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so far as showy ard fitting was concerned. These 

 were the herds of Parkhurst & Son and G. W. Har- 

 ness & Son. Messrs. Harness had first in the aged 

 bull class with Oregon, sired by Careful out of a 

 Prince Edward 2d cow. This bull had formerly been 

 in service in the herd of Seabury & Sample. The 

 Parkhursts showed the Garfield bull, Earl of 

 Shadeland 20th, in breeding condition, receiving sec- 

 ond prize. The Messrs. Harness had first in the 

 two-year-olds on Earl of Shadeland 41st. Park- 

 hursts had first in aged cows with Elzina, and 

 Messrs. Harness second with Perfection, a daughter 

 of old Borneo. 



At the Illinois State Fair Cherry Boy had a walk- 

 over again, defeating Earl of Shadeland 30th and 

 Peerless Wilton. Mr. Earl received first in two- 

 year-olds on Earl of Shadeland 47th, by Garfield out 

 of a Sir Bartle Frere dam, broad at the chine, with 

 a good head and well sprung in the rib. VanNatta 

 had second on a low-legged bull of good scale called 

 Armour 36916, by Blondin out of Fancy Arrow 2d. 

 Eare Boy was first in yearlings, and Earl Wilton 

 36th was second. Mr. Earl's Captain Grove by 

 Earl Grove 4th out of Cordelia by Colorado, a rich, 

 low-bodied, strong-backed, wide-headed calf, was 

 first among bull calves; he was then sold to Capt. 

 Scarlett, who had some time before succeeded Mr. 

 Yeomans in charge of the herd of the Iowa Here- 

 ford Cattle Co. and was now managing a new Iowa 

 enterprise. 



Mr. J. B. Camp, of Harristown, was the judge 



