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sible way, regardless of courtesy or even com- 

 mon decency, he knew that he was occupying 

 the contemptible position of a pettifogger. 



"It is true that Mr. Moninger entered steers 

 at this show as two years old with eight teeth, 

 as one }^ear old with six, and when Mr. Sanders 

 was asked by a prominent exhibitor at this 

 show to make an examination of the mouths 

 of these steers, he excused himself by saying 

 he could not tell by the teeth the age of a bul- 

 lock. Still, he claims to be the 'pioneer jour- 

 nalist' in the live stock interest of America. 

 He knew that Mr. Miller went before the Board 

 to advise the Board of these facts. He knew 

 that Mr. Miller advised him (Sanders), and 

 that he had promised to give his influence in 

 aiding Mr. Miller to expose any fraud in the 

 entries of animals that were entered at that 

 show. 



"These are facts, and Mr. Miller's record in 

 this matter has been open and above board. 

 Mr. Sanders' position in undertaking to defend 

 Mr. Moninger in these fraudulent entries might 

 be excused in him as an individual, being a 

 personal and intimate friend of Mr. Moninger, 

 but as a journalist there is no excuse. Mr. San- 

 ders might inform himself that two-year-old 

 steers cannot grow eight teeth, or one-year-old 

 six, and he knows that these bullocks had such 

 teeth, and we are not confined to the teeth 

 that we have secured to show this. We can, 

 whenever the time comes and it becomes neces- 

 sary, bring such an array of witnesses to prove 

 these statements as will make it conclusive be- 

 fore any court in Christendom. Mr. Sanders 

 says that 'Mr. Miller failed to make his protest 

 in a formal manner until long after the steers 

 were killed, and now the evidence he presents 

 (the alleged teeth of the steers in question) is 

 no more convincing to the friends of the parties 

 than the positive statements of Mr. Moninger, 

 a breeder, and the other men he names.' Mr. 

 Moninger's referring to certain names is not 

 presenting them in evidence at all. They have 

 had nothing to say as yet; when they do have, 

 we will discuss the merits of their statements. 



"We would call attention to the 'Gazette/ 

 which professes to give a correct copy of the 

 statement made by Mr. Moninger to the State 

 Board, that it has left out a portion, which we 

 have put in italics, commencing with 'this is a 

 brief statement,' etc., etc." 



From the "Breeders' Journal," June, 1883, 

 we quote: "We have heretofore given Mr. 

 Moninger's statement in answer to our charges 

 of fraudulent entries at the late Fat Stock 

 Show. The 'Breeders' Gazette' of the 5th inst. 

 introduces Mr. Moninger as follows: The re- 



markable percentage of net to live weight made 

 by the grade Shorthorn steers Grinnell and 

 Tom Brown, exhibited at the last American 

 Fat Stock Show in this city by D. M. Moninger, 

 of Galvin, la., have already been reported in 

 these columns as tending to set at rest the 

 fraudulent charges as to how the bullocks died, 

 as the English say. We herewith present the 

 affidavits of Messrs. Moninger and Duddleston : 



MR. MONINGER'S AFFIDAVIT. 



"'The steer Grinnell, winner of the first 

 prize for best two-year-old steer in the Chicago 

 Fat Stock Show of 1882, was dropped Febru- 

 ary 7th, 1880. The steer Tom Brown, winner 

 of first prize for best three-year-old steer in 

 the same show, was dropped August 28th, 1879. 

 "'D. M. MONINGER. 



"'Feb. 24th, 1883. 



"'Subscribed in my presence and sworn to 

 before me by the said D. M. Moninger, this 

 24th day of February, 1883, as witness my 

 hand and seal notarial. 



"'HENRY STONE, Not. Pub.' 



AFFIDAVIT OF GEO. DUDDLESTON. 



" 'CHICAGO, March 27th, 1883. 



"'This is to certify that I, George Duddles- 

 ton, a butcher doing business at Nos. 83 and 85 

 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., purchased the prize 

 steers Grinnell and Tom Brown from D. M. 

 Moninger, of Galvin, Iowa, during the last 

 Fat Stock Show held in this city ; that the live 

 weight of the steer Grinnell, allowing fifty 

 pounds for shrinkage (his show weight having 

 been 1,850 pounds), was 1,800, and that said 

 steer Grinnell's dressed weight was 1,310 

 pounds, a percentage of 32 to 77 of net to live 

 weight. The show weight of the steer Tom 

 Brown was 1,945 pounds, from which 50 

 pounds is to be deducted for shrinkage, leaving 

 his live weight at time of slaughter 1,895 

 pounds; the dressed weight of the steer Tom 

 Brown was 1,340 pounds, a percentage of net to 

 live weight of 31 to 70. Having seen the car- 

 casses dressed at each of the Fat Stock Shows, 

 I can truly say that I have never seen so deep a 

 fleshed bullock as the steer Grinnell above 

 mentioned. Furthermore, it is my belief that 

 the ages of the above named steers were sub- 

 stantially as given to the managers of the 

 show by Mr. Moninger. 



"'GEO. DUDDLESTON. 



" 'State of Illinois, Cook County. Attest. 



"'Subscribed and sworn to before me this 

 27th day of March, A. D. 1883. 



" 'GEO. BUAHAM, Not. Pub/ 



