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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



were brought out in competition, and it was a 

 difficult matter for the judges to select the best. 

 The first prize female, Miss Broadgauge 3d 

 by Horatius, was a very choice animal, with a 

 square, massive top which won her, probably, 

 the premium, although the winning heifer the 

 following week at Crawfordsville was Viola, 

 a heifer bred by T. L. Miller, from his fine old 

 cow Victoria. (If 274) 



The money that it would have taken to have 

 bought this string of heifers would have been a 

 small fortune of itself, as Messrs. Fowler & 

 Van Natta were said to have refused $5,000 

 for the five that they had in the ring. 



The following week, nearly the sanie parties 

 showed at Crawfordsville, Ind., with the follow- 

 ing results. The breeders of Hereford cattle, 

 thinking it would be better to make a combined 

 show of their cattle, resolved after their exhibi- 

 tion at Lafayette to keep together during the 

 rest of the fair season on the principle that 

 their combined forces could do more to break up 

 the Shorthorn rings than they could if they 

 separated and exhibited in smaller numbers 

 over the entire country. In pursuance of the 

 above resolution ten cars were ordered and the 

 Herefords swept over to Crawfordsville in full 

 force. Such an exhibit of stock had been un- 

 known at this fair, and they were compelled to 

 erect fifty additional stalls for the accommoda- 

 tion of the Herefords. They met here many of 

 the Shorthorns with which they had competed 

 the week before, and in the contest for the 

 sweepstakes prize on young herds under two 

 years old, the Shorthorns did not get a ribbon, 

 the first, second and third premiums being all 

 awarded to Hereford cattle. 



The attendance at this fair was very large, 

 and the weather being good was a great success. 

 The prizes to Herefords in their class were as 

 follows : 



Thoroughbred Herefords: Bull three years 

 old and over, 1st premium, Hero, Wm. Con- 

 stable, Beecher, 111.; 2d, Sir Garnet, (If 275) 

 C. M. Culbertson, Chicago, 111. 



Bull two years old and under three, 1st, 

 Tregrehan, (ff276) Fowler & Van Natta, 

 Fowler, Ind.; 2d, Royal 16th, Earl & Stuart, 

 Lafayette, Ind. 



Bull one year old and under two, 1st, 

 Anxiety 4th, C. K. Parmelee, Wolcott, Ind.; 

 2d, Prince Edward, Earl & Stuart. 



Bull under one year of age, 1st, El Paso Boy, 

 W. Constable ; 2d, Jumbo, Earl & Stuart. 



Cow three years old and over, 1st, Lady 3d, 

 Earl & Stuart; 2d, Cherry 24th, (ff 277) C. M. 

 Culbertson. 



Heifer two years old and under three, 1st, 



Venus, Earl & Stuart; 2d, Winnie 4th, Earl 

 & Stuart. 



Heifer one year old and under two, 1st, 

 Viola, Fowler & Van Natta; 2d, Prettyniaid, 

 Earl & Stuart. 



Heifer under one year old, 1st, Crocus 3d, 



Fowler & Van Natta; 2d , C. M. 



Culbertson. 



Sweepstakes for best aged beef herd, 1st, J. 

 H. Potts & Son, Shorthorn; 2d, H. Sodowsky, 

 Shorthorn; 3d, C. H. Culbertson, Hereford. 



Sweepstakes for young herd under two years 

 old, 1st, Earl & Stuart, Hereford; 2d, Fowler 

 & Van Natta, Hereford; 3d, C. K. Parmelee, 

 Hereford. 



Sweepstakes for best bull, any age or breed, 

 11 entries, six Herefords and five Shorthorns, 

 1st prize, Tregrehan (Hereford), Fowler & 

 Van Natta. 



Sweepstakes on cows, Harvey Sodowsky, 

 Shorthorn, Indianola, 111. 



It will be seen by the above awards that the 

 premiums were changed somewhat from the 

 Lafayette awards. Sir Garnet is given here 

 the second place, where he was overlooked the 

 preceding week. This was a fine large bull, by 

 The Grove 3d, who is the sire of some remark- 

 ably good cattle. 



In the two-year-old bull class, Tregrehan is 

 here given first place, while at Lafayette in his 

 class, he was overlooked, while winning sweep- 



AN ABERDEEN ANGUS CELEBRITY, BLACK PRINCE. 

 Bred in Scotland, exhibited at Chicago and Kansas City 

 Fat Stock Shows, 1883-4. This steer did more to bring 

 the Angus breed to notice in America than any other 

 animal of the breed. 



stakes for best bull upon the ground. In the 

 yearling, Anxiety 4th is here given first, while 

 at Lafayette he was overlooked entirely. 



In bull calves, the position of the winners is 

 reversed, El Paso Boy here taking the first, and 

 Jumbo the second. For aged cows, Messrs. 

 Earl & Stuart's imported prize winner Lady 3d, 



