896 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Perfection, but at Chicago Cargill & McMillan's 

 Fulfiller 3d was placed above him. This firm was 

 first on both aged and young herds at Kansas City 

 and .Chicago. Princeps 4th was senior champion 

 bull at Chicago. Bonnie Brae 3d was junior cham- 

 pion at Chicago and Princeps 4th grand champion. 

 Heliotrope was senior and grand champion female. 

 It was a proud day for " Jimmy " Price.* 



*James Price was born in Herefordshire, England, on the first of 

 November, 1869, and worked on his father's farm until 1890. when 

 he started for America to fight his own battles. He had never been 

 away from home before and did not know a person in America. He 

 landed in Chicago on the first of July, 1890, with a few letters of 

 introduction, among others one to Tom Clark. He proceeded at once 

 to Beecher determined to take the first job he could get, as he had by 

 this time just $10 left. When he arrived at Beecher he met Mr. Clark, 

 who gave him employment. He worked on the farm that summer and 

 winter, being paid $14 a month. About that time Harry Fluck bought 

 out the Baker herd and rented the farm, and Price went to assist in 

 the care of the cattle. 



In the spring of 1894 the young man returned to Mr. Clark, with 

 whom he then remained for three years. Lars was the champion bull 

 of those days. Speaking of him Price says : "I will never forget the 

 day Lars defeated Ancient Briton. It was on the little LaCrosse, 

 Wis., fair grounds the week before the Minnesota State Fair. Prof. 

 Craig did the judging, and Lars held first place after that for three 

 successive years." These were also the days of the famous sisters 

 Juvenile, Jessamine and Juno. In 1896 Mr. Clark made a show at 

 Madison Square Garden, and from there Price left for a trip home. 

 He returned on the first of April, 1897, and hired to John Lewis of 

 Shadeland, but as he was anxious to feed for show he remained at 

 Shadeland but about ten months. At that time Frank Nave was mak- 

 ing his start. He bought at Shadeland a few show animals and 

 engaged Price. This was in March, 1898. Nave had gathered a few 

 show animals together, including Dale, Atoka, Dolly 5th and Carnation. 



Referring to the conditions at Attica at the time, Price says : 

 "Things were pretty unhandy the first summer, but in the fall Mr. 

 Nave built a barn, the best one I ever worked in. We made a fair 

 showing the first year, winning the aged herd everywhere, including 

 the world's fair at Omaha, but the next year we got busy and brought 

 out what I always considered the best aged herd I ever fed, winning 

 everywhere. We also had the two famous calves Perfection and The- 

 ressa. Perfection was the only bull that ever beat Dale while I 

 handled them. That occurred at Indiana when we were showing for 

 grand champion bull over all breeds and Perfection won. He was only 

 a calf at the time. The judges were George Allen, David McKay and 

 Mr. Pickrell, three good men. In the spring of 1900 Mr. Nave decided 

 to sell out, and his sale the 17th of April in Chicago was a record- 

 breaker, including, I think, the best lot of cattle I ever saw go through 

 a sale." 



Overton Harris was then making his start in showing and now 

 engaged Price. He had bought a few cattle at the Nave sale. Only 

 a small show was made that year, but in 1901 Harris came out with a 

 string hard to beat, winning with three herds everywhere he exhibited. 

 The calf herd that year, Price claims, was the best he ever fitted. It 

 was headed by Goodenough 10th and included the two famous "Amer- 

 ican beauties," Lucile and Troublesome. In 1902 and 1903 Harris also 



