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the get of the bull, Captain 4th of Tarbreoch. They are a very thick and 

 uniform sort, showing to a marked degree the prepotency of the sire. 

 The senior champion cow. Ladylike, was made grand champion over the 

 little heifer, Clara of Maples 4th, owned by Hechtner. The little calf is 

 a very good handler, very smooth and won junior championship over the 

 older heifers. In the bull classes Choice Master was the favorite and 

 might also be said to be the outstanding bull for the grand championship. 

 He is a very deep bull, low set and fairly smooth, beating the three- 

 year-old bull some in the shoulders and in thickness of fleshing, and 

 showing to a better advantage than the junior champion. Chas. Escher, 

 Jr., Botna, Iowa, did the judging. 



BED POLLS 



"That was the finest display of Red Poll cattle ever shown in the Des 

 Moines arena and one of the largest and best ever seen in America," was 

 the enthusiastic comment which Harley A. Martin, secretary of the Red 



GRAND CHAMPION RED POLLED BULL 

 Iowa State Fair. 1912 



