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old-country breeders that soon led up to direct im- 

 portations from Herefordshire. 



Importation of 1880. Mr. Earl went to England 

 in company with Mr. Stuart during the summer of 

 1880. With the assistance of Tom Rogers, a well 

 known live stock auctioneer, Mr. Stuart selected 

 the first shipment of cattle constituting the founda- 

 tion of the Shadeland herd. Mr. Earl owned the 

 farm and throughout the cattle-breeding operations 

 conducted on it had personal supervision of the 

 land and crops; Mr. Stuart held an interest in the 

 herd and directed the breeding and showyard oper- 

 ations. 



This importation included the heifers Bonny Ar- 

 row 5425, Fancy Arrow 5432, and Blossom 8th 5394 

 from the herd of Rees Keene, Pencraig, Monmouth- 

 shire, and Perfection 2750, Perfection 4th 5474, and 

 Picnic 5428 from the stock of F. W. Morris, Shuck- 

 nell Court, Herefordshire. However it soon ap- 

 peared that " bigger game" was wanted. 



An Historic Conference. In the autumn of 1881 

 Tom Clark was on the show circuit, as usual, with 

 a well conditioned lot of American-bred cattle. One 

 of his first shows was made at Lafayette, which was 

 indeed for many years the seat of one of the most 

 important cattle fairs of the middle west. Mr. Earl 

 brought in a few imported animals, but Clark re- 

 ceived the ribbons. He was at that time an entire 

 stranger to both Earl and Stuart but it did not take 

 them long to get acquainted with him, nor did they 

 waste much time in figuring out that the keen-wit- 



