588 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



With this son of Fowler at the head of his line Mr. 

 Higgins made his initial show at Des Moines. 

 Cherry Boy had beaten Earl of Shadeland 30th 

 twelve months previous, but now the tables were 

 turned. The son of Garfield in the capable hands 

 of George Mason had put on a lot of flesh which 

 was still smoothly carried, whereas Cherry Boy 

 came back after a heavy season's service with some 

 loss of bloom. The mellow-fleshed Cameo came 

 along third, and as usual delighted the hands and 

 eyes of good feeders. Cosgrove pulled the blue in 

 two-year-olds with Wildy 15th, by Wild Eyes out of 

 the big cow Bonnyface by Rudolph. He was shown 

 at a weight of 1,665 pounds. John Gosling ex- 

 hibited a few good cattle this season, from his place 

 at Eockford, 111., and contested with "Ned" Scar- 



owner I was told it is the same now as it used to be when I had 

 charge of the herd the visitor or prospective buyer, nine times 

 out of ten, selects a Cherry Boy whether it be in stall or pasture. 

 "Of his many showyard victories I shall only mention the 

 championship at the Iowa State Fair in 1890, and at the Illinois 

 State Fair at Peoria, where he was champion of his breed and 

 tied the Shorthorn champion Young Abbotsburn for sweepstakes. 

 While fitted for the showring several years in succession, he was 

 always a very sure breeder, and I believe has as many calves 

 recorded to his credit in the Hereford record as any bull of the 

 breed. Nearly, if not quite, 300, with still some more to register, 

 makes his record as a breeder remarkable. Not all of these 

 calves were bred at Hickory Grove, as in the spring of '91 Mr. 

 Thomas Higgins, of Council Grove, Kans., fell in love with 

 Cherry Boy (then in his very best form) and after considerable 

 parleying, purchasing a carload of females and paying $1,200 for 

 him, took him down to Kansas, where for two years he did very 

 heavy service. 



"In the spring of 1893, while preparing an exhibit for the 

 World's Fair, the bull we intended heading the show herd met 

 with an accident which knocked him out, and as Mr. Higgins, on 

 account of ill health, had by this time disposed of his entire 

 herd to Mr. Anthony, Mr. VanNatta started me on a trip to Coun- 

 cil Grove, with the result that when I returned to Hickory Grove 

 Cherry Boy came back with me. At that time he was seven years 

 old and owing to long continued heavy service and climatic 

 changes we failed to have him in his old-time form and place at 

 the Columbian; he stood at the head of the second-prize herd 

 there, his yearling daughter Cherry Lass being one of the group. 



"Of a few of the great number of his prize-winning sons and 

 daughters I shall make brief mention: Cherry Boy 2d, sweep- 



