peted. In 1891 he was first in class and 

 sweepstakes aged bull, over all beef 

 breeds at the state fairs of Iowa, Min- 

 nesota and Illinois, not showing else- 

 where on the circuit. In 1892 he was 

 first in class at the Iowa state fair at 

 Des Moines. first in class, and winner of 

 grand sweepstakes at Nebraska state, 

 second in class, yet winner of grand 

 sweepstakes at Indiana state, and first 

 in class and winner of grand sweepstakes 

 at the Illinois state fair at Peoria. In 

 1893 Young Abbotsburn was at the head 

 of Colonel Moberley's herd at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition at Chicago, where 

 he was declared the best aged Shorthorn 

 bull, the best Shorthorn bull of any age 

 and the grand sweepstakes bull over all 

 beef breeds, with Ancient Briton, the 

 Hereford champion, placed next below 

 him and Gay Monarch third. Here closed 

 the show yard career of this great bull, 

 defeated but once in the United States 

 and then in competition with Gay Mon- 

 arch, judged by Joseph Rippey, a local 

 Indiana Shorthorn breeder, whose judg- 

 ment on this occasion received no sup- 

 port excepting from partisan or super- 

 ficial observers. The real judges of the 

 ringside, not lacking in regard for the 

 high merit of Gay Monarch, knew that 

 bad judgment had been displayed on that 

 occasion. 



Laudation of the highest sort was be- 

 stowed on this champion in his day, and 

 it is doubtful if much of it was over- 

 drawn. No animal as an individual is 

 perfect, yet Young Abbotsburn presented 

 much that must be recognized as found 

 in the ideal beef type. He was massive in 

 form, weighing up to 2800 pounds, broad, 

 deep, square at ends, thick and full at 

 flanks, broad in the chest, thick in hind 

 quarter, short of leg and in his prime 

 very smoothly covered with a great layer 

 of flesh and hide of most superior sub- 

 stance and quality. In a slight degree 

 he lacked in breed character, yet he was 

 not open to important criticism on this 

 account. He did have, as he was, a dis- 

 tinctive feeder's head. He stood square 

 on his feet, a monument of living flesh, 

 a feed lot model. In spite of his great 

 weight Young Abbotsburn was unusual- 

 ly active on his feet for such size. In 

 March, 1894, the writer, with a party of 

 live stock students, paid a visit to Rich- 

 mond and to Colonel Moberley's farm. 

 In the inspection of the stock Young Ab- 



