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still the verdict was permitted to stand. A pro- 

 test was made against the awards on grounds of 

 gross injustice. This was admitted. "But," 

 said the Board, ''we have no way to set aside 

 an award except on account of fraud." One of 

 the Board very correctly said, "A court, when- 

 ever a jury brings in a verdict contrary to evi- 

 dence, sets it aside, and the jury is discharged. 

 We," said the member, "have discharged the 

 judges, and it follows that the awards should 

 be set aside." 



The next day the Herefords, in competition 

 with thoroughbreds and grades, took the sweep- 



fords, 3 years old ; one Shorthorn, 2 years old ; 

 one Hereford, 2 j'ears old; two Shorthorns, 1 

 year old; one Hereford, 1 year old. Of the 

 yearling Shorthorns, Mr. Gillette entered one 

 and Mr. Moninger the other, but both refused to 

 dress. Mr. Gillette entered and dressed both 

 the Shorthorns. 



The Shorthorn breeders, it will be noticed, 

 did not propose to bring their breed to this test, 

 except Mr. Moninger, and he refused to fulfill. 

 The test by dressing is the one that comes the 

 nearest to a perfect measurem.ent. 



While the Shorthorn breeders claimed greater 



LORD WILTON (4740) 4057 AND TWO OF HIS DAUGHTERS. 



stakes for each age — on two and three-year-old 

 steers. We have already alluded to the award 

 on the cow. For the best beast in the show 

 the Shorthorns took this under protest, and 

 the Herefords took the reserve vote for this 

 also. 



We would now call attention to the dress- 

 ing of the bullocks. The Shorthorn breeders 

 claimed greater size, heavier hind-quarters as 

 compared with the fore-quarters, with smaller 

 heads, feet, etc. Those who tried to detract 

 from the Hereford victory did not discuss the 

 details of this test. There were entered for 

 dressing, one Shorthorn, 3 years old ; two Here- 



size, the three-year-old bullocks offered by them 

 were 20 per cent lighter than the Herefords; 

 and the two-year-old was 10 per cent lighter 

 than the Hereford two-year-old. The hind- 

 quarters of the Hereford premium steer were 

 40 pounds lighter than the fore-quarters ; while 

 the hind-quarters of the Shorthorn were 108^ 

 pounds lighter, while of the two-year-olds the 

 Herefords showed a difference of 40 pounds, 

 and the Shorthorns 52^ pounds. 



Another point the Shorthorn advocates made 

 was as to heavy heads. By an examination of 

 the figures it wdll be found that even here the 

 percentage is with the Herefords. The Here- 



