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led by a beautiful type combining a fair thickness of flesh with finish and 

 great depth. The dozen juniors gave the judge considerable trouble. 

 His choice finally fell on a rather small one of no great finish of back 

 but great length of rib and a good hide, while a rather beefy muscular 

 one came next and a growthy thin youngster third. 



No breed could boast of a more representative class of aged matrons. 

 Several have been patterns of the breed for a decade. The familiar 

 figure of eleven-year-old Cora, winner of championships in former years, 

 was conspicuous for the immense udder, long ribs and silky quality 

 combined with a neatly padded frame and straight topline suggestive 

 of a tendency to take on considerable flesh when dry. Fresh, as at 

 present, she seemed to smack a little too much of dairy appearance to 

 suit the judge and so she was left entirely out of consideration. Be- 

 tween five-year-old Lena, six-year-old Liza and seven-year-old Inas there 

 was close competition for first place. Their final alignment was as 

 named, the Clouss entry being conspicuous 'for her neat low-set pattern 

 and large though not very shapely udder. She won the grand champion- 

 ship. The Arp entry Liza is larger and very deep, while her udder even 

 when dry shows ample extension. Inas carries considerable beef but 

 swings a good milk gland also. There were a dozen fine two-year-old 

 heifers, and the blue decoration fell naturally to the very typical 

 Gazelle. 



A very close class appeared with the call for senior yearling heifers 

 and at the next call a lot of fourteen exceptional junior yearlings con- 

 tinued the judicial difficulties. The big sweet-faced "breedy" Ida Loo 

 boasts of such great udder development that her claims seemed un- 

 deniable. Breed character is also stamped plainly on the deep stately 

 Pansy with which the Clouss herd annexed the chief honor in senior 

 calves. Some of the others have larger udders. The showing of groups 

 was very impressive. Eight herds, including forty head, fairly filled 

 one side of the arena with Red Poll splendor. 



THE BEEF STEERS. 



The steer show was small in number of entries and smaller still in 

 the number that reached the ringside. However, it developed a grand 

 champion s^eer in Hazlett's Hereford calf Blanco, that was little short 

 of sensational. 



The Short-horn classes were not filled until the calves were reached, 

 but the Tietjen winner was a very nice-typed sappy calf that showed 

 at a disadvantage from a week's sickness. L. C. Oloff, a new steer 

 exhibitor, showed a junior calf in beautiful bloom that met much favor 

 from the ringside. He lacked somewhat in type and fell to third place. 

 The grade Short-horns produced a good steer in John D., which is C. A. 

 Saunders' two-year-old. He is a fieshy fellow and nice-lined, but lacks 

 somewhat in shoulder covering and filling of outer thighs. He made a 

 strong bid for grand champion, however. 



W. J. Miller showed Angus without competition. C. A. Tow showed 

 an excellent bunch of Herefords but had all he could do to handle 

 the Cassady entries. The Hazlett calf was the pick of the breed. 



