596 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



and Messrs. Harness ' Perfection and Jessie, the lat- 

 ter big useful cows but not conditioned for this com- 

 petition. Of Mr. Sotham's two-year-old heifers- 

 Mystic by Royal Grove Jr., and Purity by Archi- 

 bald we rather prefer the first-named, and such 

 was the rating they received at Detroit, but Mr. 

 Baker reversed positions on this occasion, which 

 more nearly squares with their owner's estimate 

 of their merits. It is questionable whether the 

 Michigan exhibitor was entitled to both ribbons in 

 this ring, for Mr. dough's Jewel 3d, by Sylvester, 

 is a heifer of much substance, thicker and wider 

 than either of the others but lacking a little of their 

 quality and scarcely so refined in head and horn. 

 Messrs. Harness had in Pet a heifer with a very 

 handsome head and horn got by Earl of Shadeland 

 41st, and Mr. Field showed Duchess 2d, a growthy 

 heifer of Wilton blood. 



"From Mr. Clough's trio of yearlings Cocoa- 

 nut by Emperor of Rockland, New Years of Rock- 

 land by Sylvester, and Lady Frances by Washing- 

 ton the first named was selected to wear the red, 

 which here indicates first prize, and this was an- 

 other overturning of a Detroit decision. Mr. Soth- 

 am's Beaubois Beauty, a handsome little yellow- 

 red, had second place. From the six calves Mr. 

 Clough drew both ribbons with a pretty pair 

 Actress and Jewel 5th. 



"Mr. Sotham's herd, headed by Harold 2d and 

 including Miss Archibald A, Purity, Mystic and 

 Beaubois Purity, was so strong in each member 

 and so uniform in nearly all respects that it proved 

 a little too heavy metal for the excellent collection 

 from Rockland which was headed by Peerless of 

 Rockland. Messrs. Harness had the ticket for three 

 cows each with her own calf, with Perfection, Jes- 



