584 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



first in their beautiful Lovely 2d 21977, as yet un- 

 beaten. In a class of nine two-year-old heifers Soth- 

 am & Stickneys were first with Miss Archibald A 2d, 

 daughter of the young bull Archibald A, previously 

 alluded to in these notes, that had in the meantime 

 been exported to South America. In yearling heif- 

 ers Sotham & Stickneys had first on Purity, second 

 on Mystic and third on Gay Lady. The herd prize 

 and the bull-with-two-of-his-get ribbon both went to 

 Merrill & Fifield. These same herds came together 

 again at the Michigan State Fair on the following 

 week with somewhat varying results, the herd prize 

 falling to Sotham & Stickneys. 



At Columbus there was a very light show in 1890, 

 Sotham & Stickneys and Elijah Field, Camden, 0., 

 being the only exhibitors. While the Sotham & 

 Stickneys cattle were not seen further in this sea- 

 son's circuit, this year marked the beginning of a 

 long series of exhibits on both eastern and western 

 circuits by Mr. Sotham, who set out to devote his 

 energies largely to the refinement of the Hereford 

 type, more particularly in respect to head and horn. 

 We shall meet him again. 



At the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee Thomas 

 Clark and the Cosgrove herd came down from Ham- 

 line, and were met by the herd of J. J. Williams, the 

 Clark cattle receiving most of the first and champ- 

 ionship awards. 



There was little doing at the Indiana State Fair 

 of 1890 in the Hereford class, exhibits being made 

 only by two local firms with no special pretensions 



