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Van Natta, Culbertson, Seabury & Sample and 

 Thomas Clark. An interesting feature of this 

 show was the exhibition by Geary Bros, of 

 Canada of the imported Aberdeen-Angus three- 

 year-old bullock Black Prince. Another noted 

 animal was Fowler & Van Natta's Benton's 

 Champion, sired by a Hereford bull out of a 

 grade Short-horn dam.* Clarence Kirkleving- 

 ton was also 'forward as a two-year-old, win- 

 ning first in his class. Other notable entries 

 were Imboden's Short-horn Scratch, Tom 

 Clark's Hereford Tuck, and Adams Earl's Here- 

 ford Wabash. 



Eighteen hundred and eighty-four was Clar- 

 ence Kirklevington's year. The lordly snow- 

 white bullock came forward that season at a 

 weight of 2,400 Ibs., and with his beautiful 

 head, superb finish, great scale and command- 

 ing show-yard presence was not to be denied 

 championship honors. After beating down all 

 opposition on foot he finished his triumphant 

 career by gaining the championship in the 

 dressed carcass contest, although this lat- 

 ter award did not escape severe criticism. 

 Another grand Short-horn steer at this same 

 show was Morrow & Renick's Kentucky-bred 

 roan, Schooler, one of the handsomest bullocks 



*A fat-stock show was held this year at Kansas City, at which the 

 championship was gained by J. H. Potts & Son's Short-horn grade Star- 

 light, weighing 2,170 Ibs. That show was continued for several years, but 

 was finally abandoned on account of depression in the Western cattle 

 trade. 



