THE SHORTHORN 



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At the old American Fat Stock Show held at Chicago from 

 1878 to 1892 the Shorthorn made the strongest show of any 

 breed, the white steer Clarence Kirklevington, in 1884, creating a 

 great sensation. At the International, the successor of the 

 American, each year since 1900 there has been a notable show. 

 Only twice in seventeen annual shows has the Shorthorn won 

 grand-championship honors in the single-steer classes, this being 



FIG. 93. Shorthorn steer herd of Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Cham- 

 pion herd at the 1918 International Live-Stock Exposition. Bred and shown 

 by Purdue University and sired by Lavender Sultan 354171. From photograph 



by J. C. Allen 



in 1907 with Roan King (shown by James Leask of Canada) and 

 in 1917 with Merry Monarch (shown by Purdue University of 

 Indiana). This latter steer was regarded as one of the very finest 

 specimens of the breed ever seen in America, showing superior 

 breed character, quality, condition, and finish. In 1916, at the 

 Palermo show in Argentina, the Shorthorn steer Luis, weighing 

 1685 pounds at thirty-five months and made grand champion, 

 sold for approximately $11,130 in gold. While the Shorthorn 

 grade or crossbred meets with distinct favor in the market, in the 

 show ring it has, as a rule, stood second to the Aberdeen-Angus. 



