latter show she was defeated for cham- 

 pionship by Lucia of Estill, a smaller 

 type of cow, and of much merit, yet 

 lacking the scale and thickness of flesh 

 of Lady. 



In 1900 Lady of Meadowbrook made 

 her last campaign in the show ring, 

 winning first in class at the Ohio, Wis- 

 consin, Indiana and Illinois state fairs 

 and the St. Louis exposition. She was 

 also made champion cow at the Wis- 

 consin, Indiana and St. Louis shows. 

 At this time she weighed about 2000 

 pounds. At the International Live Stock 

 Exposition in December she was made 

 champion Angus cow, but as she did not 

 deliver a live calf within the specified 

 time the prize money was refunded ac- 

 cording to the rule. At the time, how- 

 ever, nobody questioned her right to win. 

 Thus closed the show yard career of 

 what is unquestionably one of the great- 

 est American-bred Aberdeen- Angus show 

 cows that has been seen in America. 

 Her merit was unquestioned. She was 

 more often than not judged by men of 

 other breeds, and they never failed to 

 recognize her merit. One year when 

 she was mad'e grand champion cow at 

 the Indiana state fair at Indianapolis 

 a committee of three placed the ribbons- 

 consisting of George Allen and J. H. 

 Pickrell, Shorthorn breeders, and David 

 McKay, of Galloway affiliations. When 

 the judges' book was being signed Mr. 

 Pickrell, one of America's most distin- 

 guished Shorthorn authorities and then 

 secretary of the American Shorthorn 

 association, stepped up to the cow and 

 said: "I want to sign my name with 

 the book lying on the back of the best 

 cow I ever saw." 



In some of the shows where Lady was 

 shown she had for company some of the 

 famous females of other breeds, of which 

 Ruberta, the Shorthorn queen, and Dolly 

 5th of Hereford fame are fitting ex- 

 amples. 



As a breeder Lady of Meadowbrook 

 has not been a failure, neither has she 

 been the success anticipated. She has 

 had but one daughter, Lady 2d of 

 Meadowbrook 36954, which was the first- 

 prize 2-year-old heifer at the Pan-Ameri- 

 can Exposition at Buffalo. Lady had 

 one bull calf which was lost through 

 no fault of hers. She carried another 

 five months and lost it. 



Lady of Meadowbrook still resides 

 upon the farm of her birth, along with 



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