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persistent in Archibald's progeny. Yeomans had 

 old Melody, by John Hill's Merry Monarch, out 

 again, and although now seven years old and the 

 mother of five calves she was placed first. She was 

 a cow of great scale, weighing 1,900 pounds, and had 

 wonderfully arched ribs. In the herd contest Eoyal 

 Grove's superb bloom and character carried the 

 day for the Curry cattle. 



Beau Real Unfairly Beaten. At Des Moines 

 manager Yeomans of the Iowa Hereford Cattle Co. 

 had the honor of meeting and beating Shockey & 

 Gibb's two-year-old wonder, Beau Eeal 11055 by 

 Anxiety 4th, with Washington. This was in the 

 championships open to all breeds. He was lucky to 

 do it, for the younger bull was " coming, " and the 

 other "going." Harry Loveland was feeding for 

 the Early Dawn people and led Beau Real into the 

 ring this fall weighing near 2,200 pounds at a few 

 days short of three years old. It is not believed that 

 a better backed bull than Beau Eeal* has ever been 



*Writing > to "The Breeder's Gazette" for Oct. 31, 1900, E. S. 

 Shockey referred to Beau Real in the following- terms: 



"Beau Real, calved Sept. 22, 1883, was rather thin in flesh when 

 we bought him, but the way he responded to good treatment was 

 remarkable. We had many tempting offers for him, but would 

 not part with him. With personal care and feeding we intro- 

 duced him to the showring at Bismarck Grove in 1885 as a year- 

 ling, where he took first in class and sweepstakes Hereford bull 

 any age, thus beginnning a four-year show record in which he de- 

 fied his antagonists to the end. He was once placed second by 

 an 'expert' judge on account of the 'tie' in his back, and once by 

 another 'expert' who said he was 'too fat to breed.' He was 

 never taken out of service to fit for the showring. He never had 

 any special preparation because he always insisted on carrying 

 a wealth of firm flesh, transmitting the same feeding and thick- 

 meated quality to his offspring. He was both a bull and a heifer 

 getter but most of his sons went west to do duty on the range. 

 Those few that had an opportunity, such as Wild Tom, of Sunny 

 Slope fame, and Kansas Lad, with Mr. Armour, prove the breed- 

 ing-on quality so essential in a sire. Among his many magnifi- 

 cent daughters I will mention a few that were called upon to 



