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broad deep daughter of Hesiod 2d entirely out of the 

 running. She has not held just level in her mar- 

 velous back. That must be admitted; but to cast 

 Dewdrop altogether for that fault was a piece of 

 judicial severity such as is rarely seen in a great 

 showyard. This being decided upon, Lady Chloe 

 was listed for third and the question was narrowed 

 down to Beau Real's Maid and Juno for the blue and 

 red. If some little lack of bloom cost Dewdrop all 

 her chances then by that same token the freshness 

 and finish of Beau Real's Maid should have landed 

 her where she had been placed twice before this sea- 

 son, in advance of Juno ; but the air seemed full of 

 cobwebs about this time all the way down the long 

 line of two-year-old Hereford and Shorthorn heif- 

 ers being judged simultaneously in front of the 

 grand stand, for while Brother Boyden was mixing 

 up the 'red, white and roans' in a way that startled 

 the assembled company Mr. Lewis upset things 

 among the * white faces' by sending first to Juno, 

 second to the Maid, and third to Chloe! Juno is a 

 heifer such as any man might well be proud to have 

 produced, and there is of course ample room for 

 honest difference of opinion as between her and 

 Dewdrop and Beau Real's Maid. The fine scale and 

 beautiful finish and refinement of the Cross heifer 

 have seldom had a counterpart in western show- 

 rings, and much as we appreciate Juno and Dewdrop 

 we can but defend the right of Beau Real's Maid 

 to head these ' crack' two-year-olds of 1897. They 

 were a great lot and we congratulate Mr. Clark upon 

 his good fortune here in beating probably the hand- 

 somest heifer he has ever shown against. When his 

 list of winnings for the past twenty years upon cat- 

 tle of his own breeding comes to be made up what a 

 story of showyard success will be unfolded!'' 



