THIRTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 771 



THE SHOKT-HORNS. 



Twenty-five Short-horn exhibitors from half a dozen different states 

 competed for the honors in the Short-horn classes. Twenty of these ex- 

 hibitors were from Iowa, some of which were in the amateur class, while 

 most of them had entries in only a few classes, and some only single en- 

 tries. Not all who made entries were exhibitors, Messrs. White & 

 Smith of Minnesota, being one of the strong exhibitors who failed to 

 arrive. On the whole it was a strong showing of this popular breed, 

 although not the largest nor strongest Short-horn show that has been seen 

 at the Iowa State Fair. The classes were irregular in size, and were not 

 specially characteristic for uniformity of type and condition as to fitting 

 or quality, but there were some very strong classes and the winners in the 

 first places — usually in the first three or four places — were strictly high 

 class, or outstanding. The first class called brought out a half dozen 

 bulls, three years old or over. While not the largest or strongest class 

 it furnished the grand champion in the Bellows bull, Diamond Goods, a 

 smooth, well proportioned bull of the popular type, and show yard style 

 and quality. Mr. Harding of Wisconsin, who was a strong winner at this 

 show, furnished the strongest competition for championship honors. The 

 class of two-year-old bulls was considered the strongest class of the Short- 

 horn show. It brought out a dozen two-year-olds that were considerably 

 better than the class of two-year-olds usually seen at the state fair. Hard- 

 ing won first, but between the first three judges might easily differ. In 

 the senior yearling bull class Harding again won first, this time on a 

 son of his former champion. Leader of Fashion. In the junior yearling 

 class all the prizes except third went to the Iowa exhibitors, McMillan & 

 Sons winning first on a son of the champion Ringmaster. The senior 

 bull calf class, numbering twenty-four, was a big class of good ones, and 

 gave the judge some trouble. There were a number in the class about 

 evenly balanced as to good points and it was a hard class to judge. Hard- 

 ing got first, with Powell & Son close enough second that they had friends 

 for first. There were three Powell entries in this class, all sired by 

 their former champion. King Cumberland 2d, and all good ones. The fe- 

 male classes were of similar character as the bull classes, and the awards 

 are given without further comment. Mr. A. J. Ryden, of Illinois, who is 

 an experienced Short-horn breeder, and is recognized as a reliable judge, 

 placed the awards. 



THE ANGUS. 



The Angus show at Des Moines this year was up to last year's standard 

 in quality, but was the lightest in number of exhibitors for many years. 

 Iowa has been noted for its good Angus herds, and the strong showing 

 the Iowa Angus breeders have been making at leading stock shows. Here- 

 tofore the Iowa exhibitors have made their initial showing for the 

 year at the Iowa State Fair, which made the Iowa Angus exhibit doubly 

 interesting, for the reason that it was the first contest of the season, 

 and was always strong. This year one of the strongest Iowa show herds 

 was showing in Canada, instead of here, and some former exhibitors 

 are not showing at all this year. The exhibitors, while small in num- 



