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fine animals. The heifers under four years old 

 made a good display, Kathleen (ff 346) (weigh- 

 ing 2,000 Ibs.), a much older beast than Mr. 

 Platt's, but over 3 cwt. lighter, again winning 

 the 1st prize. Many people thought Kathleen 

 would follow up her victory, as at Birmingham, 

 but it was not to be. She is certainly much 

 superior to Vanity VII, a slightly older heifer, 

 belonging to H. W. Taylor, Ledbury, which 

 took second prize. The Earl of Coventry, who 

 was highly commended at Birmingham with 

 Tunic, was now placed third; but the second 

 prize taker at Birmingham, shown by R. Shir- 

 ley, Baucott, Salop, was not on this occasion 



THE SHOWS OF 1887. 



Good exhibits were again made of the Here- 

 fords at the MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. The 

 following were the exhibitors: Fowler & Van 

 Natta, of Indiana; the Cosgrove L. S. Co. 

 (^347), and W. G. Sawyer, of Minnesota. 



The creditable exhibit at the NEBRASKA 

 STATE FAIR was contributed from the herds of 

 Shockey & Gibb and J. S. Hawes, of Kansas, 

 C. M. Sears, and E. E. Day, of Nebraska. 



Messrs. Fowler & Bassett, G. W. Price, Geo. 

 W. Henry (fl 348), (fl 351), Thomas Clark, Tom 

 C. Pouting, of Illinois, and Fowler & Van 



SUCCESS (5031) 2. 

 Bred by J. Morris, Herefordshire. Favorite stock bull of T. L. Miller. 



noticed. A very good class of cows resulted in 

 J. H. Arkwright, Hampton Court, Leominster, 

 taking first prize, and H. W. Taylor second; 

 the positions being the same as in Birmingham. 

 J. Watson, M. P., Berwick Hall, Shrewsbury, 

 was third a substantial advance on the Bing- 

 ley Hall commendation. 



At the BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND Snow 

 held at Bristol, 1886, champion prizes were as 

 follows: The best bull in the show, H. W. 

 Taylor, for Hereford bull Maidstone. For the 

 best cow in the show in calf, Hereford, A. E. 

 Hughes; reserve, H. W. Taylor, Hereford. 



Natta, of Indiana, furnished the splendid ex- 

 hibit at the ILLINOIS STATE FAIR. The event 

 of this show was the contest for the grand 

 sweepstakes prize for herd of beef cattle, any 

 breed, which was won again and for the third 

 year in succession by Fowler & Van Natta for 

 the Herefords. Mr. Thos. Clark had in his 

 Hereford cow Peerless 2d the champion female ; 

 while Messrs. Fowler & Van Natta's great bull 

 Fowler scored again for the Herefords as cham- 

 pion bull of any age or breed. 



At the KANSAS STATE FAIR the victorious 

 Hereford herd of Shockey & Gibb headed by 



