HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Culbcrtson, of Chicago; A. C. Reed (fl293), 

 of Goodenow, 111.; E. E. Esson (ft 294), of 

 Peotone, 111.; Jas. H. McEldowney (fl295), 

 of Illinois, showing about 60 head all told. 



At the Fair at Bismarck, Kansas, the Here- 

 ford exhibit was by J. S. Hawes, Shockey & 

 (Jibb (If 29(5, 11297), Lueien Scott, G. A. Fow- 

 ler, all of Kansas (*[f 298). 



At the Iowa State Fair, for the sweepstakes 

 for the best herd, there were ten herds shown 

 of the different breeds. Third premium was 

 <.>;rincd for the Herefords by the Iowa Here- 

 ford Cattle Co. (1j 299). A. A. Crane, of Illi- 

 nois, and Ford & Drummic, of Iowa, made up a 

 fine exhibit (fl300). 



The Michigan State Fair witnessed another 

 splendid show of Herefords. This year the ex- 

 hibit came from the herds of William Hamil- 

 ton, Thos. Foster, Foster & Pearsall, Edwin 

 IMu-lps, R. G. Hart (If 301), of Michigan, and 

 F. H. Johnson & Co. (ff302), of Indiana, 

 There was as usual in Michigan no competition 

 between breeds. 



At the Indiana State Fair, the Herefords 

 were represented by the Indiana herds, F. H. 

 Johnson & Co., of South Bend, and the Indiana 

 Blooded Stock Co., of Indianapolis, making a 

 most creditable show. 



The Herefords were exhibited at Nebraska 

 State Fair 1885, by J. S. Hawes (fl 303), Kan- 

 sas, his herd being headed by Sir Evelyn 

 (ff 304). The rest of the exhibits were made by 

 Chas. M. Sears, of Aurora, Neb.; E. E. Day, 

 of South Bend, Neb.; A. A. Crane, of Osco, 

 111., the latter herd headed by Equinox 2d, a 

 '.'-year-old weighing 1,700 pounds. There was 

 no sweepstakes between breeds (fl 305, fl306). 



At the English Royal Show, 1885, there was 

 no competition between breeds. The Here- 

 fords were well represented. Exhibitors were : 

 J. Price, Earl of Coventry, H. R. Hall (fl 307), 

 H. W. Taylor (If 308), J. Rankin, M. P.; W. 

 Pudge, C. Knott, T. S. Minton (fl309), J. H. 

 Arkwright, A. Hughes (ff310), F. J. Gough, 

 S. Miller, A. P. Turner (ff311), J. Naylor, J. 

 R. Hill, S. Robinson (ff312). 



The Show was a very creditable one to the 

 Hereford cattle. 



At the GLOUCESTER AGRICULTURAL SHOW, 

 among the Shorthorn exhibitors were some of 

 the best of the Shorthorn breeders. "Bell's 

 \\Vekly Messenger" says of the Herefords: 

 "They made a magnificent display." The aged 

 bulls were H. W. Taylor's Maidstone (ff313), 

 Lord Coventry's Good Boy, H. R. Hall's Hot- 

 spur (|[314). They stood first, second and 

 third in the order named. Mr. Taylor's Maid- 

 stone took the champion prize for the best male 



animal of any breed in the show, and his Van- 

 ity 7th likewise for the best female in the 

 show. "If these honors had not been repeated 

 so often in England this year," says the "Mes- 

 senger," "we might attempt to enlarge upon 

 these awards." An interesting fact in con- 

 nection with these sweepstakes awards is that 

 of the three judges, two were Shorthorn 

 breeders. 



At the Royal Counties Show, 1885, at South- 

 ampton, all breeds in competition, Earl Coven- 

 try took the champion prize with his Hereford 

 bull Goodboy, defeating the Shorthorn, Sus- 

 sex (1[316) and Devon (TJ317) breeds. 



Mr. John Price took champion prize for 

 bull and offspring at BRIGHTON. 



At the Oxfordshire Fair, 1885, the Earl of 

 Coventry won sweepstakes with Hereford bull 

 Goodboy and Hereford cow Golden Treasure, 

 in competition with all breeds. Mr. Joseph 

 Darby, writing to the "Farmer," says: "Mr. 

 Handley's Self Esteem 2d (If 318), which here 

 came into collision with the Earl of Coventry's 

 Good Boy, had for the past two seasons been 

 the crack Shorthorn of the period." 



CHICAGO FAT STOCK SHOW, 1885. At 

 the American Fat Stock Show, 1885, the 

 Herefords scored a splendid victory. The ex- 

 hibit was one of the best made at this show, 

 and the Illinois State Board of Agriculture was 

 entitled to great credit for the advancement 

 they had made in the selection of judges. It 



PURE-BRED STEER. 



Bred by F. Platt, Barnby Manor, Newark-on-Trent, Cham- 

 pion at Smithfield, 1886. 



was claimed by the Shorthorn men that they 

 had not suitable preparation for this show. 

 This statement was made by them to account 

 for their defeat, but they proposed to come the 

 next year with a stronger exhibit. It is well 

 to consider whether this claim for want of read- 

 iness for this show was valid or not. First in 

 their three-year-old class, Messrs. Morrow & 



