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and as he belonged to a then more or less despised 

 race and weighed only 1,980 pounds, what chance 

 did he stand! None, of course. This was in the 

 grade and crossbred division. 



The classes for purebred Herefords developed an 

 animal that caused the vastly interested crowd of 

 farmers, ranchmen, feeders and butchers to "sit 

 up and take notice. " This entry was the good cow 

 Jennie, by Sir Arthur, bred near Elyria, 0., and 

 shown by Mr. Miller. She was four years old, 

 weighed 1,595 pounds, and won first in her class 

 and the female championship of the show over all 

 breeds and crosses. Even the advocates of the 

 Shorthorns and Devons the only other breeds ap- 

 pearing at this initial show conceded her superi- 

 ority in point of refinement and wealth of flesh. 

 Jennie was in fact much neater than the average of 

 her race in the west at that date, and by reason of 

 that fact attracted all the more attention to her 

 breed. It must be remembered in this connection 

 that the efforts of Mr. Miller and his colleagues to 

 popularize Herefords in the west had been made 

 almost altogether with cattle of domestic production 

 descending from the earlier Canadian, New Eng- 

 land, New York, Maryland and Ohio importations. 



Aside from Jennie the Hereford class at the first 

 American Fat Stock Show gave no special evidence 

 of strength. Prizes being offered for steers "four 

 years and over," Mr. Miller exhibited a seven-year- 

 old work ox of John Merryman's breeding, shown 

 at a weight of 2,010 pounds. This was by way of 



