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The Ohio cattle were then shipped to the To- 

 ledo and afterward to the Peoria (111.) Fair, 

 being defeated at both points by the Pickrell 

 herd. Soon after these shows the Pickrell 

 and Spears herds came together at the Illinois 

 State Fair at Decatur. Messrs. McMillan and 

 Charles Fullington, who were both noted Ohio 

 breeders of that date, were present as visitors, 

 and, desiring to honor them, the superintend- 

 ent placed them upon the committee, to which, 

 of course, nobody could object, although under 

 the circumstances it was scarcely fair, as Mr. 

 Spears had purchased Gen. Grant from Mr. 

 McMillan and the bull's dam, Jessie, had been 

 bred and owned by Mr. Fullington. They gave 

 the Spears herd the prize. After the awards 

 had been made the gentlemen passed up to the 

 amphitheater, where Mrs. Pickrell and her sis- 

 ter, Miss Bedford, who lived in Kentucky, were 

 stationed, and of course the award was dis- 

 cussed in the presence of the ladies; where- 

 upon Miss Bedford remarked that she was 

 "getting scared." She "didn't know Kentucky 

 was getting so far behind. An Ohio herd went 

 South and beat everything there was in Ken- 

 tucky. This same herd then goes to the Ohio 

 State Fair and an Illinois herd comes along and 

 defeats it. Then the following week the very 

 herd that beat the Ohio herd is beaten by an- 

 other Illinois herd." So she thought Illinois 



