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evenly covered, tut thickly fleshed and with more finish than Walker 

 Bros.' bull, which was third. Sultan's Creed is more heavily packed 

 with meat, fleshed deeply in thigh, and has better top and bottom lines 

 than Silver Secret, which is smoothly turned, handling better and being 

 more symmetrical than Wilson & Sons' Royal Victor. A pair of white 

 senior bull calves were first easily, the blue going to a shapely, meaty, 

 little block great in quality. Two-year-old heifers were a good class, pro- 

 ducing the senior and grand champion female in Lady Craven. Queenly 

 won in the senior yearling heifer class, having good size and thickly 

 meated. 4th Miami Sweetbrier, a trim heifer of good type, stood second 

 over Wistful 2d. Not until the senior heifer calves were reached did 

 Miller fail of a first place. Here Williams & Son were first with Serene 

 2d, a very smooth animal with good lines and quite good handling quali- 

 ties. Walker Bros, were second with Aurora Belle. A good heifer stood 

 fourth and excepting for a little weakness in the back could have gone 

 on up. Walker Bros, took a first in the junior heifer calves. The cham- 

 pions, herds and display were all Miller. C. D. Bellows, of Maryville, Mo., 

 made the awards. 



GALLOWAYS. 



Four herds of Galloways were shown and some high-class individuals 

 brought out. This breed is hesding much toward the Angus in essential 

 beef characteristics, though still retaining the coat and peculiar poll. Only 

 one herd was from . Iowa, Mr. Hechtner showing up with a number o£ 

 good ones to his credit. Isaac Lincoln, of South Dakota, is a new entry 

 among showing breeders, having a number of animals of quite good 

 Galloway breed character. Straub Bros, won the most firsts, but had a 

 number of close contests. The winning aged bull is very good in quality 

 and refinement of build, quite smooth, and carries a lot of flesh. Lin- 

 coln's Secretary of Crosslee has a lot of typical Galloway characteristics 

 about him, but might carry his back a little straighter and is not such a 

 smoothly turned anin^al ?s the two above him. Douglas of Meadow- 

 lawn was made senior champion, but had to give way in the grand cham- 

 pionship for the junior champion. Straub Bros.' Viscount 2d won his 

 way to the front as a yearling bull, keeping his lead all the way through 

 to grand champion, which a meaty animal of such quality, blockiness 

 and trimness surely deserves. Capitaline appeared from the ringside to 

 have a fairly easy win over her competitors in the aged cow class. The 

 second place went to Hechtner's Floss 2d of Meadowlawn over his stable 

 mate, a very even animal, but not so wide or so Moo\y buiU as Flcss, 

 which was more after the type of the winner. Ladylike came from the 

 lead of the two-year-old heifers to senior and later to grand champion- 

 ship. She is a typical Galloway and carries a lot of meat with little 

 waste. Straub Bros, made a clean sweep of the herdu and groups. Chas. 

 Escher, Botna, Iowa, Judge. 



BED POLLS. 



Herds from four different states and containing in all sixty or more 

 well-fitted entries were assembled to provide a most sxcellent showing of 



