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had been made champion female in the Hereford 

 association specials at the Iowa show under the 

 judgment of "Willie" Watson; Gosling now dec-' 

 orated her with the blue badge of superiority in an 

 exceptionally fine class of heifers. Mabel was sec- 

 ond. There were onlookers, however, who would 

 have preferred her for first, among these being Mr. 

 Culbertson, who insisted that she was the best Here- 

 ford female of any age on exhibition. 



Col. W. A. Harris, whose great herd of Scotch- 

 bred Shorthorns at Linwood, Kans., had by this 

 time come to rank as the best of that breed in 

 America, was recognized on all hands as one of the 

 soundest judges of beef cattle in the west, and it 

 was under his examination at Lincoln that Earl of 

 Shadeland 30th was made champion Hereford bull, 

 and Polly Pink champion over all females. Messrs. 

 Harris and Gosling tied the ribbons in the open 

 championships, the first herd prize going to Wil- 

 liams & Householder's Shorthorns and the second 

 to the Elmendorf Herefords. Vincent was made 

 champion bull and the famous Shorthorn show cow 

 Fall Creek Eose was preferred to Polly Pink for the 

 female championship of the yard. 



At the Topeka fair Elmendorf, Makin and Day 

 had it out again. Vincent and Earl of Shadeland 

 30th won their ribbons as usual. Mayflower 4th was 

 restored to her Des Moines position as head of the 

 cow class. Elena 10th won again in her division, as 

 did May Fowler among the yearlings. 



East of the Mississippi River Clark, Henry, 



