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meant revolution an inevitable "revision down- 

 ward " of the age and scale of prime cattle and 

 so it proved. His exhibition in point of fact pre- 

 saged the early passing of the tallowy monstrosities 

 then deemed the acme of the feeder's art, and the 

 Hereford contingent, seeing the opening presented, 

 at once laid plans to go after the prizes with ' ' white 

 faces" of a more modern type. 



The Second Round. History was made rap- 

 idly by these early shows. On the tenth of Decem- 

 ber, 1879, the doors of the old Exposition Building 

 on the Lake Front were again thrown open and 

 an eager throng gathered to see what the twelve- 

 month had developed. Excitement was at fever 

 heat. Breed partisanship contrasting strangely 

 with the era of good-fellowship upon which we 

 have now happily come began to show its ugly 

 front, and yet it was apparent that the prime con- 

 sideration still was the matter of size and weight as 

 related to economical production. The Herefords 

 were not yet strong enough to arouse the Shorthorn 

 ranks to a full sense of the danger of their position 

 as the erstwhile ruling race. 



Sherman's Tallow Mountains. Mr. Gillett's 

 champion of 1878 had been named John B. Sherman 

 in honor of the general manager of the Chicago 

 Union Stock Yards. Mr. Sherman had evinced a 

 lively interest in the success of the new show and 

 by way of advertising it and stimulating interest 

 he bought a number of the best of the Gillett ex- 

 hibit and established them in comfortable boxes in 



