630 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



ing of Herefords on their own account at Green- 

 wood, Mo. What they may have lacked in capital 

 they made up in sound judgment and practical 

 knowledge of all the "ins and outs" of the fitter's 

 art. Another real artist in the business of selecting 

 and fitting showyard material, Mr. Ed. Taylor, was 

 in charge of Mr. Sotham 's cattle, and his entries 

 were always presented in the best of bloom. 



The trouble began at the Minnesota show when 

 Mr. Cross, Mr. Sotham, and Steward & Hutcheon 

 first crossed swords. Sunny Slope's sturdy son of 

 Beau Real, Wild Tom, ran away with senior bull 

 honors, and Sotham was second in two-year-olds and 

 yearlings with the Corrector bulls, Sir Bredwell and 

 Thickset. The former weighed 1,900 pounds, was 

 from a Grove 3d-Spartan dam, and joined fine breed 

 character to rare scale. Thickset was a grand type, 

 rich in his flesh, evenly fashioned throughout, with 

 faultless head and horn, gay carriage and shown at 

 a weight of 1,600 pounds at eighteen months. He 

 was out of Grove Lassie by Star Grove 1st, and his 

 grandam was Lassie by Mr. VanNatta's Fowler. 

 Sotham scored again in bull calves with the double 

 Corrector Excellent, by Exemplar out of the famous 

 Grace. 



A Memorable Minnesota Contest. The females 

 at this show were of extraordinary merit. In 

 fact, the female classes were strong throughout. 

 Public interest in the judging was at fever heat with 

 Prof. C. F. Curtiss on the bench. The writer hereof 

 witnessed most of the contests of this period, and 



