be looked for in vain at all the barns." 

 At the end of the 1899 season this same 

 journal, referring at length to Dale, 

 says: "The longer the ribbons hold out 

 the heavier grows his burden of first 

 and championship awards. His victory 

 in this class was but the beginning of 

 triumph unique and fairly unparalleled. 

 Never were honors heaped in such 

 abundant measure with so little prote-t 

 from the opposition. One by one his 

 critics were silenced. Dale left the show 

 the Dewey of the Hereford campaign of 

 1899." 



Dale died a comparatively young bull, 

 and consequently we cannot measure his 

 deepest influence on the breed. His son 

 Perfection 92891, however, now owned by 

 G. H. Hoxie of Thornton, 111., has won 

 the highest championship honors in the 

 American show ring. Bred by Mr. Nave, 

 he was sold in his dispersion sale to 

 Thomas Clark of Beecher, 111., for $1 300, 

 in whose herd he did valuable service. 

 On the dispersal of Mr. Clark's herd, on 

 Jan. 7, 1902, Mr. Hoxie purchased Per- 

 fection at auction for $9,000. Another 

 son of Dale, known as Perfection Jd, Is 

 now in service in the Hoxie herd. He is 

 an individual of much merit, presenting 

 the essentials of his sire in conforma- 

 tion, and much is anticipated from his 

 herd service. At Mr. Nave's dispersion 

 sale in 1900 there were sold ninety-six 

 head for a total of $64,415. Of the ani- 

 mals sold the following were sons and 

 daughters of Dale, with the prices af- 

 fixed: Perfection, $1,300; Perfection 2d, 

 $950; Lelax, $400; Theressa, $3,000; Sister 

 Theressa, $1,000; Beatrice, $750; Lady 

 Wilton, $420, and Favorite Flower, $250. 



Dale has passed over the great divide 

 and it will be many days before the 

 American show ring again sees his equal 

 as an individual. As the sire of Perfec- 

 tion alone he is entitled to lasting hon- 

 ors, and no doubt in the future will he 

 become more and more firmly estab- 

 lished in the esteem of the Hereford 

 fraternity as a notable breeding as well 

 as show bull. 



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