EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART IV 253 



Five calves constituted the last of the bull classes in which first place 

 was closely contested. It was largely a question of size against extreme 

 quality. The larger calf shown by Caldwell is not so level of rump but is 

 very wide and otherwise acceptable. The little Battles bull, nicely fitted, 

 beat the thin but beautifully stamped Escher & Ryan entry. One could 

 not go far wrong by picking any one of these three. 



THE FEMALES. 



Scale and quality combined brought a blue and two purple ribbons to 

 Caldwell's three-year-old cow Queen Milly of S. D. 3d. She was the 

 tallest in her class of seven and looked a bit up in the air but her ends, 

 back, loin and sides are laid so smoothly and firmly that she could not 

 be passed by. More flesh would deepen her. The Escher & Ryan cow 

 winning second prize is not so level of back. The Battles cow came third. 

 She is the heaviest and most' thickly-fleshed of all, but is hardly so firm 

 as desired. 



The same type as in young bulls was chosen for the heifers, excepting 

 of course, that feminine refinement was added. Battles was first and third 

 and Caldwell second in two-year-olds. Their entries were sired by famous 

 bulls and were fitted and shown befittingly. Even more distinction char- 

 acterized the next class in which the senior yearling heifer Blackbird Gift 

 13th not only won a blue ribbon for Escher & Ryan but went on to the 

 junior championship. She is the smoothest in the class of five, and also 

 the plumpest in thighs. A very deep-bodied one won second place for 

 Caldwell, and a straight topline secured third place for an Escher & Ryan 

 entry in preference to those following. 



There were eight junior yearlings. A sweet dainty feminine youngster 

 won the blue ribbon for Battles, but with little margin to spare over the 

 very good Caldwell heifer. Much the same well bred appearance dis- 

 tinguished the next three heifers, all from the Escher & Ryan herd and 

 none of them fat. 



Eleven senior heifer calves included some hard decisions to make and 

 the judge took a long time to make up his mind finally about the same 

 as at first he had indicated. A very sweet breedy deep-chested, short- 

 legged little heifer seemed entitled to the blue ribbon for Escher & Ryan. 

 Rosenfeld had an entry of very similar stamp excepting a bit rough at 

 the tailhead. For this reason she was set down below a considerably 

 larger Caldwell calf. The big calf looked a little out of place between 

 the smooth-backed little heifers, and yet she is not quite equal to beat- 

 ing the better one that stood first in line. Caldwell won the last class of 

 calves with a growthy, rneaty daughter of Blackcap Star. A typical 

 Escher & Ryan entry sired by Earl Marshall won second, fitting in ahead 

 of a Caldwell calf that is also of the sweet refined sort. 



The younger classes both of bulls and heifers were generously praised 

 by admirers of the tidy doddies. Much show material was brought out 

 which needs only a little more fitting to give it great prestige anywhere. 



THE POLLED DURHAMS. 



Two herds of Polled Durhams furnished keen rivalry for premier hon- 

 ors. The quality of the cattle was excellent. Hultine, showing the larger 

 herd, won the majority of the bull classes, including the grand champion- 

 ship on his two-year-old bull Roselawn Marshall. In the female classes 

 the tables turned, and Achanbach won the championships as well as the 

 majority of the firsts. Fatima, a promising senior yearling heifer of 

 beautiful type, was the junior champion, while her stablemate. Sultana, 

 an aged cow with plenty of scale, finish and quality, was awarded the 

 senior and grand championships. In the groups Achenbach won on the 

 get of sire and produce of cow, the only classes in which competition pre- 

 vailed. The judge was F. W. VanNatta, Fowler, Ind. 



