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off all the first ribbons, making a clean sweep of the female classes as 

 far as first prizes were concerned, except in the junior calf classes in 

 which the Bellows entry won first and the Saunders entry second with 

 Iowa furnishing another winner in Parsons' fourth prize calf. The 

 group and championship awards were also good rings, the young herd 

 show being especially close. 



THE ANGUS. 



The "Doddie" rings were practically an "all Iowa" show, there being 

 only one herd from out of the State, that of A. B. Puterbaugh, of Mill- 

 edgeville. Illinois. The Angus show has always been a sensational 

 feature of the Iowa fair, and this year was no exeception to the rule. 

 While not quite as strong in numbers as they have usually been at Iowa 

 fairs, particularly in the bull classes, competition throughout was of 

 the closest sort. The herds have not tested each other's mettle at Iowa 

 and a battle royal may be looked for throughout the circuit, as they 

 are mighty close together in quality and it will take but little to turn 

 the scale where competition is so close. It is in the Angus rings that 

 the Iowa cattle make their strongest show, as Iowa Angus breeders not 

 only carried off the honors at the Iowa State Fair, but will quite likely 

 furnish a majority of the prize winners throughout the season, just as 

 they have done in former years. The herds of Messrs. B'innie, McHenry, 

 and Miller are all stronger than usual this season, while a new rival 

 for show yard honors, and a most worthy one, is P. J. Donohoe, of 

 Holbrook, Iowa, who makes his first appearance this year. His herd is 

 execptionally strong, and seldom has his record thus far been equaled 

 by a breeder in his first show. 



Professor Kennedy made the Angus awards. There was some dissent 

 from his opinions in some instances, but on the whole his work was up to 

 the average. 



The bull classes of the show were not up to those of last year, but 

 brought out some unusually good entries. In the aged class the strug- 

 gle was between Binnie's Jim Delaney, the first prize winner, and Mc- 

 Henry's Baden Lad. The former has the best front and middle, while 

 the latter is superior in hind quarters, but not sufficiently so to offset 

 the better heart and girth and better spring of the fore rib of his more 

 successful rival, which carried the day for Jim Delaney. Mr. Donohoe 

 won both the two-year-old and the yearling classes, having a splendid 

 pair of bulls in Morning Star 2nd, a smooth, even two-year-old, and 

 Glenfoil's Thickset 2nd, a yearling of much the same type. It was Mr. 

 McHenry's turn in the senior calf class and Mr. Miller's turn in the 

 junior calf class, they furnishing the winners in good rings. 



THE FEMALES. 



The aged cow class was quite a problem, and not an easy one to 

 solve. Professor Kennedy's choice for the first place was Snowflake 2nd 

 of Kirkbridge, which Mr. Miller, who is his own fitter, has brought on 

 In splendid condition from last year," where she won second at the Inter- 

 national. She has a wonderful back, and was presented in fine form. 

 Glenfoil Rose, the champion of last year, is not yet in shape, having 



