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most famous of the bullocks sent into the first 

 Lake Front shows, and maintained them in charge 

 of that good old-time feeder, JAMES THOMPSON, as a 

 sort of side-show at the Yards, returning them year 

 by year to the old Exposition Building at weights 

 calculated to astonish cub reporters and lay folk 

 generally. A steer called "Nels Morris" was sent 

 downtown in 1880 at a weight of 3,125 pounds, 

 and was carried over and returned in 1881, still 

 weighing 2,900 pounds. He might have competed 

 over a hundred years ago with "The Durham Ox" 

 or "The White Heifer that Traveled," but certainly 

 served no useful purpose in 1880. 



Recognition should also be made in this connec- 

 tion of the effort made by ELMER WASHBURN during 

 the closing years of the old regime in the direction of 

 a closer rapprochement with the patrons of the Yards. 

 While the National Cattle Growers' Association of 

 that period was endeavoring to secure legislation at 

 Washington for the better protection of our herds 

 and flocks from the threatened ravages of conta- 

 gious pleuro-pneumonia and other devastating animal 

 plagues, Mr. WASHBURN who was manager of the 

 Yards for several years not only gave liberally of 

 his time but money to the support of the movement, 

 serving as a member of its executive committee. 



