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Exhibitor and aaimal. Weight. Blood. 



Seabury & Sample, Bob 1435 G. Hd. 



Seabury & Sample, Mort 1390 G. Hd. 



Seabury & Sample, Sam 1185 G. Hd. 



Seabury & Sample, Jack 1630 G. Hd. 



J. H. Potts & Son, Bob Moore 1325 G. S. H. 



J. R. Peak & Son, Tommylin 1140 G. S. H. 



J. R. Peak & Son, Henry 1275 G. S. H. 



J. R. Peak & Son, Marcus 1155 G. S. J. 



J. R. Peak & Son, Richard 1170 G. S. H. 



J. R. Peak & Son, Arch r 1290 G. S. H. 



J. R. Peak & Son, Rover G. S. H. 



John D. Gillette, Roy 1470 G. S. H. 



John D. Gillette, Champion 1505 G. S. H. 



John D. Gillette, Rob 1260 G. S. H. 



John D. Gillette, Lightfoot 1280 G. S. H. 



B. Waddell, Philip 1065 G. S. H. 



T. W. Hunt, Billy 1210 G. S. H. 



T. W. Hunt, Reliance 1200 G. S. H. 



Lucien Scott, Last Chance 1300 G. Hoi. 



Wm. R. Estill, Flash 1360 G. An. 



The first, second and third premiums went 

 to Adams Earl for Hereford grades, sired by 

 Sir Bartle Frere (ff 325). 



The foregoing tables are interesting as com- 

 paring the weights of Herefords with other 

 breeds and prove that by the scales test the 

 average for Hereford has no superior, if indeed 

 they are equaled. 



The show of calves numbered twenty-eight 

 entries, one-half of which were by Hereford 

 bulls. The first and second premiums went to 

 J. R. Price, Williamsville, 111., on Herefords. 



For best grades, any age, Fowler & Van 

 Natta's Regulus (fl 326) was winner. In sweep- 

 stakes by ages the show was confined to winning 

 steers in the different classes, and in the three- 

 ycar-old class the competitors were the pure- 

 bred Shorthorn Schooler, and the pure-bred 

 Hereford, Suspense, and the grade Hereford 

 Regulus. The Fowler & Van Natta steer Reg- 

 ulus took the champion prize as the best three- 

 year-old in the show. It is well to state here 

 that Suspense, the pure-bred Hereford, would 

 have undoubtedly taken this prize but for the 

 fact that he was somewhat overdone. 



In the two-year-old class, Leigh & Crane's 

 pure-bred Hereford steer Sampson took the 

 champion honors. In the yearling class the 

 pure-bred Shorthorn steer Cleveland took the 

 champion prize. This beautiful Shorthorn may 

 truly be said to have appropriated the Hereford 

 type. 



In the calf class Mr. J. R. Price's grade 

 Hereford heifer was the champion winner. 

 Thus, in four classes, three-year-olds, two-year- 

 olds, yearlings and calves, the Herefords took 

 three of the prizes and the Shorthorns one. 



There was considerable complaint among the 

 losing Shorthorn exhibitors that the sweep- 

 stakes should be confined to the three first prize 

 steers in the different classes; hence another 

 ring was created by the Board, which was 

 termed the "consolation sweepstakes by ages." 

 It is quite safe to say that no amount of com- 



plaint by Hereford exhibitors had ever brought 

 about such a concession. 



The four regular winning steers above 

 named, not being admitted to this ring, enabled 

 Schooler, a Shorthorn, to take a first prize as 

 a three-year-old; Mr. J. J. Hill's (If 327) Ben- 

 holm (Polled Angus) to take first as a yearling, 

 and J. H. Potts & Son's Diamond, a grade 

 Shorthorn, to take the first as a calf. 



Messrs. Morrow & Renick carried off the 

 prize for the best pen of cattle three years old 

 and under four, with Shorthorns, and the In- 

 diana Blooded Stock Co. the second with Here- 

 fords. For the best two-year-old under three, 

 Fowler & Van Natta, first with Herefords; 

 John B. Sherman, second with Shorthorns. 

 For the best pen of yearlings, Adams Earl, 

 with Herefords ; second to the Indiana Blooded 

 Stock Co., with Herefords. The best pen of 

 calves, J. A. Funkhouser first, and the Swan 

 Live Stock Co. second, both Herefords. 



The Shorthorns won all three prizes for heav- 

 iest fat steers with overgrown oxen that can 

 only be produced at a loss. The only merit in 

 the exhibit for heaviest bullock is, that it grati- 

 fies the curiosity of a good many city visitors, 

 there being no merit in either of the three bul- 

 locks. The Board later abolished this class. 



For the greatest gain per day in the three- 

 year-old class, Fowler & Van Natta won both 

 first and second 

 with Herefords. In 

 calves, Mr. Benj. 

 Hershey took sec- 

 ond with a grade 

 Hereford. 



For the grand 

 sweepstakes for the 

 best beast in the 

 show, the compe- 

 tition was between 

 Elbert & Fall's 

 Shorthorn steer 

 Cleveland; the In- 

 diana Blooded 

 Stock Co.'s thor- 

 oughbred Hereford 

 Suspense : Mr. J. 

 J. Hill's 'Benholm, 

 Polled Angus; Messrs. Fowler & Van Natta's 

 Regulus, grade Hereford, and a group of cows 

 not eligible elsewhere in the show. 



Fowler & Van Natta's grade Hereford Reg- 

 ulus was awarded the honor as the best beast 

 in the show. The "Breeders' Gazette" prize 

 for the best animal in the show, bred and raised 

 by the exhibitor, was awarded to Mr. C. M. 

 Culbertson, on Dysart (1J328). 



REES KEENE, 

 Pencraig, Careleon, Mon- 

 mouthshire. 



