HISTORY REPEATS 877 



better days and at this time was not in fit form to 

 cope -with such a company. 



The Two- Year-Olds. 1, Defender; sire, Perfec- 

 tion; C. G. Comstock. 2, Keep On 26th; sire, Keep 

 On; 0. Harris. 3, Donald March On; sire, March 

 On; W. S. VanNatta & Son. 4, Prince Eupert 8th; 

 sire, Prince Eupert; W. H. Curtice. 5, Eight Lad; 

 sire, Kansas Lad, Jr.; S. L. Brock. 6, Eomulus; 

 sire, Militant; Gudgell & Simpson. 7, Marmaduke 

 5th ; sire, Marmaduke ; S. W. Anderson. 



"This company called forward some bulls of a 

 lot of size for the age, and a few of them were a 

 trifle too up-standing. Brevity of legs and weight 

 in small superficies are cardinal points of excellence 

 in the Herefords, and are too highly prized and too 

 deeply ingrained in the breed to be lost. Defender 

 has been growing in popularity as he has been 

 strengthening in form. He is perhaps on the large 

 side, yet not coarse nor wanting type. He has a 

 commanding presence, a good horn, splendid crest, 

 great width of top and smoothness of turning, and 

 is particularly heavy and well finished in the hind- 

 quarters. Keep On 26th is quite on the other type, 

 presenting the no-legged breadth and bulk propo- 

 sition in rather spectacular fashion. He has a beau- 

 tifully carved countenance, but a surplusage of bris- 

 ket. His ribs are widely sprung, his loins deeply 

 packed, his rounds very full, but there is a little un- 

 evenness on the top of his hind-quarters. Donald 

 March On is off the same fashioning block in large 

 degree, holding his widespread frame close to the 

 ground and claiming attention to the remarkable 

 development of thighs and rounds, but a little heavy 

 in his lower lines. Prince Eupert 8th reverts again 

 to the type at the head of the class, possessing 

 stretch, but low of leg; his foreribs could arch a 

 trifle more, but beneath his yellow-red coat he car- 



