Shorthorn bull, RINGMASTER. Champion of the breed at leading 

 shows in 1911. Shown by White and Smith, St. Cloud, Minn. Photo 

 taken at three years of age. 



DESCRIPTION OF SHORTHORN CATTLE. 



THE SHORTHORN in the course of its development has been mainly repre- 

 sented by three family types the Bates, noted for style, fine heads, clean 

 necks, straight, level backs, refined bone, with a combination of milking 

 and beefing qualities ; the Booths, famous for excellence in girth, wide backs, 

 lengthy quarters, deep llesh and beefing attributes ; the Cruickshanks, or 

 Scotch cattle, possessed of scale, with low, broad, deep forms, heavy flesh, 

 mossy coats and early maturity. With this as the source of their evolution, 

 the modern shorthorn should reflect in the show ring a blending of the fore- 

 going family types in possessing beef form, early maturity and all the gen- 

 eral evidences of thrift and vigor. In the show ring the type that is recog- 

 nized is that of a beef animal combining the butcher's ideas, the feeder's 

 requirements and the breeder's demands. This means a representative that 

 possesses a high percentage of valuable meat of the quality that is desired 

 for the block. With this there should be the general evidences of productive 

 capacity in the making of beef, which means a full development of the vital 

 organs and the other regions which have to do with the powers of production. 

 In unison with the breeding, and held in equal estimation, there should be 

 the finish, style and other characteristics which the breeder seeks in the 

 breeding herd required chiefly for the production of beef. The common 

 colors are red, white and roan, and these as well as all families should not 

 be subject to the personal preferences of the judge or to present popularity. 



