406 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



long-sought honor had not only been achieved, but 

 backed up as well by a ' l reserve ' ' vote. The echoes 

 of the Hereford cheers by which this victory was 

 greeted lingered long in the memory of visitors. 

 The " white face" had at last definitely " arrived. " 

 His worth was now definitely acknowledged by the 

 High Court of Last Appeal, and he took his place 

 from that day forward as a fixed factor in American 

 beef-making. 



Clarence Kirklevington's Year. One of the last 

 great products of the Bates Shorthorn blood in 

 North America was the white steer Clarence Kirk- 

 levington, above referred to. He was bred in the 

 purple and had been handled at Bow Park with con- 

 summate skill. Although forced, from calfhood, by 

 all the methods known to English showyard gen- 

 erals, this wonderful specimen of his breed came 

 back to the show of 1884 to register the greatest tri- 

 umph standing to the credit of any steer ever ex- 

 hibited at an American fat stock show. At a weight 

 of 2,400 pounds he was still smooth as a mole, al- 

 though somewhat soft in his handling. His great 

 arched back, tremendous quarters, depth, breadth, 

 and above all, his commanding presence, finely-set 

 head and neck, beautiful horns and general show of 

 " blood" and "finish" gave to him a distinction at- 

 taching to none of his competitors. 



In this steer the old Bates ideal found full frui- 

 tion individual merit of a high order joined to the 

 aristocratic bearing and " character" which consti- 

 tuted the main asset of the type he represented 



