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Hereford treasures of his time Hesoid 2d 40679, 

 bred by George W. Henry from imp. Hesoid (he of 

 the guy ropes referred to in our notes on one of 

 the early Chicago shows) and of Curry's Anita by 

 Harold. We have already spoken of his sire Hesoid 

 as one of the richest of The Grove 3d bulls. Har- 

 old we recognize as Mr. Curry's good show bull, 

 and sire of Sotham's Corrector. Harold's sire was 

 Highland Laird, son of Horatius, so we observe that 

 Hesiod 2d, as well as Hengler, had two lines to Hor- 

 ace, the sire of The Grove 3d. Like most bulls of 

 this blood Hesoid 2d seemed to lack stretch and 

 scale, but at three years old he here tipped the* 

 beam at 1,950 pounds, being compactly fashioned. 

 He was drawn for second place, and in after years 

 made the reputation of the Funkhouser herd as a 

 sire of good Herefords.* The old Earl of Shade- 

 land 30th fell back to third. 



This was something of a Grove 3d day, for in 

 two-year-olds Clark's Sanhedrim, with two lines to 

 the old bull, went to the top of the two-year-olds. 

 Clough's Kodax was second. Captain Grove and 

 Chicago were passed over. In yearlings Cherry 

 Boy 2d came first, but the second prize winner, Mr. 

 Tod Benjamin's Wilton Grove, by Sir Wilfred out 

 of Lemon 2d by The Grove 3d, was greatly ad- 

 mired and might have been first instead of second. 



*Speaking of Hesiod 2d, Thomas Clark tells this interesting 

 story: 



"I bought his mother Anita at one of G. W. Henry's sales. 

 She was carrying the calf which I called Hesiod 2d. He was 

 dropped an immatured calf at seven months, not larger than a 

 jackrabbit. We had to hold him up to guck for three weeks. I 

 sold him with two other bulls to Funkhouser at eight months 

 old $1,000 for the three." 



