528 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
King Cumberland readily wore the crown without dispute among the 
junior yearlings. He is for the most part made of championship material, 
wanting a little more finish in the hind quarters. This light roan is so 
well matured, so clever in his outlines, so wealthy and level in his flesh 
that he proved one of the bright stars of the show. The red Royal Diadem 
was a trifle further from the ground but a handsome and nicely finished 
bull, pleasing in his front and quite accurate in his lines. Count Abbot is 
a real thick one. The classes, already of agreeable proportions, began to 
"bulk up" when the 21 senior calves entered tne arena, and the excellence 
of the youngsters was as notable as their numbers. Leader of Fashion 
proved a well-christened calf, and the stamp of this roan is very taking, 
his companion Baron Sultan is thicker and somewhat deeper of rib. King 
Champion 2d is a very fleshy smooth red. The juniors could not equal in 
quality their older companions, but Malaka's Goods was toppy enough for 
the leading place, a real good roan with only a trifling unevenness at the 
tail head. Those which followed him were fair. 
It is unnecessary again to revert to the condition of continued fitting 
which lands three-year-olds in the cow class in rather lumpy condition. 
It was marked on this occasion, as it has been for years in the past. But 
Flora 90th, which stood second at Chicago last December among the two- 
year-olds, has chiefly escaped the unfavorable results of much feeding and 
was a clear queen in this company. She has ample scale, much substance 
and a taking smoothness, although somewhat lacking in the sweet femin- 
inity that characterizes Lovely of Grasmere. This cow is not so heavily 
weighted as some of them, but yet a trifle uneven in flesh. Missie of 
Browndale 12th carries a great lot of substance, having matured according 
to her promise, but has failed to lay it on quite as smoothly as would be 
desired. The broad-loined Grace is scarcely so wide through the fore ribs 
as is liked. The two-year-olds made a fair class, with a very beautiful 
head in Poplar Park Queen, that starts anew a winning campaign, hand- 
some, fresh and sweet. Anoka Gloster has characteristic spread of frame 
and the depths that classes an animal among tne blocky ones. Sinnissippi 
Rose — these are all names which have filled the prize list in previous years 
— carries depth and smoothness and beautiful finish. Among the senior 
yearlings Sultan's Athene walked her way through a large company of 
eighteen to the top position, pushing her scale and bulk irresistibly along. 
This popular calf of last season has come into a great yearling, with 
beautiful front, broad bosom, shoulders smoothly laid and covered, and a 
roominess that suggests early maturity. Anoka Countess is very sweet of 
head and countenance, an attractive heifer in her finish as well as her 
beef form. Bernice needed further fitting to get higher up, but her femi- 
nine attractiveness, her finish and her level outlines stamp her as a 
choice one. A broad-loined, low-legged roan is Elmendorf Lassie. Beau- 
fort Princess 3d asserted claims to honors among the juniors, by reason of 
her strapping size and blocky form, with its ample wealth of flesh under 
her roan coat. The roomy red roan Lady Graceful, with the pleasing 
finish of an incurve horn and sweet head, commanded favor. The neat 
white Gloster Sultana looked well on the list and Veronica 5th presented 
a blocky form in a coat of red hair. The thirty-four senior heifer calves 
recalled some of the classes at the great breed shows, when orders were 
