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Wickersham, Hess, Burge, Martin and McMillan, all Iowa men, secured 

 a considerable share of the prizes. Both the junior champion bull and 

 the grand champion cow were Iowa animals. 



The bull classes were not unusual, either for the quality shown or 

 the numbers. The senior bull calf class presented the hardest fight, 

 having twenty-one competitors. Graham, of Prairie City, Iowa, won first 

 and fifth in this class, with beautiful red and white twins. Carpenter 

 & Ross, with a remarkably smooth roan, pushed Graham hard for first. 



The Short-horn cow classes presented stiffer competition. The aged 

 cows were a bit patchy, but the two-year-old heifers were a beautiful 

 class. Tietjen's Miss Marshall 2d, last year's junior champion heifer, 

 was in great form, and won handily over Rose of Elmendorf. Miss Mar- 

 shall 2d is a rare animal, a smooth roan of great width and remarkably 

 low setness, with a very sweet head. She went over Sinnissippi Rose 2d, 

 last year's grand champion cow, for the senior championship, and over 

 the beautiful senior yearling heifer, Rose of Strathallan, for the grand 

 championship. 



The heifer classes were strong, both in quality and numbers. The 

 senior heifer calf class, eighteen beautiful youngsters faced Mr. Willis. 

 Saunders was fortunate enough to secure first and fourth on two ex- 

 ceedingly smooth growthy calves. 



The junior heifer calf class was also strong, and again Mr. Saunders 

 showed up prominently with first, third and fourth prizes. Mildred Snow- 

 ball, the first prize winner, was an exceedingly smooth animal, with great 

 width for a calf. 



The get of sire class presented interesting competition. Tietjen's 

 bull, Straight Marshall, had the honor of siring the four best animals. 

 Whitehall Marshall, the old champion, had the four next best, while Cum- 

 berland's Last was third. 



The work of J. Deane Willis as judge lent additional interest to the 

 Short-horn classes. Mr. Willis has for thirty years been the leading 

 English breeder of Short-horns. When the famous Cruickshank herd was 

 dispersed, he secured the females, which, with his own herd, gave him 

 the most valuable collection of breeding Short-horns in the world. His 

 work in the judging arena was watched with the keenest interest, and 

 was most satisfactory to the exhibitors. 



THE ANGUS. 



Although the exhibitors were confined entirely to Iowa men, the 

 Angus were out in strength. In the aged bull class, Battle's' Oakville 

 Quiet Lad was an outstanding winner. He is a massive fellow of great 

 scale, over a ton in weight, and remarkably developed in the heart and 

 fore-quarters. After winning in the aged class he was later made senior 

 champion over McHenry's wonderfully blocky, strong-quartered Quality 

 Prince, who easily won in the two-year-old class. The cow classes pre- 

 sented some exceptionally smooth, well-fitted individuals. The quality 

 was remarkably uniform, and after the judge had placed them in order, 

 the ribbon man would often have to ask as to which end of the line to 



