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through to crowning female honors, starting with her triumph among 

 the heifers. She has a lot of genuine "doddie" character, presenting an 

 unusual depth of body and a smooth contour. Pride of A!ta 12th is well 

 grown and carries her form with fidelity to type. Among the senior 

 yearlings Blackcap McHenry 84th received due acknowledgment of her 

 commanding claims. Queen of Rosemere is fairly well turned, but a 

 trifle "roily." The juniors were hardly outdone by the seniors in at- 

 tractive character, as nearly all of them made just claim to compliment. 

 The younger classes were also of a character that compensated for con- 

 siderable of the disappointment that had attended the exhibition of the 

 bulls. 



GALLOWAYS. 



The merits of the Galloways were never bo ably exploited before Iowa 

 farmers. The exhibit was moderate in numbers but carried a contingent 

 of superlative cattle sufficient to fill the prize list. There was the thickest 

 and smoothest kind of beef displayed beneath soft robes of Galloway 

 shagginess, leaving no chance to doubt the money-making capacity of this 

 hardy Scottish race. A really difficult task confronted Chas. Escher, Jr., 

 Botna, la., in making the awards, but he did an artistic job of ribbon 

 tying. 



Among the five aged bulls the principal fight developed between Douglas 

 of Meadowlawn and Evaline's Sampson. The former is a very low-set 

 bull, compact, meaty and smooth in every part although looking scarcely 

 so big or so deep as his mate, which got second. An easy winner among 

 the two-year-olds was Marquis, a bull of excellent type, very low-set and 

 thick. The first-prize yearling bull Viscount 2d, also from the Straub 

 Bros, herd, embodies the stamp of vigor and masculine character with 

 beautifully molded wide level top and a smooth even covering of flesh. 

 He made an acceptable grand champion. Each class of bull calves num- 

 bered three rugged youngsters, and each lot was led by a very thick- 

 fleshed smooth short-legged one. The second-prize senior calf Mack Croff 

 is rather small but very neatly made and stamped with quality. 



Seven aged cows made lively competition. Capitaline is the widest of 

 the lot, close to the ground, sweet of iront and smooth as an egg. Floss 2d 

 of Meadowlawn is a trifle stronger in top line but not so smooth at the 

 hips. Florence is a little further from the ground but deep-bodied and 

 level. Two-year-old heifers numbered eight, with Ladylike standing con- 

 spicuous for her great width of chest and top, sweet expressive counte- 

 nance, deeply covered, level back and general stamp of quality. The judge 

 considered her easily the best female shown and awarded her the grand 

 championship, which is no new honor for her. The best of the senior and 

 junior yearling heifers are evenly matched and the same is true of both 

 classes of heifer calves. The youngsters from the Straub Bros, and the 

 Hechtner herds are especially pleasing in type, both as to breed and block 

 standards, and they are in the pink of condition. 



