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more perfect heifer than Benison; so here was a 

 repetition of that memorable day when Grace and 

 Jessamine met as yearlings in 1895 with the tables 

 turned. In that great trial of strength Mr. Clark 

 won; in this instance the tide of battle turned in 

 Sotham's favor. Little things sometimes decide 

 such contests. The Clark heifer was bulling the day 

 of this showing. Benison might be bigger but not 

 better. She is a heifer of exquisite finish shown in 

 great bloom. She has a back and loin of marvelous 

 perfection, capital quarters, a twist filled to a finish, 

 model shoulders, and sho'rt neat legs. Everest is 

 bigger and thicker, with handsome head, nobly 

 arched ribs deeply covered, and carries her burly 

 body on well set 'pegs.' She is wonderful in her 

 wealth of flesh, and barring a little inclination to 

 bunch at the tail-root, is smooth and true in all her 

 lines/' 



The fact that these top heifers were products 

 of blood concentration is of interest. Everest had 

 double lines to both Anxiety 3d and to the great 

 cow Peerless. Her sire, Lars, was the result of the 

 coupling of those animals, and her dam, Eletta 2d, 

 was by Peerless Wilton, a son of old Peerless, out of 

 a daughter of Anxiety 3d. Benita was a double 

 Corrector, her sire, Protection, and her dam, Benita, 

 both being by old "Dad" Sotham's pet name for 

 the bull that made Weavergrace famous. 



The Omaha Exposition. The Herefords were 

 the outstanding feature of the live stock department 

 of the great exposition held at Omaha in 1898, and 

 we feel warranted in again quoting from our own 

 notes on certain phases of this big show : 



"The American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Asso- 



