FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IV. 301 



THE ABERDEEN-ANGUS. 



The doddies have come again. They came with a rush. For the past 

 few years exhibitors of Angus liave not by any means been as well pre- 

 pared to meet the public at the opening of the season as strongly as at 

 its close. It is different this year. Double in number of exhibitors and 

 almost double in entries, the comely blacks swept through the arena in 

 repeated enthusiasm-arousing classes. Not a few of the names on the 

 prize list are familiar, but almost without exception, age has added to 

 their strength. Fitting evidently was earlier taken in hand, and the 

 problem now is not to finish them for the International, but to hold 

 bloom. The herd knows no equal in this respect, however, and notable 

 achievements should await it at the court of final resort. An absence of 

 sensational and outstanding animals characterized the display, together 

 with a well sustained strength in most of the classes. If quality fell 

 below at times in some of the younger rings, it would bound up again 

 in succeeding shows. E. T. Davis, Iowa City, la., was called on to make 

 a number of close decisions, as it required a balance of claims to reach 

 a conclusion. Angus exhibitors have reason to feel complacent over the 

 reverberation of their opening gun. The list of exhibitors uncovers some 

 new names. 



Erwin C is quite a massive bull now, and impressive in the character- 

 istics of a sire. He made his way to final honors. The cow Blackcap 

 McHenry 88th, had more opposition to overcome in reaching the same 

 pinnacle, but she carries much of championship timber, with her scale 

 and character and flesh. The younger female classes held much of high 

 promise. The blue ribbon winners among the youngsters were highly 

 creditable to the men who produced and fitted them. 



THE GALLOWAYS. 



The Galloway exhibit was credited with a new Des Moines exhibitor, 

 the Capital View Ranch of Kansas, and most worthily did it add to the 

 display. Charles Escher distributed the ribbons. The bull classes were 

 rather uneven, but the champion Fearnot of Maples is a worthy pattern 

 from his celebrated sire Standard Favorite. The cow classes stirred up 

 more competition and the winners of the three older classes were little 

 short of sensational. Capital View's aged cow bore away the purple for 

 grand championship, but both this and the senior award were hotly con- 

 tested. She finally carried off her honors on account of the greater 

 smoothness, length, thickness of side and forerib, and mellow handling 

 quality. The two-year-old wore a rather nicer Galloway head and a little 

 more development of midde, and the yearling showed the same stretchy 

 low-built type that made the aged cow so attractive. From a quality 

 standpoint the show was highly satisfactory. 



THE POLLED DURHAM. 



J. H. Miller, Leemon Stock Farm and Achenbach Bros, contributed a 

 show of this rising breed that rivaled anything' of the past as to quality. 

 Sultan's Creed in his three-year-old form has developed a roan form of 

 balanced proportions and his lines were packed with meat- and mellow- 



