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management abandoned the exhibition after the 

 show of 1891, at which the championship was 

 won by Mr. Van Natta's tworyear-old Hereford 

 Hickory Nut. The champion of the Short-horn 

 class at this final show was Potts' Captain. The 

 yearling championship of the hall was won by 

 John Gosling's Bob Cass, a three-quarter-bred 

 Short-horn; the calf championship falling to 

 Milton E. Jones' Tallmadge, sired by Spartan 

 Hero.* In the fall of 1892, through the efforts 

 of private individuals, a so-called ''emergency'' 

 show was held at the stock-yards, at which the 

 champion prize was awarded Potts & Son's 

 King. In 1893 at the Columbian Show the 

 championship fell to Milton E. Jones of Wil- 



* During the palmy days of the American fat-stock show, when the 

 rivalry of the breeds was at its height, the annual meetings of the various 

 National associations of breeders were characterized by an enthusiasm 

 which has had no parallel in the history of the American live-stock trade. 

 The old Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, under the management of the 

 late John B. Drake and Samuel Parker, was the favorite rendezvous for a 

 coterie of choice spirits whose lives were devoted to the cattle trade; and 

 many an interesting "session" has been held beneath the roof of that 

 famous old-time hostelry. It was the one occasion of the entire year when 

 the wealthy fanciers, substantial breeders, the " field marshals " of the 

 feeding fraternity, and in fact all who were interested in the fortunes of 

 any of the leading breeds came together for an interchange of ideas and 

 for the indulgence of that spirit of camaraderie that has ever characterized 

 those who devote themselves heart and soul to the breeding and fitting of 

 the improved types of domestic animals. During the day all hands would 

 devote themselves to the excitements of the show in progress in the old 

 Exposition Building on the Lake Front, or to the auction sales in progress 

 at Dexter Park. At night around the banquet board, or under the mellow- 

 ing influences of good company and an occasional bottle there would be a 

 " feast of reason and a flow of soul " that lingered long in the memories of 

 those who were privileged to enter the charmed circle. Those golden 

 days are gone, perhaps never to return. Many of the leading spirits have 

 passed away, but those who survive will never cease to rejoice that they 

 were permitted to participate in the scenes which will always cluster 

 around their recollections of the Grand Pacific. 



