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HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



proper place. As it is bred and fed by the ex- 

 hibitor, it carries the president's 25 sterling 

 cup, as well as the 50 sterling, as best Here- 

 ford, and the Elkington challenge trophy, of 

 the value of 100 guineas. As this last prize has 

 been won by Mr. Price two years successively, 

 it now becomes his own property. It is to be 

 noticed as a remarkable and unexpected cir- 

 cumstance that this repeated victory has been 

 gained by the same animal. The Queen's 

 Shorthorn heifer was the most dangerous rival 

 Mr. Price had to encounter in the final award, 

 and there were loud shouts of applause in the 

 hall when it -was announced that the subject 



with bullocks which are all the progeny of 

 Regulus." 



The Elkington challenge cup, of the value 

 of $500, won by Mr. John Price with a Here- 

 ford bullock, for the best animal in the show, 

 was first placed on offer in 1873, and to be the 

 property of the winner must be won two years 

 in succession, (fl 279) We copy from the "Mark 

 Lane Express" the following statement: "The 

 cup was won in 1873 by Mr. E. Wortley, in '74 

 by Mr. Robert Wright, in '75 by Mr. Richard 

 Stratton, in '76 by Mr. Samuel Kidner, in '77 

 by Mr. Richard Stratton, (fl280) in '78 by 

 Lord Lovat, in '79 by Mr. H. D. Adamson, in 



PURE-BRED STEER, RUDOLPH, JR. 

 Bred, fed and exhibited by Geo. F. Morgan, winner of grand sweepstakes Chicago Fat Stock Show 1886. 



had defeated his sovereign not on account of 

 that feature of the case, for a royal victory 

 would have been just as warmly welcomed, but 

 as expressing the congratulations of spectators 

 on an exhibitor having at length scored the 

 double event required by the conditions of the 

 Elkington Cup. This feat, however, is not the 

 only sign which the show affords of the strength 

 of the Pembridge herd. Mr. Price also takes 

 the second prize for oxen, and both first and 

 second in the younger class of Hereford steers, 



'80 by Mr. Peter Dunn, in '81 and '82 by Mr. 

 John Price, Court House, Pembridge, Eng." 



1883. THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIK. Here- 

 ford class awards were as follows: 



Bull three years old or over, 1st, Wyoming 

 Hereford Association ; 3d, G. S. Burleigh. Bull 

 two years old and under three, 1st, G. S. Bur- 

 leigh ; 2d, T. M. George. Bull one year old and 

 under two, 1st, George Leigh; 2d, Fowler & 

 Van Natta. Bull under one year old, 1st, C. 



