NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI 535 
THE JERSEYS. 
Represented by about the usual number of breeders but of more than 
average showyard excellence, the Jerseys scored high in the strong list of 
bovine attractions. The classes were small and the prizewinners were 
qualified for much stouter competition than they encountered. With but 
few exceptions they showed that beauty of finish which makes potent ap- 
peal to students of the breeder's art, and in their combined strength madet 
a magnificent display of the breed's popular points. Prof. Hugh G. Van 
Pelt of the Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, la., assigned positions, and 
more acceptable work is rarely witnessed, barring his attempt to mix 
prophecy with judgment in sending the female championship to a yearling 
not yet freshened. It is of historical interest to record that in this breed, 
as well as in Holstein-Freiesians and other dairy races, many of the 
entries, especially in the cow classes, showed without horns. Working 
dairy cows do not need these weapons of defense and offense under mod- 
ern conditions, and the growing practice among breeders and dairymen 
of removing them does not render dehorned specimens any the less at- 
tractive to judges who consider the practical side. A pair of polished 
horns, prettily set, complete a typical head, but they do not spell dairy 
efficiency. 
Zelaya's Fancy Lad, no^ nearly six years old, is as flash and stylish as 
he was last season, and no one questioned his leadership in the aged 
bulls, but the yearling Stockwell's Giltedge, thoroughly good at every point 
which makes for practical value, had popular license to defeat him for 
the championship. As a breeder's type this young bull fills the require- 
ments. Another one of much the same stamp headed the calves. 
Morey's Golden Lass, a sweet matron of type and strong in dairy equip- 
ment, was a handy winner among the cows. Three dehorned entries in 
the ring of six two-year-olds gained places. The yearlings in milk were 
a clean quality lot. In the dry yearlings the judge found the champion 
female, Jolly Sweet Thing 2d, a half-sister to the champion bull and as 
complimentary to her sex as he is to his. 
THE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 
Competition among Holstein Friesians was mainly between two herds. 
Prof. Van Pelt distributed prizes. The older rings were stronger than 
usual. Most of the entries were nicely fitted. Kaan Jewell of Woodlake 
did well to get ahead of Ethel Alexanders 2nd's Sir Netherland in the aged 
bull class. The latter is not showing in as good form as usual. Both are 
big rugged bulls. The first named gained the championship without much 
hindrance. In aged cows, the good old matron Maryka 3d's Gerben 4th, 
with a typical Holstein udder, and carrying a deal of bloom for one of 
her years, was an easy winner. She won the championship as easily. 
She is a great dairy cow and a capital type of the breed. Heifer calves 
were a better class than the bull calves. 
