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versal attention on account of his huge proportions ; 

 but he was rather coarse, and was especially faulty 

 and ragged in the conformation of his rump. 



"The first-prize steer was the third largest ani- 

 mal in the group, and the largest of all the first- 

 prize winners. He possessed unusual smoothness, 

 fineness, and evenness for so large a steer, and was 

 especially remarkable- for excellence in the hind- 

 quarters. Had he been equally good in the fore- 

 quarters he would have been hard to beat in any 

 ring, and, as it was, the placing of the blue ribbon 

 upon him gave very general satisfaction. There 

 were steers in the ring of lighter weight that would 

 have cut up better, but taking the size and quality 

 both into account, the committee, which had in very 

 few cases appeared to attach much importance to 

 mere weight, were unanimous in their award. 



"The second-prize animal was the heaviest beast 

 in the show that received a prize, and was the second 

 largest animal on exhibition, but he was not equal to 

 the winner in smoothness nor quality. In this ring 

 Messrs. Vanmeter & Hamiltons, of Kentucky, exhib- 

 ited four steers that were much admired, weighing 

 respectively 2,650, 2,610, 2,350 and 2,215. Mr. Mon- 

 inger, of Iowa, exhibited another steer by the side of 

 the first-prize ox, that weighed 2,480 ; Messrs. Fisher 

 & Whitney, of Michigan, one weighing 2,350. Mr. 

 George Grey, of Indiana, showed another beside the 

 second-prize winner, that weighed 2,550. Mr. J. D. 

 Gillett, of Illinois, showed a compact, blocky, well- 

 developed, fine-boned steer, weighing 2,020, and Mr. 

 T. L. Miller, of Illinois, a grade Hereford, before 

 mentioned, weighing 1,980. ' ' 



First Fat Stock Show Herefords. It will be 

 observed that there was but one "white face" bul- 

 lock seen in this extraordinary line of behemoths, 



