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Vorhies; T. W. Shelton. Judges Breeders' 

 You3gHerd: L. W. Slieldon, L'nion; W. Vor- 

 hies, Vorhies; T. C. Sterrett, Warrensburg; 

 H. Tennison, White Hall. Judges Sweepstakes: 

 George Reed, Belvidere; L)avid Shaff, Ho)- 

 comb; J. E. C'ronl<, Belvidere; Wrn. Stoclcing, 

 Rochelle; Chas. M. Saxb;/, Freeport. 



It wili be found, after careful exarnirjation, 

 that a large majority of these judges were ni 

 the interest of the Shorthorn breed of cattle. 

 It was claimed that it was difficult to get judges 

 that were rir/t interested and partial to special 

 hreeds or interests; and, admitting this, we 

 then urged the necessity of slaughtering, to test 

 the award, and to our insistence on disinterested 

 and impartial judging by men not interested 

 in any breed can be traced the incipiency of the 

 Fat Stock Show in America. 



We hoped that breed prejudice might disap- 

 pear when competition was limited to steer and 

 fat cattle destined for slaughter, and that at a 

 Fat Stock Show, "individual merit and prime 

 qualities of meat" might he discussed, weighed 

 and fairly judged. We hailed, therefore, the 

 advent of the American Fat Stock Show with 

 comfort, even though we knew it must be con- 



ducted under the same Illinois Board. We 

 wnTH destined to learn, however, that country 

 butchers' selected by Shorthorn breeders and 

 their friend- worf: liable to be, as we have felt, 

 too loyal to the appointing povrtjr; nevertheless, 

 to the establishment of the Fat Stock Show 

 may be ascribed the commencement of Hereford 

 supremacy. 



In 18?.5 we appealed to the Illinois State 

 Board of Agriculture for equal and even- 

 handed justice at their hands. We were told 

 "you are doing well; you are making head- 

 way as fast 'dn you ought to expect; time will 

 cure all your complaints." We replied by giv- 

 ingfigures to show that the Herefords had a rf-c- 

 ord that entitled them to an even classification 

 and that we had a right to claim that the State 

 Board of IJlinoi- should not discriminate 

 against them, but promised that, with or with- 

 out the aid of thi- Board, the Hereford should 

 go to the front. We said then, "The}' are reach- 

 ing It; they will attain it; the}' will hold it." 

 To prove to the Board ttiat our claim to equal 

 recognition of the Herefords with the Short- 

 horns was well founded, we prepared and pre- 

 sented to the Board the accompanying table,: 



GRADE STEER "REGULUS," AT 3 TEARS, WEIGHT 2, .34; LBS. 

 Champion over all hn-.'-As, Chicago Fat. Stook Shov/, "ifXi. Hrf-A ao'l cxtiibntd by Fowler & Van Xatta, 



P^jwif-r, Ind. 



