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undoubtedly displayed superior refinement. Neat 

 heads and horns, fore-and-aft finish, quality and 

 Wilton character distinguished most of Mr. Earl's 

 well kept cattle. Mr. Clark, with less capital to 

 back his work, applied his practical knowledge with 

 extraordinary success to his Anxiety-Peerless com- 

 bination, and year in and year out he held his own 

 with marked success against all competition with 

 thick smooth-fleshed cattle of his own breeding and 

 feeding, coming back with unfailing regularity to 

 challenge all America. 



The first tilts of the interesting campaign of 1890 

 developed the fact that the Clark and Van- 

 Natta herds, contrary to their usual custom, had 

 journeyed westward to try conclusions with the 

 trans-Mississippi country. These were days of in- 

 tense interest to all who were following the fortunes 

 of the " white faces' '; the excitement attaching to 

 the annual competitions attained unusual heights in 

 the autumn of 1890 because the giants of the eastern 

 circuit went out of their way to cross swords with 

 their brethren of the west. Nothing could better 

 illustrate this than the painstaking character of the 

 reports made by the press at the time. It all seems 

 like a dream at this distance, but as the author re- 

 calls the subjoined notes on the Hereford class at 

 Des Moines, written from personal observation at 

 the time, it is but yesterday. John Gr. Imboden was 

 the judge. 



"The ring for aged bulls brought out Mr. Van- 

 Natta's Cherry Boy 26495, Mr. Yeoman's Beau Real 



