CHAPTER XIII. 

 SOME BOUSING DEMONSTRATIONS. 



The state of Ohio had thus far been somewhat 

 neglected by the leading exhibitors of Herefords. 

 Local breeders had made creditable shows each year, 

 and new herds were founding, prominent among 

 them being that of H. H. Clough, who restored in 

 full measure the reputation which Elyria had many 

 years before enjoyed as a Hereford headquarters. 



The Ohio Show of 1888. The "big chiefs" of 

 the trade in those days decided to let the Ohio 

 farmers see their best cattle at the state fair of 

 September, 1888. Adams Earl, Fowler & VanNatta, 

 George W. Henry, Tom Clark and C. M. Culbertson 

 entered the state, coming, indeed, the week before 

 and showing at the old tri-state fair at Toledo. They 

 were reenforced at Columbus by the herds of Mr. 

 Clough and F. C. Sayles of Berlin Heights. 



Fowler at five years old came in at a weight of 

 2,800 pounds, still carrying himself like a two-year- 

 old. However, he was side-tracked by the committee 

 in the senior bull class in favor of Tom Clark's well- 

 brought-out four-year-old, Prince Edward 2d 14117, 

 by Mr. Henry's Prince Edward and out of Luna 

 4th by Horatius. This was a thick-fleshed bull par- 

 ticularly good in loin and twist. His sire, Prince 



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