814 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



ever seen at a fat-stock show in this country. 

 The richly- fleshed grade Short-horn Charley 

 Ross, shown by Messrs. Ross of Ohio, defeated 

 at this show a large and excellent ring of three- 

 year-olds representing the different breeds. In 

 1885 and again in 1886 the Heref ords bore away 

 the chief honors with the grade Regulus and 

 the pure-bred Rudolph Jr., the former shown 

 by Fowler & Van Natta and the latter by George 

 Morgan. A remarkably handsome yearling 

 pure-bred Short-horn known as Cleveland was 

 shown by Messrs. Elbert & Fall of Albia, la., at 

 the show of 1885, winning the yearling cham- 

 pionship.* Rudolph Jr., the Hereford, was the 

 first young steer of the "pony" type to win a 

 championship at these shows, and it was notice- 

 able that the two-year-olds of all breeds were 

 beginning to come forward much stronger rela- 

 tively than the older cattle. The show was be- 

 ginning to bear fruit. The idea that cattle 

 could be profitably fed until four years old was 

 being rapidly exploded.! So practical and suc- 



* Messrs. Elbert & Fall were for many years prominent breeders of 

 pure-bred Short-horns, handling many excellent cattle and making- a 

 number of very successful public sales. They became the owners of the 

 Bates-bred stock of Colonel H. M. Vaile of Independence, Mo., famous for 

 the merit of the Waterloos. 



t We believe that Messrs. James N. Brown's Sons of Sangamon County 

 were the first to advocate classes for calves and yearlings at the fat-stock 

 show. Mr. William Brown of that firm, whose genial personalty and high 

 intelligence have endeared him to a wide circle of friends and acquaint- 

 ances, usually represented the firm upon such occasions, and it must be 

 recorded that Grove Park in the early days of the fat-stock show lived up 

 to the best traditions of its earlier years when it was the primary source 

 of Short-horn power in the State of Illinois. 



