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tory as could be expected under the circumstances. Cargill & Price and 
Van Natta & Son contested warmly for the honors as usual, breaking 
about even when the final reckoning was taken. Van Natta's aged bull, 
Prime Lad 9th, was the type to find favor in the eyes of the judge. He 
is extremely low set, thick-fleshed and massive, though lacking the size 
and scale of Cargill & Price's Bonnie Brae 3d. These two bulls made the 
circuit together in the two-year-old class last year, at which time Prime 
Lad carried off the lion's share of the honors. He is showing up very 
smooth this year, while Bonnie Brae 3d shows a tendency to patchiness. 
In the two-year-old class Cornish & Patton's Beau Carlos showed the 
smoothness and massiveness that the judge was seeking, and landed the 
blue ribbon without difficulty. The second bull, Mousel Bros.' Alto Hesiod, 
had plenty of width and depth, but lacked the filling in hind quarters 
that was one of the other bull's strongest points. As a class the senior 
yearling bulls would have made a better appearance for a closer acquaint- 
ance with the corn crib. None of them were in prime show condition, 
though first-class individuality was everywhere in evidence.. Van Natta 
& Son's Prime Lad 38th was an outstanding winner. He came nearer to 
being in condition than anything else in the class. Between the next 
three bulls the decision was extremely close. There was a rub between 
Logan's Castor and Cargill & Price's Princeps loth in the junior yearling 
class. The latter bull's style and evenness of width from end to end 
made him look good for first place to many of the onlookers, but Logan's 
bull had more of the low-set, blocky type and was a bit superior in qual- 
ity. In the senior bull calf class Heath Stock Farm's Repeater was a 
popular favorite for second place. In depth and width he had a manifest 
advantage over Cargill & Price's Bonnie Brae 13th, which wore the red. 
An inclination to poddiness and a bit of lack in quality were fatal to 
Repeater, however. Van Natta's Prime Lad 42d had the blockiness and 
condition to make him an easy winner of the blue. The high rating 
which the judge placed on smoothness and evenness was again shown in 
the junior bull calf class, when Cargill & Price's Princeps 20th was rated 
ahead of Mousel Bros.' Harold, a bull with a straighter top line, but with 
too much lack of width in hind quarters. 
The class of twelve aged cows were so close that the assistant judge 
had to be called on. In the final rating Cargill & Price's Magnonette 
stood ahead of Van Natta's magnificent Pretty Face. This decision did 
not meet with popular approval, though Magnonette was more of the 
blocky, low-set type that the judge had been selecting. In scale and 
width of loin, however, she was far outclassed by the Van Natta cow. In 
the two-year-olds Cargill & Price had an easy winner in Miss Filler 2d, 
a heifer remarkable for her depth and filling of fore flank. In the senior 
yearling heifer class the second animal. Van Natta & Son's Cleo was more 
of the low-set, smooth type that the judge had been picking, and strict 
adherence to type would have put her either first or third. The first- 
prize heifer, Cargill & Price's Princess 2d, was a deeper and somewhat 
higher-set animal, as was also the third heifer, Cargill & Price's Princess 
3d. Although the first three animals in the junior yearling class were 
very close, there could be but little question but that Cargill & Price's 
