806 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Crosses of light-colored Short-horns and the 

 shaggy black Galloways have long been popular 

 feeding steers in Britain, producing a " blue- 

 gray " beast that feeds out into a thick-cutting 

 carcass of richly-marbled beef. Needless to 

 add the " prime Scots " sell at fancy prices at 

 Smithfield and other leading English markets, 

 and are frequent winners at the British Na- 

 tional fat-cattle shows. 



Smithfield Club. England is epicurean in 

 relation to its meats. John Bull lives much in 

 the open air. He is in vigorous physical health. 

 His digestion is not impaired. He is the world's 

 best custom erf or rich, well-ripened uts of beef. 

 He not only originated all of the improved 

 breeds of beef cattle, but more than a century 

 ago provided for a public test as to the relative 

 merits of the rival types. 



The Smithfield Club of London was insti- 

 tuted as "The Smithfield Cattle and Sheep So- 

 ciety," Dec. 17, 1798, and held its first exhibi- 

 tion at Smithfield the following year. The title 

 "Smithfield Club" was permanently adopted in 

 1802. The club started with 113 members, and 

 at the initial show the sum of 52 10s. was of- 

 fered in prizes. In 1898 the membership had 

 increased to 1,120 with prizes amounting to 

 4,965 lls. Classes are now made for Short- 

 horns, Herefords, Aberdeen-Angus, Galloways, 

 Devons, Sussex, Red Polls, Welsh, Highlanders, 



