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Beeeher, 111.; Thos. Clark, of Beecher, 111.; B. 

 IliTshey, of Muscatine, la. 



Mr. Hershev's herd consisted of five year- 

 ling, four heifers and one bull, which were 

 purchased at the close of the fair by C. K. 

 Parmelee for $3,000. 



The Shorthorn exhibitors were J. H. Potts 

 & Son, of Jacksonville, 111.; Harvey Sodowsky, 

 of Indianola, 111. ; L. Palmer, of Sturgeon, Mo. ; 

 Crofton Bros., of Winonar; Thos. Wilhoit, of 

 Middletown, Ind. ; Win. Stephenson & Son, of 

 Little Indian, ' 111. ; Harper & Mason, of 

 Wabash, Ind. 



The great interest and excitement of the 

 whole fair was in the sweepstakes ring. Here 



GROUP OF RED POLL CATTLE. 



on Friday morning were drawn up in grand 

 array nine aged herds, all two years old and up- 

 wards, to compete for the $500 prize. Three of 

 these herds were Herefords and six Shorthorns. 

 Each herd consisted of one bull and four 

 females. The committee after a long and care- 

 ful examination gave first to J. H. Potts & Son's 

 herd of Shorthorns, while the Hereford herd 

 of Mr. C. M. Culbertson, although considered 

 by many to be the best, had to be content with 

 second. Mr. Culbertson certainly exhibited a 

 grand herd and if his cow, Pretty Face, a prize 

 winner in England before she was imported to 

 this country, and considered an extraordinary 

 plum there, had been the equal in size with the 

 other three females in the herd, we think there 

 would have been no doubt of his carrying off 

 the first prize. 



Owing to the time consumed in awarding the 

 above premiums, it was now after one o'clock 

 on the last day of the fair, so the committee 

 that made the above awards was discharged and 

 a fresh committee put to work on the sweep- 

 stakes for the best young herd under two years 

 old. Here the Herefords and Shorthorns, as 

 to number of herds, were equal, six competing, 

 three Shorthorn and three Hereford. The su- 



periority of the Herefords was more marked in 

 this ring, and the committee were unanimous 

 in placing the first prize on the Hereford herd 

 of Fowler & Van Natta, the second going to the 

 Shorthorn herd of J. H. Potts & Son, and the 

 third to the Hereford herd of C. K. Parmelee. 

 The young herd of Fowler & Van Natta con- 

 sisted of entirely American bred cattle. The 

 four heifers were remarkably even, and were 

 universally admired. Two of them were bred 

 by T. L. Miller, and two by T. E. Miller. The 

 bull was a very blocky, heavy-fleshed, good- 

 coated animal, bred by C. M. Culbertson. 



In the contest for the best bull upon the 

 ground, fifteen animals appeared in the ring, 

 seven Herefords and eight Shorthorns. The 

 display of Hereford bulls was remarkably fine, 

 while among the Shorthorns there were only two 

 that approached goodness. The prize was car- 

 ried off by Messrs. Fowler & Van Natta, with 

 their bull Tregrehan, a very smooth, even, 

 short-legged bull. Mr. Constable's bull Hero, 

 which won the sweepstakes in this same ring, 

 the previous year, was shown here again, but 

 failed to win, although he was in far better 

 form than he was the year before. 



The following is a list of the premiums 

 awarded : 



THOROUGHBRED HEREFORDS. 



Bull three years old and over, 1st, Hero, 

 (1J267) W. Constable, Beecher, 111.; 2d, 

 Anxiety 3d, (fl 268) Thomas Clark, Beecher, 

 111. 



Bull two years old and under three, 1st, 

 Royal 16th, (1J269) Earl & Stuart, Lafayette, 

 Ind.; 2d, Romeo, Earl & Stuart. 



Bull one year old and under two, 1st, Prince 

 Edward, (fi270) Earl & Stuart; 3d, Anxiety 

 5th, Fowler & Van Natta, Fowler, Ind. 



Bull calf under one year old, 1st, Jumbo, 

 Earl & Stuart; 2d, El Paso Boy, W. Constable. 



Cow three years old or over, 1st, Downton 

 Rose, (1f27l) C. M. Culbertson, Chicago, 111.; 

 2d, Lady 3d, Earl & Stuart. 



Heifer two years old and under three, 1st, 

 Peerless, (If 272) Thos. Clark; 2d, Venus, 

 (ff 273) Earl & Stuart. 



Heifer one year old, and under two, 1st, Miss 

 Broadgauge 2d, Benj. Hershey, Muscatine, la. ; 

 2d, Prettymaid, Earl & Stuart. 



Heifer calf under one year old, 1st, Rachel, 

 C. M. Culbertson; 2d, Crocus 3d, Fowler & 

 Van Natta. 



The above exhibit of Herefords in their class 



' was a beautiful sight, but we think that of all 



the classes that of the yearling heifers was the 



finest. Eighteen of these choice young things 



