HIS T K Y F R E K K F R I) C A T T L E 



Vorhies; T. W. Shelton. Judges Breeders' 

 Young Herd : L. W. Sheldon, Union ; W. Vor- 

 hies, Vorhies; T. C. Sterrett, Warrensburg ; 

 H. Tennison, White Hall. Judges Sweepstakes: 

 George Reed, Belvidere; David Shaff, Hol- 

 eomb; J. E. Cronk, Belvidere; Win. Stocking, 

 Kochelle; Chas. M. Saxby, Freeport. 



It will be found, after careful examination, 

 that a large majority of these judges were in 

 the interest of the Shorthorn breed of cattle. 

 It was claimed that it was difficult to get judges 

 that were not interested and partial to special 

 breeds or interests; and, admitting this, we 

 then urged the necessity of slaughtering, to test 

 the award, and to our insistence on disinterested 

 and impartial judging by men not interested 

 in any breed can be traced the incipiency of the 

 Fat Stock Show in America. 



We hoped that "breed prejudice might disap- 

 pear when competition was limited to steer and 

 fat cattle destined for slaughter, and that at a 

 Fat Stock Show, "individual merit and prime 

 qualities of meat" might be discussed, weighed 

 and fairly judged. We hailed, therefore, the 

 advent of the American Fat Stock Show with 

 comfort, even though we knew it must be con- 



ducted under the same Illinois Board. We 

 were destined to learn, however, that country 

 butchers selected by Shorthorn breeders and 

 their friends were liable to be, as we have felt, 

 too loyal to the appointing power; nevertheless, 

 to the establishment of the Fat Stock Show 

 may be ascribed the commencement of Hereford 

 supremacy. 



In 1875 we appealed to the Illinois State 

 Board of Agriculture for equal and even- 

 handed justice at their hands. We were told 

 "you are doing well; you are making head- 

 way as fast as you ought to expect; time will 

 cure all your complaints." We replied by giv- 

 ing figures to show that the Herefords had a rec- 

 ord that entitled them to an even classification 

 and that we had a right to claim that the State 

 Board of Illinois should not discriminate 

 against them, but promised that, with or With- 

 out the aid of this Board, the Hereford should 

 go to the front. We said then, "They are reach- 

 ing it; they will attain it; they will hold it." 

 To prove to the Board that our claim to equal 

 recognition of the Herefords with the Short- 

 horns was well founded, we prepared and pre- 

 sented to the Board the accompanying table,: 



GRADE STEER "REGULUS," AT 3 YEARS, WEIGHT 2,345 LBS. 



Champion over all breeds, Chicago Fat Stock Show, 1885. Bred and exhibited by Fowler & Van Natta, 



Fowler, Ind. 



