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purebred Aberdeen- Angus.* There has never been 

 a harder fought match in our national cattle shows 

 than that waged between these phenomenal young- 

 sters for the two-year-old championship of this 

 event, which was eventually won by Nigger. 



An account of this historic contest, written by the 

 author for "The Breeder's Gazette, " of Nov. 18, 

 1886, ran as follows: 



"The two-year-old contestants constituted the 

 most remarkable ring of the entire week, and it is 

 probably not going too far to claim that no such 

 trio of bullocks of this age as Sandy, the Aberdeen- 

 Angus, Nigger, the champion of the grades and 

 crosses, and Rudolph Jr., representing the purebred 

 Herefords, have ever been seen in one ring since 

 this show began. Morrow & Renick's Tempest stood 

 for the honor of the purebred Shorthorns, and Mr. 

 Younger 's Choice upheld the Devon colors, but in 

 such extraordinary company they were unequal to 

 the emergency. 



"We can scarcely imagine a more thankless task 

 than that of deciding as to where the greater merit 

 lay as between Sandy, Rudolph, and Nigger. It was 

 one of those places where the closest judge might 

 well feel disposed to 'kick himself ' after having 

 given it to either, and we have not the slightest 

 doubt that in finally declaring the superb Wyoming 

 poll the victor the committee felt inwardly that in 

 all probability they had not only wronged the Kan- 

 sas City champion, but sinned against the grand 

 legacy of Rudolph's loins. Nigger's greatest 

 strength lay where his rivals were probably the 

 most vulnerable. His quarter and thigh were al- 



*Gudgell & Simpson originally handled Aberdeen polls as well 

 as Herefords, one of their greatest black bulls being imp. Knight 

 of St.. Patrick, that sired many of the most valuable Angus cat- 

 tle of his day. 



