550 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Sir Bartle Frere Wins Over Washington. One 



of the best cattle shows of 1886 was that at the In- 

 diana State Fair. This was the first meeting be- 

 tween Washington, the ranking aged bull of the 

 western circuit, and Sir Bartle Frere. The latter 

 was in fresher condition, and deservedly won. In 

 two-year-olds Blenheim was preferred to Tom 

 Clark's Peerless Wilton. 



The progeny of the imported cattle were by this 

 time beginning to show "class." Mr. Earl's young 

 bulls by Garfield, the daughters of Sir Bartle Frere, 

 and Clark's Anxiety 3d heifers on one side the Mis- 

 sissippi and the Anxiety 4th bulls on the other were 

 foreshadowing a bright future for home breeding. 

 In a great ring of cows seen upon this occasion 

 Peerless, and Mr. Earl's Duchess 21st and Ada 2d, 

 had to step back in favor of Clark's Flossie. The 

 yearling heifers were also a wonderful lot, worthily 

 headed by another daughter of Anxiety 3d, Peer- 

 less 2d. The Shadeland lot won the grand cham- 

 pionship herd prize over all breeds and also the 

 young herd championship with Earl of Shadeland 

 9th by Garfield, three Lady Wiltons by Sir Bartle 

 Frere, and Edwina 4th by Prince Edward. Mr. 

 Lewis and his assistants had been unusually suc- 

 cessful in the fitting of the Shadeland show stock 

 of 1886. 



The Michigan breeders made a good show this 

 year at Jackson. Messrs. Phelps of Pontiac, Merrill 

 & Fifield of Bay City, Hamilton of Flint, Hart of 

 Lapere, Driggs of Palmyra and the newly organ- 



