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tures burned brown all summer, it was not a year to expect the "best 

 ever." Yet the barns were nearly as full as a year ago, and compe- 

 tition was sufficiently strong to make the show interesting from start 

 to finish. A judge from Scotland, Mr. J. L. Reid, tied the ribbons, v/hich 

 added to the interest. A number of the winners are of such pronounced 

 showyard merit that they are certain to continue strong winners around 

 the circuit. The aged bull class brought out an even dozen and fur- 

 nished the grand champion, in Harding's Sultan Mine. A number in the 

 class were rather plain from the showyard standpoint, but good, thick, 

 rugged herd bulls. The two-year-old bull class was not large, but was 

 a class of good ones. McMillan & Sons were first with Hampton's King, 

 a thick, low-set fellow, who was also awarded the Iowa championship. 

 The senior yearling bull class, with ten extra good ones, gave the judge a 



.lUNlOR CHAMPION SHORT-HORN BULL 

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really hard task, even to satisfy himself. Rapp Bros., of Nebraska, were 

 awarded first on Foxy Favorite, a big, strong, good-topped red bull in 

 prime condition. Saunders, of Iowa, was such a close second with his 

 white bull, Hoyal Cumberland, that the judge admitted that another judge 

 might change it, while Professor Curtiss was third with Count Avon, a 

 beautiful roan of such fine character and finish that some would prefer 

 him to. the other two. The fifteen junior yearlings made another very 

 strong class, and brought out one of the most sensational winners of the 

 show. This was Powell & Son's King Cumberland 2d, a full brotheir to 

 the champion King Cumberland, brought out by Powell two years ago. 

 He was first in class and junior champion, and had friends for even more 



