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upon a very wide back; but she is a little uneven 

 in her top and quarters. Her half-sister, Mr. Ad- 

 ams' Miranda, by Wild Tom, is a great block of 

 beef, as nearly without legs as is possible to breed 

 a beef animal. She is wonderful in her neckveins, 

 but does not carry her back altogether level, is 

 growing a bit gaudy about the rump, and stands 

 badly behind, showing the effect of her long rail- 

 way shipment. She was one of the very ripest heif- 

 ers in the lot, and there were many who could not 

 understand why she was turned down to as low 

 a position as fifth. Sotham's Lady Brenda, with her 

 good heartgirth, nicely arched ribs and strong loin, 

 was sixth in the judge 's rating. ' ' 



Diana. "The yearling heifers were headed by 

 Diana, the remarkable ' chunk' that gained so many 

 victories as a calf for Mr. Cross at the great fairs 

 of 1897. She is almost as extraordinary a carcass 

 as Dale, a feeder's type par excellence, but wanting 

 the finish of head and horn seen in Sotham's brown- 

 eyed beauty Benison, by Protection out of Benita. 

 Makin was sorely tempted to put Benison to the 

 fore. She is not big but is one of the finest models 

 sent into western showyards in many years. Femi- 

 nine and finished, she is lovely in her neck and shoul- 

 ders, thick and true in back and loin, evenly filled, 

 well balanced and shapely. The breadth and extra- 

 ordinary thickness of Diana proved an attraction 

 that could not be resisted however, -and the wonder- 

 ful daughter of that great getter of quick feeders 

 Sunny Slope 's Archibald 5th was left in undis- 

 puted possession of the post of honor. Third place 

 was assigned to Mr. Funkhouser's Olga, calved Jan. 

 13, 1897, and sired by Hesiod 2d. She has the Hesiod 

 trademark, a beautiful head and face, an elegant 

 back of even width, well filled at all the feeding 

 points, and like all the Hesiods low on the leg. She 



