EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART IV 261 



Junior yearling- bulls numbered ten, and they proved to be tlie best 

 of the male classes. An appropriate winner was the Taylor entry Wood- 

 ford 9th, sired by Woodford and out of a cow Belle Donald 108th. It 

 would scarcely be jjossible to lay covering more smoothly onto a carcass 

 or to draw an outline of more accurate proportions for a bull of the breed. 

 From his well-bred front to his meaty rump and thighs he fills the ad- 

 mirer's eye, whether he be judge, breeder or casual observer. The grand 

 champion ribbon rested naturally on this bull. Another good block of 

 beef with a prepotent appearance is the Yost entry Arranmore, also out 

 of a Belle Donald dam. Both of these were more fully fitted than the 

 third bull shown by Engle, a short-legged, muscular masculine fellow. 



A group of sixteen senior bull calves brought out much promising 

 material for sires later on. The Engle herd was successful this time with 

 Beau Blanchard 53d, a calf so nearly perfect in lines at top, bottom and 

 sides that he attracts immediate attention. He is compactly made up of 

 thick cover of the elastic kind. A very burly, aggressive head confronts 

 one who looks at Taylor's Premier 4th in second place. He is a growthy 

 youngster and well proportioned to mature nicely. Two compact bulls 

 came third and fourth in the class. 



Half a dozen junior bull calves were shown. The best one was considered 

 to be the Taylor entry Woodford 16th. This calf is a beautiful type of 

 the breed and fitted to a most exacting taste. The next calf, shown by 

 Yost, has considerable stretch but is thin and so seems narrow. A natur- 

 ally wider and thicker fleshed calf won third for Biehl & Sidwell and 

 might have stood a notch higher but for a weakness of topline. 



THE cows. 



An abundance of heft was carried into the ring by the nine aged cows. 

 A pair from the Taylor herd won first and second. The blue ribbon cow 

 Clive Iris 3d is big and very fat, with a great expanse of back and loin 

 finished off as smoothly as one would wish. She is particularly full in the 

 thighs and twist and free from patches. In these, respects she is distinctly 

 superior to Matron Donald, the second prize cow. Less condition was 

 displayed by the rest of the cows. 



Two heifers of superior quality brouglit up the front of the line of nine 

 two-year-olds. The larger of the two is the Taylor heifer Woodford Lady 

 5th by Gray Lad 9th. She is also the thickest and smoothest of them all 

 and her short legs set off her merit to advantage. A smaller but very 

 sweet fine animal from Mississippi wore the red ribbon. Then followed 

 a couple of others not quite so smooth in flesh but possessing desirable 

 breed type. i 



There were also nine senior yearlings and they included the junior cham- 

 pion Dorothy Hampton 23d shown by Yost. Even at that she had no easy 

 victory over the second and third heifers, both from Mississippi and 

 bearing evidence of skillful feeding as well as good breeding. The winner 

 is large for her age and feels the weight of a load of beef neatly spread 

 over her back. The light red Vernet Princess 38th wearing the red 

 ribbon is a model for her size, and her darker mate lost nothing m esti- 

 mation by being beaten in such/ company. W. N. Collier, Fulton, Mo., 

 helped to decide places in this class. 



An outstanding pair of heifers appeared among the seventeen younger 

 yearlings. Another of the Woodfords won first place and she leaves little 

 to be desired by the critic of youthful merit. Next to this Taylor entry 

 stood the light red Bereman heifer Columbia March On conspicuous for 

 very thick thighs. She is smaller but more successfully finished over the 

 rump' tlian the Andi'ews yearling, winning third 



Eighteen senior heifer calves gave the judge plenty of work. The first 

 two ribbons fell to Taylor calves, the Princess H securing preference by 

 reason of extreme sweetness of countenance and pleasing proportions. 

 The Princess T heifer, taking second money, was pushed closely by a 

 third Princess — T 6th — similarly well covered over the back and loin and 

 very long in rump. 



