A DUAL-PURPOSE BREED. 



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cross-breds and small cattle not otherwise eli- 

 gible. After the first few shows the exhibition 

 was discontinued for a period of twenty years, 

 extending from 1809 to 1829. The official rec- 

 ord of awards for the sixty-seven years, begin- 

 ning with the show of 1830, reveals the fact 

 that thirty-five championships have been won 

 by pure-bred Short-horn steers, and that seven 

 other champions were crosses of Short-horn 

 blood with other breeds. Since 1845 medals 

 have been given for the best fat cow or heifer 

 in the show, and during the fifty-two years, 

 ended in 1897, no less than thirty-four of these 

 championships were won by pure-bred Short- 

 horns.* Two other female championships have 



* At the Smithfield Club show of December, 1876, the first prize of 20 

 and a silver medal to the breeder in a class of nine entries for best fat cow 

 four years old or over, was awarded to the Benick-bred exp. Duchess 

 10th (known in England as Bed Boseof Bannoch), a " red-and- white " by Joe 



Johnson (31440) out ol Duchess 4th by Airdrie (30365). She was exhibited 

 upon that occasion by the Earl of Dunmore at a live weight of 1.998 Ibs., de- 

 feating the Towneley-bred Baron Oxford's Duchess. So far as we have 

 record this is the only case of an American-bred Short-horn being exhibited 

 at that show. The late Abram Benick naturally prized this Smithfield 

 medal highly, and by the courtesy of Mr. Abram Benick the younger we 

 are permitted to present a reproduction of it herewith. 



