HISTORY OF H ERE F OKI) CATTLE 



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partment, to a fraud and makes them a party 

 to it. The State Board, representing the Agri- 

 cultural Department of the state of Illinois, 

 were assembled on the opening of the show on 

 the morning of November 16, to make their 

 preparations and arrangements for the week's 

 work that was before them. While thus assem- 

 bled the facts of these frauds were brought to 

 their notice. We called on President Scott, 

 and advised him of these frauds and asked that 

 he would bring the matter to the notice of the 

 Board, that they might take the initiatory steps 

 to determine the ages of the animals in the 

 cattle department before they should be brought 

 before the committees. When we entered the 

 outer room, President Scott, who was with 

 the Board, left the inner room and met us, the 

 Board still in session, and we tendered our 

 herd of cattle then on exhibition for the open- 

 ing of such an examination as they might see 

 fit. 



Mr. Scott referred us to Rule 5, as his remedy 

 in the premises. We advised Mr. Scott that we 

 came not as a protestor, but to bring a fact as 

 to fraud, which was well known throughout the 

 building in which the show was to be held, and 

 advised him that he might find this report 

 sustained by members of the Board, and ex- 

 hibitors of Shorthorn as well as Hereford cat- 

 tle; and urged him to take such measures as 

 would protect the interests of exhibitors, who 

 were there under the rules of the Board. 



On leaving this room we met Mr. J. H. San- 

 ders, editor and proprietor of the "Breeders' 

 Gazette," and called his attention to the fact, 

 and asked his aid in having an investigation 

 made in reference to this fraud as to the ages 

 of cattle. Mr. Sanders promised to give all 

 the aid that he could in the premises, and do 

 all he could, if fraud was found, to expose it. 

 By his public act, Mr. Scott, or the State Board, 

 so far as we know, took no action in this mat- 

 ter of fraud, but had the cattle brought before 

 the committees, who made the awards based 

 upon the fraudulent entries. 



We wish to state, in reference to Rule 5, that 

 the protest of an animal when in the show ring 

 is substantially a farce. The notice of protest 

 filed, the committee would go on as if no pro- 

 test was made, the Board would go about their 

 business, close their show, and go to Springfield 

 on the first of January following, where the 

 protestor might appear before them, get a hear- 

 ing, or, should he find an opportunity to argue 

 his case on the week of the show, there was so 

 much haste, so much business crowding upon 

 the members of the Board, that it was difficult 

 to get at the merits of the question. 



\Ve again, appeared before the president on 

 the last day but one of the show, and again 

 called his attention to special animals exhibited 

 by Mr. D. M. Moninger, that the Board might 

 take some action that would disqualify Mr. 

 Moninger as an exhibitor, and forfeit the pre- 

 miums that had been awarded to him. Mr. 

 Scott again referred us to Rule 5, and said that 

 we had our remedy through it. We informed 

 him that we came not as a protestor, but to 

 bring a fact to them of a fraud that was 

 flagrant, and such a one as the Board ought to 

 take cognizance of. 



Failing to get satisfaction from Mr. Scott, 

 we then went to the Hon. John P. Reynolds, a 

 member and ex-president of the Board, and 

 called his attention to the fact, and asked that 

 he would give his influence to the exposing of 

 the fraud that had been committed upon the 

 society and the public, and called his attention 

 to Rule 12, as authority for asking that the 

 society should take some action in the premises. 

 We also advised him that as this was the last 

 day of the show, but one, we would be obliged 

 to bring the matter to the notice of the Here- 

 ford Society, which would meet that evening, 

 and ask them that they would take action to 

 protect themselves and the public from the con- 

 sequences of these frauds. Mr. Reynolds went 

 to Mr. C. M. Culbertson, the president of the 

 Hereford Society, and asked him to use his 

 influence so that the Hereford Society should 

 not take any action in the premises, and he 

 would bring the matter before the State Board 

 on the following day and urge an investigation 

 into the charges of fraud that were made. 



The matter was brought before the Hereford 

 Society, when Mr. Reynolds' request and prom- 

 ise were made known by Mr. Culbertson. No 

 action was taken other than to request Presi- 

 dent Culbertson to take such action in connec- 

 tion with the State Board as might seem 

 desirable. The charges were brought before the 

 State Board the last day of the show by Mr. 

 Reynolds, and the investigation was urged by 

 Mr. Dysart and Mr. Reynolds. It was opposed 

 by President Scott and Col. J. W. Judy. No 

 other action was taken, so far as we know, other 

 than to say to Mr. Moninger that charges were 

 made that his steer, Champion of Iowa, was 

 said to be older than the age for which he was 

 entered. On Mr. Moninger stating that the age 

 for which he was entered was correct, the mat- 

 ter was dropped. The steer was entered at one 

 year eleven months and fifteen days, showing 

 a mouth of six full teeth. 



There were two other steers exhibited by Mr. 

 Moninger, one as a two-year-old, called Tom 



