570 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



The exhibits of Messrs. Day, Elmendorf and 

 Makin were supplemented by entries from the local 

 herds of Howard Bros., Milliken Bros., Leighton, 

 Harrington, Moon and the Havens Farm ; owned by 

 Mr. Arthur Havens, a son-in-law of Mr. C. M. Cul- 

 bertson. It was the largest turn-out of Herefords 

 seen in the state up to this date. 



No less than eight aged bulls awaited judgment, 

 but Vincent proved invincible. Nevertheless, he 

 was pressed for the place by Mr. Havens' Star Wil- 

 ton 4th, by imp. Lord Wilton out of a Grove 3d 



was obliged to discontinue on account of illness, and in the 

 summer of 1871 he made a trip back to England, returning with 

 a few Shropshire sheep, paying $25 per head as ocean freight 

 upon them. These he exhibited at the New Jersey State Fair, and 

 then took them to the St. Louis show, but at that time there was 

 no class for such animals. A few years later he brought over 68 

 Shropshires to Lexington, Ky., and exhibited a part of them at 

 various state fairs for their owner, Mr. George Allen, now de- 

 ceased. From 1872 to 1880 he was engaged in the butchering 

 business at Rockford, 111., although during that time he had 

 some connection with both T. L. Miller and George Morgan in 

 the way of assisting in the introduction of Hereford cattle 

 throughout the west. When Mr. Culbertson began importing he 

 made use of Mr. Gosling's services in various ways during Mor- 

 gan's absences in quest of cattle in England. It was then that 

 Mr. Alexander H. Swan hirfed Mr. Gosling to take charge of a 

 herd of Herefords which he had established at Indianola, la. 

 It was from this establishment that the famous Fat Stock Show 

 heifer Grace was developed, becoming the champion Hereford 

 heifer at the Iowa State Fair and tying Mr. Culbertson's cross- 

 bred bullock Dysart for champion honors at the Chicago Fat 

 Stock Show. 



From October, 1881, to September, 1884, Mr. Gosling was trans- 

 ferred to the Omaha distillery barns, and while there fed 6,000 

 head of cattle, for some of which record prices were obtained and 

 remarkable dressings reached, as high as 64 to 65 percent being 

 obtained on grade range-bred "white faces." From Omaha Mr. 

 Gosling was sent back by Mr. Swan to Indianola, where he de- 

 veloped the bull calf Storm King, afterwards sold for $1,000 to go 

 to Wyoming. From this source also came the famous champion 

 carcass winner Plush, referred to elsewhere in this volume in 

 connection with the early Fat Stock Shows. 



About 1887 the failure of the Swan Bros, caused Mr. Gosling 

 to return to Rockford, where he got together a few Hereford 

 cattle, and fed that splendid steer Sensation for the carcass 

 competition at the Fat Stock Show. Although failing of recogni- 

 tion on the block at the hands of the judges, Mr. Gosling's 

 friends among the Hereford breeders evinced their appreciation 

 of his skill in producing such a carcass, by raising a purse 

 of $237.50 which was turned over to the exhibitor by way of 

 consolation. This carcass was the subject of much discussion 

 at the time, and was purchased by A. C. Terry who for many 



