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vor of the Sotham entry, showing good work in 

 breeding both bulls and heifers. There was but one 

 bull in each of the other herds. The jury further re- 

 ported: 'In a breeder's exhibit uniformity of ideal 

 type should and did outweigh a collection of prime 

 animals of different types/ In this respect the 

 Judy Angus entry was backed for second place. 



"And so the battle of the breeds was ended. Each 

 interest had received i distinguished consideration,' 

 and, while all were not entirely happy, white-winged 

 peace brooded that night over the beef cattle barns 

 on the erstwhile gory hill of Hamline. ' ' 



At Des Moines Funkhouser appeared with a great 

 string of show cattle headed by Free Lance, and 

 Scott & March of Belton, Mo., added to the fame of 

 the Plattsburg establishment by exhibiting in capital 

 form the splendid yearling bull Hesiod 29th. Free 

 Lance was the product of the union of two excep- 

 tional animals, Beau Eeal and Lady Wilton. The 

 latter had been bought by Mr. Funkhouser at the 

 Fowler dispersion sale at Kansas City in February, 

 1893, at a low price. It was not certain that she was 

 still a useful breeding proposition, but as these were 

 dolorous days, dollar-wise in the cattle trade, one 

 could afford to take a chance upon almost anything 

 at the prices current. Steward & Hutcheon, 

 George Bedhead, Z. T. Kinsell and others rounded 

 out a strong white-faced entry. Funkhouser had the 

 male and female championships with Free Lance 

 and Cherry, by Cherry Boy, both herd prizes, get- 

 of-sire and produce-of-cow. Will Willis ' cup was 

 truly overflowing. 



First Appearance of Dale. In the east a new 



