542 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



place at least was palpably wrong and was so re- 

 garded by the successful exhibitor. 



" In yearling heifers Fowler & VanNatta's Violet 

 (dam Pretty Maid), an animal of rare ripeness and 

 carrying a grand lot of flesh, was selected to wear 

 the only ribbon offered in this ring. She is another 

 of the get of old Tregrehan, and is a worthy repre- 

 sentative of the bull that has done so much for the 

 great herd at Hickory Grove. Heifer calves were 

 an admirable show, and while probably most people 

 would have preferred Mr. VanNatta's wonderfully 

 ripe heifer by Fowler, she had to give way to Mr. 

 EarPs Elena, a promising daughter of Elton 1st 

 11245, the young Sir Richard bull that is the rising 

 star at Shadeland. Elena is out of the Carwardine 

 cow Flirt 6985 by Eodney, and will improve, but Mr. 

 VanNatta's extraordinary calf is so wealthy in her 

 flesh, so grand in her crops, so deep of rib and short 

 of leg, that it is difficult to satisfactorily get by her. 

 We can account for it in no other way than that the 

 committee feared her back might not hold up to the 

 required level. 



"The best female in the Hereford class was ad- 

 judged to be Viola 2d, the Fowler & VanNatta cow 

 alluded to above as receiving second in the cow ring. 

 In spite of some unevenness in her back, she is yet 

 a grand strong animal, abounding in flesh, with 

 great show of substance, and being a daughter of 

 the famous "old Dick" must be admitted to be a 

 very valuable cow. ' ' 



These prizes placed, the herd contest followed : 



' i The work in the classes only served to whet the 

 curiosity of the great throng of visitors for the breed 

 competition to follow, and as the ring for best bull 

 of any age or breed was called excitement reached 

 fever heat. The position of the exhibitors of the 



