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bull than his famous champion full brother was at the same age. He is 

 much the same stamp, only a little less compact perhaps, and in -size, 

 sappiness and smoothness he does not leave much to be desired. He was 

 junior champion. Cash Tip is an unusually wide-topped roan, with a 

 great hind end and deep flanks. Cumberland's Best carries himself more 

 impressively from a broadside view. He is white and level and taking. 

 Fair Knight 2d is a splendid blocky roan. From the score of senior bulls, 

 which mounted in merit to a distinctly high plane, a short leet of ten 

 was made from which Scotch Cumberland was drawn — a real out-of-the- 

 ordinary kind. He combines substance, style and finish in rare degree. 

 Correct Fashion was accurately named, and Mr. Harding could have taken 

 a higher price for this youngster than any calf he ever raised, but he 

 encountered a stumbling block in this company. The Cumberlands kept 

 on coming all through the show. True Cumberland, carrying a white 

 coat and a very mellow hide stretched over an ample frame, led the 

 junior calves. 



Some of the aged matrons had gone by and some had yet to come. 

 The only one that had arrived and stayed there was the big red Non- 

 pareil 44th, a cow of good fashion and smooth forward of the hips. The 

 two-year-olds were much more creditable and were headed by a beautiful 

 red heifer, quite agreeable to the eye in contour and quality, and not 

 inaptly named Daisy Queen. Flesh and finish characterize the roan Roan 

 Fashion. Enough good ones appeared among the senior yearlings to 

 make it interesting. Irreconcilable views were held concerning the red 

 Ruberta's Choice and the roan Scottish Cumberland. The judge recorded 

 his ideas and in the spread of top and massive middle of the red heifer 

 found support for his preference, but the width, evenness and smoothness 

 of the roan claimed a lot of following. Much of excellence was wrapped 

 up in Marshall's Missie. The short leet of junior yearlings presented an 

 altogether charming company, and Lady Cumberland, admirable in type, 

 character and condition, wended her way to the top. The rest were con- 

 tentious. Mildred Snowball, the white, and Bonnie Cumberland 2d helped 

 sustain admirably the glories of Cumberland's Last as a sire, but Queen 

 of Hearts was drawn in third, although it seemed somewhat difficult to 

 prevent the list running one, two, three to the Cumberlands. It was a 

 rare display. The senior heifer calves were about all that would be ex- 

 pected, and the juniors fell not behind. Among the babies the Cumber- 

 lands again scored, Scottish Cumberland 2d ranking among the best of 

 the milk-fat specimens in a long time. Clipper Sultana is not so forward 

 but she is accurately modeled and finished. 



THE HEREFOBDS. 



The "white-faces" easily carried the honors of the beef cattle section. 

 In figures they were first and also quite palpably in the average strength 

 of the rings. At times the Hereford exhibit has fluctuated in numbers, 

 but rarely do exhibitors of this breed fall into the error of entering the 

 show-ring unprepared. A lot of them made ready for the fray this season. 

 Six herds from Iowa were reinforced by three from Missouri, two from 

 Nebraska, and three from Indiana. A decided majority of these ex- 



