8.74 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



"No class of breeders has made more systematic, 

 thorough and painstaking preparations for this 

 world's fair cattle show than the men who handle 

 the ' white faces/ Their reward has been great, for 

 it was a sensational display of the excellencies of the 

 breed. From Kentucky to Nevada they came troop- 

 ing at the call, determined to make plain the fact of 

 Hereford early maturity and bloom in this world's 

 arena. And admirably did they succeed. From 

 start to finish, from the moment that a Hereford 

 first entered the forum until the last white-faced baby 

 romped from the ring, it was a succession of classes 

 of astonishing strength, with a most notable absence 

 of inferior animals. 



" Never had the feed-bucket been more carefully 

 handled, never had the tonsorial art on the bovine 

 coat of hair, brought to such perfection by Hereford 

 herdsmen, been more strikingly illustrated. It was 

 a beautiful display of Hereford strength and must 

 have exerted a powerful impression on even the 

 most careless of observers. The list of exhibitors 

 who participated in this event follows: 



" James A. Funkhouser, Plattsburg, Mo.; W. S. 

 VanNatta & Son, Fowler, Ind. ; S. W. Anderson, 

 Blaker Mills, W. Va. ; Gudgell & Simpson, Independ- 

 ence, Mo.; 0. Harris, Harris, Mo.; W. H. Curtice, 

 Eminence, Ky.; Benton Gabbert & Son, Dearborn, 

 Mo. ; Egger Hereford Cattle Co., Appleton City, 

 Mo.; C. N. Moore, Lees Summit, Mo.; J. S. Lan- 

 caster & Sons, Liberty, Mo.; Fritz & Shea, Blakes- 

 burg, la.; A. R. Firkins, Worcester, England; Wal- 

 ter B. Waddell, Lexington, Mo. ; S. L. Brock, Macon, 

 Mo.; H. J. Fluck, Goodenow, 111.; C. G. Comstock, 



all the important types of cattle, horses, sheep and swine known 

 to contemporary stock-breeding- and for comprehensive grasp 

 of detail, breadth of field covered, facility of expression and fair- 

 ness of treatment throughout by common consent it has never 

 been equalled in the whole realm of live stock criticism. 



