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most a model of perfection. Rudolph Jr. 's, although 

 probably as heavy, drooped a trifle and were scarce- 

 ly as thickly filled, while there was a suspicion of a 

 ' pinch' from Sandy's hooks to tail. Forward the 

 Hereford was probably the better of the three, i. e., 

 so far as covering of the shoulder was concerned, 

 Nigger's shoulder-point and blade being about the 

 only points of his entire carcass that were not al- 

 most wholly buried in flesh. 



" Sandy had. two good ends and a middle, his 

 great strength lying in his general symmetry from 

 head to hocks. Not as great behind as Nigger, and 

 possibly not the equal of Rudolph at iiie shoulder, 

 he was so good in both respects and carried a rib 

 thrown out and down with such a noble arch as to 

 cast a doubt as to the accuracy of any award that 

 placed him behind his competitors. Nigger's rib 

 sprang well at the start, but flattened somewhat on 

 the side, and this it was (in connection with his 

 grandly-filled flanks) that made him almost a walk- 

 ing parallelogram. But it is idle to attempt by any 

 amount of this sort of reasoning to arrive at any 

 conclusion that should declare either steer of this 

 now famous trio much the best beast of the lot, and 

 if we have said enough to convey to those who failed 

 to see the bullocks the idea that the merit of the de- 

 feated animals was so great as to warrant their 

 sharing almost equally with the winner the glory of 

 this championship, we have accomplished our pur- 

 pose. 



" Nigger was the officially-declared two-year-old 

 champion of the show and as good a one as ever 

 claimed that honor, but in the minds of very many 

 unprejudiced judges, who enjoyed an examination 

 of his two great competitors, Eudolph Jr. and 

 Sandy, will be regarded as having thoroughly di- 



