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breed in the north, it was nevertheless a formidable 

 force for any one breed of cattle to encounter sin- 

 gle-handed, even upon its own soil. The charge was 

 successfully, and we might say, good-humoredly re- 

 pelled, however, with the herds of Col. T. S. Mober- 

 ley, of Eichmond, and T. S. Grundy & Sons of 

 Springfield (Ky.), bearing the brunt of the fight. 

 Mr. A. J. Alexander sent a small contingent of 

 young things under the lead of the 37th Duke of 

 Airdrie from Woodburn, and Messrs. J. G. Bobbins 

 & Sons reinforced the army of defense with a herd 

 from Horace, Ind., while Shelby County breeders 

 contributed their mite in aid of the general cause. 



"The story of the placing of the prizes in the 

 Hereford class by a local committee follows: 



"Five animals eligible to the ring for Hereford 

 bulls three years old and over were on the ground, 

 three of which, it may be observed, were sons of the 

 celebrated Lord Wilton, but one of their number, 

 Mr. Henry's well known Stocktonbury bull imp. 

 Prince Edward, was off his feed and was not led 

 out. The quartette that did enter the amphitheatre, 

 however, was one of extraordinary merit, and it 

 would have been no easy task for a jury even of ^ex- 

 pert Hereford breeders to pass upon the bulls with- 

 out considerable delay. The judges were, we under- 

 stand, none of them familiar with the kind of cattle 

 upon which they were required to pass, and we be- 

 lieve we are correct in saying that they did not 

 ' handle' a single entry in this ring. Mr. Earl 

 brought forward his $3,000 English Eoyal winner 

 Sir Bartle Frere (6682), by Lord Wilton (4740), out 

 of Tiny (4467) by Longhorns (4711), with a weight 

 of nearly 2,500 pounds, the first appearance of the 

 bull, we believe, in any American showyard. As 

 stated in < The Gazette' for Aug. 19, this bull has 



