592 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



ance of the early exhibitors at the Chicago shows. 

 During the fairs and fat stock competition we fear 

 his customers often wondered what had become of 

 "the boss". Mr. Carlyle was a keen witted, close 

 student of Hereford character, and was never hap- 

 pier than when arguing with owners or herdsmen 

 as to the relative merits of the cattle he so enthusi- 

 astically supported. At length his ambition to be- 

 come an owner, breeder and exhibitor was gratified. 

 While still retaining his Chicago business he bought 

 a farm near Vesta, Neb., and made selections of 

 foundation stock, largely from Shadeland and from 

 the herds near Beecher. While his venture prob- 

 ably did not prosper financially, it is doubtful if any 

 man ever lived who found greater pleasure than 

 John S. Carlyle in the companionship of good cat- 

 tle. This much is said concerning him because he 

 was really one of the characters developed by the 

 era of which we now speak. Carlyle made a brave 

 fight at Lincoln, and later at the Illinois State Fair, 

 against veteran showmen, and carried home prizes 

 that served him as themes of conversation for 

 months afterwards.* 



*Mr. Carlyle's Earl of Shadeland 12th was a son of Garfield and 

 Tiny, a low-down, deep bodied, thick flesh-carrier, with good 

 head, good back and loin, well filled at heart and girth, and of 

 altogether very taking character. He was presented in every- 

 day breeding condition only, and consequently was "not in it" 

 with his better-fitted rivals. His cow Crystal Belle was of the 

 same stamp, low to the ground, deep and wide, thick in her flesh 

 and sweet in her general appearance. She was a seven-year-old 

 daughter of Cedric by The Grove 3d, and was the dam of Clara 

 Belle, the blue-ribbon winner at Peoria in 1889. For two-year- 

 olds Mr. Carlyle showed Eletta 2d, by Peerless Wilton out of an 

 Anxiety cow, and Princess Louise 5th, by Cedric out of a daugh- 

 ter of Lord Wilton. This latter heifer was nicely conditioned, 

 with a pretty head and neck, extra back and well filled loin, with 

 ribs richly and evenly covered, and an extra good hindquarter. 

 The plums of this string of cattle, however, were the yearlings 



