any age and nobody kicked. Meharry's Comptroller stood right up next, 

 and only by a very narrow margin squeezed in ahead of Hemmerling's 

 Regulator, that was ■ lined up as third. Kramer's Perfect Spellbinder 

 followed as fourth, as a good representative of the type that v/as the 

 judges' ideal. 



The senior yearlings were not a popular class and failed to follow 

 the pace set by the aged boars, although Wellington & Spring's Walk 

 Over 2d, that was placed at the head, was a deep, wide-backed fellow, 

 worthy of stronger competition. The junior yearlings came to the front, 

 retrieving the reputation of the yearlings. Wellington & Spring's 

 Master Wan^c Over took first because he was superbly fitted, had a back, 

 lOin and ham made to order, a rear end to fit the score card, and a finish 

 to the queen's taste. McFadden's Inspiration naturally followed. His 

 good lines and striking masculine character entitled him to better fit- 

 ting, and had he come in his best clothes there would have been a 

 harder fight for head place. The Chiles boar, Preffer, carried one of the 

 best ribbed-out backs in the show, with width of chest, great heart meas- 

 ure and short set neck, with finish and feeding quality that are sure to 

 make a name for him in future show rings if he is given a fighting 

 chance. 



The boars six months old and under twelve were a right nice show, 

 with both quality and variety. There v.ere twenty-six of them, and the 

 head end of the procession was right up to the average of the show. 

 Chiles' Harvester was first by a scratch. Wellington & Spring came in 

 with I^ok Me Over, a ripping good one, and Meharry was third with 

 Illuminator. The degrees of difference were as close in this as in any 

 class. No one had much room betv^^een him and the fellow belov/. Thirty 

 boars under six months qv.alified. As a general thing, it was an ordinary 

 lot, but Gosick's pig that v/as placed at the head was a dandy. Right 

 all over, and smooth as silk, he was easily first. A brigade of nineteen 

 aged sov. s came marching down the line, and they v.ere a lot of beauties 

 not often seen together. The Poland China breeders who made this 

 show may v/ell feel proud. If a better show has been made in the last 

 decade it has not come under the eye of the writer. The judges were 

 threatened with nervous prostration. After the first cull out, it was 

 like trying to piciv the best pin out of a paper. Meharry's Nannie was 

 tried out for firet place, and as she seeiiied to fit she was left there. She 

 proved her worthiness by closing the show as champion sow any age. 

 Nellie and Grace, both ovv^ned by Wellington & Spring, were placed second 

 and third in the order named. They v.-ere as like as two peas, and it 

 took guessing to tell v.hy one v;as betler than t'ne ether. Francis & 

 Son's Margaret 6th was a logical fourth, and a cjueen, too. Every sow 

 of the seven would be a promising candidate for honors at anybody's 

 shovv. The class of sows for junior yearlings was also filled with real 



