530 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Clark was already becoming famous for the quality 

 of his heifers and drew first in both the three- and 

 two-year-old classes, and second on yearlings. 



At St. Louis the Wyoming herd, with Rudolph at 

 the head, gained the lion's share of the honors, op- 

 position being offered by J. S. Hawes and W. C. 

 McGavock. 



The Scare of 1884. The discovery of what the 

 official veterinarians called contagious pleuro-pneu- 

 monia among certain dairy and distillery-fed cattle 

 in Illinois frightened most of those who had fitted 

 herds for show in 1884 into keeping their cattle at 

 home, so that the exhibits were more or less meager 

 all around. 



Tom Clark and George Leigh ventured out, how- 

 ever, at Chicago. Clark showed Hero this year, a 

 bull that would have stood a lot of competition. He 

 had first in his class, and ribbons decorated the hal- 

 ters of Peerless, Duchess 12th, Silver, Jessie 2d, and 

 Flossie. 



While the show season was practically a failure, 

 there was a big trade in 1884 in Herefords all over 

 the west, although prices had begun to sag off under 

 excessive importations which were somewhat below 

 the levels reached a few years previous. At a com- 

 bination sale at Kansas City in September Gudgell 

 & Simpson, George Leigh & Co., and Frank Crane 

 sold 70 head at an average of $514.57. It was here 

 that E. S. Shockey bought the Anxiety bulls Beau 

 Monde, at $1,000, and Beau Eeal, as a calf, at $300. 



