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Barbara McHenry 24th has the scale, brevity of leg, level lines, depth 

 and smoothness of flesh and "doddie" character which mark most of the 

 grand champion females of this breed. A handsome two-year-old is Black- 

 berry 4th, a daughter of Prince Ito 2d. As a breeder's type she is justly 

 popular. Nine particularly high class senior yearlings filled the eye that 

 seeks Angus points of excellence. Barbara Woodson, one of the smoothest 

 and most accurately-proportioned young things that the shows have ever 

 brought out, made an unchallenged headpiece for the comely heifers. At- 

 tractive as were the senior yearlings, the juniors surpassed them. A 

 dozen showed. Another daughter of Elmar Lad, Pride of Alta 12th, rose 

 to the top place in this ring. Blackcap McHenry 8th was the overtopping 

 winner in the senior heifer calves, and Eileen of Alta, 2d, another Elmer 

 Lad daughter, as easily gained her place among the juniors. 



THE GAXLOWAYS. 



Four well-fitted herds of Galloways were in competition, Straub Bros.. 

 Avoca, Neb., showing two, and C. S. Hechtner, Chariton, la., and J. E. 

 Bales & Son of Iowa one each. E. T. Davis, Iowa City, la., made the 

 awards. Many larger shows of this breed have been seen at Des Moines, 

 but none of them excelled in showyard condition and eye-catching quality 

 the exhibit made there last week. Properly brought out, Galloways make 

 an exceedingly attractive show. Capt. 4th of Tarbreoch and Floss 2d, 

 aged bull and aged cow respectively, furnished ample evidence of the high 

 degree of beef maturity to which the breed can be made to go under 

 proper care, and at the same time illustrated the chief characteristics 

 of the breed as effectively as it could be done. We do not remember to 

 have seen quite so much beef and fresh bloom in a Galloway show as the 

 Nebraska entries revealed, and this observation was not confined to one 

 herd alone either. In these circumstances there was sharp competition 

 notwithstanding a numerical shortage. 



THE POLLED DUEHAMS. 



Considering the small numbers present, the Polled Durhams made a 

 capital showing. Five exhibitors furnished the entries, and Thomas F. 

 Flynn, Des Moines, la., awarded the prizes. Marshal of the Mound is 

 a Polled Durham show in himself, and the prize list contains the names 

 of several of his sons and daughters. He is in attractive fix, and easily 

 ranks as one of the breed's strongest representatives. With the hand- 

 some four-year-old cow Buttonwood Jenny Lind 4th, Miller & Sons have 

 a pair which is abundantly qualified to make friends for this increasingly 

 popular type of Shorthorn. Walker Bros, showed a rare good junior 

 heifer calf, Miss Charming, appropriately named. Each class afforded 

 keen competition, and revealed an average excellence which is a decided 

 compliment to the breed and the exhibitors. For the most part the cattle 

 were in standard show condition, and as a whole they scored high in 

 public appreciation. 



