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pared to expect great things from the renovated 

 blood." 



The same paper, speaking of the Herefords 

 at this same show, says : 



"They are not so numerous as the more fash- 

 ionable breed, but the quality throughout is ex- 

 cellent. In the aged bull class there are five 

 animals of which the Hereford men need not 

 be ashamed. The heifers m milk numbered 

 only three, but two of them were such animals 

 as it ■ was wortli while coming to Oxford on 

 purpose to see. Mrs. Sarah Edwards of Win- 

 tercott took first and second, leaving Mr. Lutly 

 the reserve, but Mrs. Sarah Edwards' Leonora 

 (Jl 107) is one of the most perfect animals that 

 has been shown for years. It was first last year 

 as a yearling at Liverpool, and will likely be 

 first wherever it goes. The Champion prize 

 given by the Oxfordshire Agricultural Society 

 was also awarded to this heifer, as the best fe- 

 male horned animal in the yard. The champion 

 heifer, Beatrice (U 108), is also very handsome, 

 and took second to Leonora's first at the Royal 

 last year, as it did last week at Oxford. Mrs. 

 Edwards may well be proud of such stock as 

 that. If Leonora had been a Grand Duchess, 

 Shorthorn, a poem would have been composed 

 in her honor, and translated in several lan- 

 guages by this time, but no Shorthorn that we 

 have ever seen was cast in such a mold as this 

 Hereford heifer." 



Of the award of the champion prize, the same 

 authority gives the following account : 



"One of the most attractive features of the_^ 

 opening judging was the awarding of the cham- 

 pion prizes given by the Oxford Agricultural 

 Association, and a great deal of interest cen- 

 tered in it. For the best Shorthorn animal in 

 the yard the award was given by the Shorthorn 

 judges, of whom there were but two, Mr. Drew- 

 ery and Mr. Trindall, and the contest was be- 

 tween Mr. Linton's Sir Arthur Ingram and Mr. 

 Marchess heifer Diana, and after some little 

 time the bull took the prize card. To our minds 

 the white bull calf Prince A^ictor was a better 

 Shorthorn than either of them. He would be 

 a bold man who would stake his reputation on 

 a calf, as it may not realize the expectation 

 formed of it, but taking the animals as they 

 stood simply as merit actually possessed at the 

 time, we thouglit the calf the best, nor were we 

 singular in that opinion. Then the whole con- 

 claves of judges came into the ring to decide 

 which was the best male horned animal in the 

 yard, and here the Shorthorn men were hope- 

 lessly in the minority, cornered in a manner that 

 does not often happen in a show yard. In vain 

 Mr. Drewery contrasted the strong points of 



Sir Arthur Ingram with the weak ones of Mr. 

 Roger's Hereford bull Grateful (\\ 10!;)); it 

 was all to no purpose; the rest could not get 

 away from the Hereford, whose wonderful rib 

 and forehand was too much for the Shorthorn, 

 and the show of hands showed an overwhelm- 

 ing majority for the Hereford. There is no 

 doubt but that, had the Shorthorn judges been 

 of sufficient numerical strength, they would not 

 only have prevented this Hereford triumph, but 

 also that which followed when the best female 

 horned animal had to be decided upon, for it 

 went sadly against the grain to award even such 

 a heifer as Mrs. Sarah Edwards' Leonora the 

 championship over the Shorthorn Diana, but it 

 had to be done, and we think there were few- 

 outsiders who were not thoroughly satisfied. 

 These champion awards were an unquestionable 

 streak of lean for the 'fancy,' and we may de- 

 pend on their not allowing such a thing to occur 

 again if they can help it. This, coming after 

 Paris, is about as much as they will be able to 

 bear with patience. We should be glad to see 

 sweepstakes judging of this kind more fre- 

 quently." 



The Shorthorn men, gaining full control of 

 the Royal Agricultural Society and the Smith- 

 field Club, forbade the contest between the 

 Shorthorns and Herefords thereafter, well 

 knowing the consequence, should it again occur 

 under impartial and sound judgment. The edi- 



NEBRASKA RANGE CALVES IN THE KANSAS CITY 



STOCK YARDS. 



(En route to Eastern feed lots.) 



tonal in the "Mark Lane Express" instituting 

 comparison is true and was written by an im- 

 partial scribe, shows plainly how others see it. 

 The "Mark Lane Express" supported the Short- 

 horns above any otlier breed, until they saw 

 their error. The interest in that paper was 

 supported bv the aristocracy of the countrv. 



I will conclude with a short sketch of Cap- 

 tain Morgan's visit to Mr. Hewer's in Glouces- 

 tershire. As I had crossed the ocean with him 



