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showyard of the period for their great Duke of 

 Eichmond herds of breeding cattle of Aberdeen- 

 shire origin, were also in the running, so that the 

 big case of Scotch vs. Bates, then raging in the 

 Shorthorn breeding shows, here found an echo in 

 the grosser competition for the favor of the steer 

 feeder and the butcher. 



Potts' Bed Major defeated Clarence Kirkleving- 

 ton for the yearling championship, and was pro- 

 nounced probably the ripest steer of his age on exr 

 hibition. This naturally gladdened the hearts of 

 the advocates of the newly introduced Scotch blood ; 

 but the great scion of the Duchess-and-Oxford line 

 bided his time, and lived to fight a sensationally suc- 

 cessful battle another day, yet in the future. The 

 Messrs. Graff of Canada also showed a grandly 

 fleshed grade Shorthorn steer called Canadian 

 Champion, that received two votes out of the five 

 cast in the grand championship balloting. 



The " heavies" were also to be seen in the same 

 hall that housed such wonderful "baby beeves " as 

 Eed Major and Clarence Kirklevington. The stock 

 yards show string was again in evidence a half- 

 dozen in number, ranging this -time up to 3,055 

 pounds, or within 100 pounds of the record weight 

 of 3,155 pounds of the Shorthorn steer sent to the 

 first show by Charles Miller, Williamsville, 111., 

 concerning which the reporter of that day naively 

 said, "he was rather coarse and was especially 

 faulty and ragged in the conformation of his 

 rump." Messrs. Dodge of Ohio helped out the 



