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the best Hereford at Birmingham (fat show), 

 1879; first prize and champion prize for the 

 best Hereford at the Smithfield club (fat 

 show), London, 1879. Total of her winnings, 

 $3,250. 



FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS BUTCHER'S PRIZE. (AN 

 OPEN LETTER.) 



No. 3 Board of Trade Bldg., 



Chicago, 111., Sept. 25. 



"To Whom it May Concern: Some of the 

 breeders of Hereford cattle have subscribed 

 $500, which they have directed me to deposit 

 with the treasurer of the Chicago Fat Stock 

 Show, to be called 'The Butcher's Prize/ The 

 donors have also instructed me to issue an 

 open invitation to the parties engaged in rais- 

 ing the fund for the best Shorthorn steer at 

 the Fat Stock Show, and to any and all per- 

 sons interested in breeding or owning Short- 

 horn cattle, to deposit an equal sum of $500 

 with said treasurer of the Fat Stock Show, 

 the whole sum, $1,000, to be awarded to the 

 best butchers' carcass among the breeds en- 

 tered for the 'Butcher's Prize' at the next Fat 

 Stock Show in Chicago, November 16 to 23, 

 1882. The contest for said Butcher's Prize 

 shall be governed by the following conditions: 

 (ff 226A) First, all animals entered must be 

 pure bred, or grades not less than half blood. 

 Second, all animals contesting must be slaugh- 

 tered at the Fat Stock Show at such time as the 

 managers of the show shall set apart. Third, 

 the slaughtering of each animal entered and the 

 award of the Butcher's Prize shall be made by a 

 practical butcher or by a committee of practical 

 butchers to be selected by the following ref- 

 erees: John B. Sherman, Superintendent of 

 the Union Stock Yards; Wm. H. Monroe, a 

 regular buyer for eastern and foreign markets; 

 and John Adams, a regular commission sales- 

 man of Chicago. The names of the judges 

 selected shall not be made public until after 

 the 2d day of November, 1882. Any two 

 of the three referees above named may act in 

 the absence of third, and shall make the selec- 

 tion of the judges as above, and in case two of 

 said referees are absent then the third shall 

 select two reputable Stock Yards commission 

 merchants to act as referees, and they shall then 

 select the judge. Fourth, the invitation is 

 also extended to animals of the polled breed, 

 Devons, and all other breeds of beef cattle, 

 pure breeds or grade not less than half bloods, 

 upon their owners or representatives depositing 

 a like sum of $500 for each or either breed 

 with said treasurer of the Fat Stock Show, the 



whole to be governed by the conditions of the 

 invitation. 



"Fifth, the said sum or sums of five hundred 

 dollars must be placed in the hands of said 

 treasurer of the Fat Stock Show on or before 

 the first day of November, 1882, and said de- 

 posit must be accompanied by a written notice 

 of the acceptance of this invitation, which 

 notice must designate the name of the breed in 

 whose behalf the invitation is accepted, and a 

 copy of said written notice must be at the same 

 time mailed to the undersigned. Sixth, all 

 matters of dispute, whether involving the con- 

 struction of this invitation, or any question 

 growing out of this invitation, shall be referred 

 to said referees, whose decision shall be final. 

 Seventh, when the judge or judges appointed 

 by said referees shall have arrived at a conclu- 

 sion, they shall make their decision known to 

 said referees, who shall announce in writing 

 over their own signatures the winner or win- 

 ners of said Butcher's Prize, and, upon pre- 



BENTON'S CHAMPION. 



Bred by Fowler & Van Natta. A champion at the Chicago 

 Fat Stock Show, 1883. 



sentation of said certificate, the treasurer is 

 authorized to pay over to said winner or win- 

 ners said sum or sums of money so deposited 

 as aforesaid, after deducting any necessary ex- 

 penses of said contest. Eighth, all entries for 

 the Butcher's Prize must be made to said treas- 

 urer of said show in writing on or before the 

 1st day of November, 1882, together with the 

 name of owner, name and breed of entry, with 

 the age in years, months and days as nearly as 

 possible, and a full statement of the breeding 

 of each animal. Should this invitation not be 

 accepted in accordance with requirement, then 

 said sum of $500 shall be held by said treasurer 

 to be awarded to the best Hereford carcass, 

 pure bred or grade not less than half blood. 

 The contest and award shall be made at the 

 time and under the conditions above set out, 



