THE SHOCK OF SHOWYARD WAR 525 



The Shorthorn colors were borne by the follow- 

 ing: J. H. Potts & Son, with their Duke of Richmond 

 blood; " Uncle Harvey " Sodowsky, as sly an old 

 showman as ever set foot in a showyard, and owner 

 of that great show cow Jessie Hopewell; Thomas 

 Wilhoit, one of the best breeders and feeders in In- 

 diana, with his famous Knight of Athelstane; 

 Launcelot Palmer of Missouri, with old Loudon 

 Duke of Greenwood; besides Stevenson & Son and 

 Croft Bros., both of Illinois. 



The Hereford cause now no longer depended upon 

 Mr. Miller, for Messrs. Culbertson, Earl & Stuart, 

 Fowler & VanNatta, Thomas Clark, William Con- 

 stable, C. K. Parmelee, and Benjamin Hershey had 

 got their heads together during the summer months 

 and resolved to go after the enemy en masse. Each 

 of these fitted and sent into the Lafayette, Craw- 

 fordsville, Peoria and St. Louis shows of that year 

 the best of their top cattle some 70 head in all, and 

 a mighty phalanx it was. 



It does not seem to matter much just now. as to 

 what happened that week at Lafayette, but it cer- 

 tainly had meaning enough at the time, not only to 

 those who participated as exhibitors, but to the 

 thousands of farmers and cattle growers in all parts 

 of the country who were interested in the warfare 

 being waged at these exhibitions of breeding ani- 

 mals, as well as at the Chicago Fat Stock Show. 



The class judging came first. Constable won with 

 Hero over Clark's Anxiety 3d and Culbertson 's Sir 

 Garnet by The Grove 3d; Earl & Stuart had first on 



