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ing, and in the subsequent showing for the Here- 

 ford specials Col. Harris of Linwood passed a like 

 judgment. However, it was practically a toss-up 

 between the two. They were a pair of grand good 

 cows in any company. Lily showed rather more 

 finish and feminine character forward than did Ma- 

 bel, and upon this one point the decisions rested. 

 Lily still showed that trace of hollowness in her 

 loins, but her competitor was a bit uneven in her 

 top, and did not stand so well behind. Mabel was a 

 thick massive cow, carrying a great wealth of flesh. 

 A good third was found in Mr. Higgins' Maid of 

 Orleton, not large, but nicely covered and neat. The 

 same exhibitor's Ashton Beauty, a cow of marked 

 substance, and Gosling's yellow-red Fantasma, not 

 large, but meaty and full of quality, were good beasts 

 unplaced. 



Cosgrove again came to the front in a ring of six 

 two-year-olds, capturing first with Wiltona 15th and 

 second with Wiltona 22d. Wiltona 15th was an ex- 

 ceptionally well furnished heifer, wide, low and 

 smooth, although she might have been more re- 

 fined about the head. She was round and well cov- 

 ered, carrying her meat well down on the rib, and 

 was an entirely satisfactory first. Wiltona 22d was 

 a larger heifer but not so evenly filled, her size 

 and weight bringing her the red. Elmendorf's 

 Tottie, with her nice head, good neck-vein, and twist 

 well filled, drew third position. In selecting Mr. 

 Day's growthy daughter of Sir Evelyn 2d, May- 

 flower, for premier honors among the yearlings a 



