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was between Battles, McHenry, Binnie and Miller of the "old guard" and 

 a number of other strong exhibitors made the race for ribbons very inter- 

 esting. The classes were not large, but the individuals were very high 

 class and no ribbon winner had a "walk away." Five bulls were shown 

 in the aged class. The blue was finally placed on Oakville Quiet Lad, a 

 four-year-old bull, the property of Otto V. Battles, of Maquoketa, Iowa. 

 The conformation and beef type of this bull are seldom seen and his 

 finish was wonderful. He carried a broad, deeply-fleshed loin and was 

 filled well in hind quarters. Such sires as he is are the makers of Iowa's 

 reputation as an Angus state. The entire exhibit of Angus was owned 

 and largely bred by Iowa men. In the two-year-lods, McHenry won first 

 and second with two typey bulls in fine finish. The senior yearling, 

 owned by M. D. Korns, showed very good development for age. He 

 possessed great width and was especially strong in hind quarters. Battles 

 won first on St. Blaise in the junior yearling class. McHenry's senior 

 bull calf, Protine, won first in his class. Ebony of A, the fourth-prize 

 calf, belonging to J. V. Arney, Leon, Iowa, with more flesh would have 

 stood much higher in the show. A. C. Binnie's Black Elmar stood second 

 and W. J. Miller's Kenwood Echo in third place. Peter Pan, Binnie's 

 junior bull calf, is a dandy. He was in fine fix and has the makeup of a 

 wonderful bull. In the cow classes the blues were well scattered. In the 

 aged cows Barbara McHenry 24th took her accustomed position at the 

 head. Battles' cow stood second easily with Korns in third place. When 

 Judge O. E. Bradfute had finished placing Battles' Eileen first in the 

 two-year-old class, with McHenry second and Binnie third, ihe said, "It's 

 the hardest class I've had." Battle's heifer was very smooth and straight 

 in her lines and showed wonderful character and type in her head. There 

 was another hard fight in the junior yearling heifer, when McHenry cap- 

 tured the blue and Battles the red. Third went to R. M. Anderson & 

 Sons, Newell, Iowa, on Jilt 56th, a strong, typey heifer, but she was not 

 in so high condition as those above her. A. C. Binnie won first on his 

 junior heifer calf, Battles finished second and O. E. Briney, Marion, Iowa, 

 third. Otto V. Battles' aged bull was senior and grand champion bull. 

 McHenry's Protine senior calf won purple as junior champion bull. Bar- 

 bara McHenry held her title as senior and grand champion cow. 



POLLED DUEHAMS. 



The showing of Polled Durhams at Des Moines was even better 

 than usual, for the Iowa breeders were ably assisted by two out-of-the- 

 state exhibitors. The number of entries in each class was relatively small 

 and as a result the merit of the exhibit was correspondingly high. The 

 herd of Messrs. W. H. Miller & Sons, of Mulberry, Ind., contributed the 

 largest number of prize winners, but only in a few instances were they 

 deprived of close competition. The entries from the "Hoosier" state 

 were, for a large part, in the very pink of condition and the judge 

 experienced difficulty in not being influenced by their superior finish. 

 The judging was done by Mr. T. F. Flynn, of Des Moines, Iowa, who has 

 a wide acquaintance in Short-horn and Polled Durham circles. 



