HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



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Shorthorn breeder remarked : "Well, the white- 

 faced bull is the best bull on the grounds, if he 

 did not get a ribbon." "That's what I say." 

 "I- say so too," and other like remarks from 

 the bystanders, caused a crowd to gather around 

 the deeply-wronged animal and he was viewed 

 over and over again, and in ten minutes he had 

 as many friends as anybody. I felt the in- 

 justice so keenly that I could scarcely conduct 

 myself with proper decorum, and when the 

 Honorable Ross came round to see what the 

 row was about, I addressed him thus : "Well, 

 Uncle Billy, 1 would like you to take a look 



the result was the same as in the IniU ring and 

 the crowd became so outspoken that the super- 

 intendent announced, that, owing to the dis- 

 satisfaction among the "outsiders," he 'WQuld 

 postpone the exhibit of herds competing for 

 sweepstakes honors until the next day and then 

 he would try and secure new judges to pass 

 upon them. 



My protest was substantially as follows : 

 "To the Officers and Directors of the Sedg- 

 wdck County Agricultural, Mechanical and 

 Stock Association ; 



"Grounds of Protest: 1st. That the Hon. 



A MODEL RANCH HEADQUARTERS. 

 Spring Lake Ranch of W. E. Halsell. Bovina, Tex. 



at my little bull ; I don't think your committee 

 has ever seen him. I would have felt highly 

 complimented had you noticed him while in the 

 ring." This was more than his Honor could 

 bear, and he replied : "The Heref ords have no 

 right to show against Shorthorns anyhow." To 

 which I replied, "If that is the case, I will leave 

 my cows in their stalls ; the public will give the 

 Herefords justice if you Shorthorn judges will 

 not." I then announced that I would protest 

 the awards. The crowd then shouted, "Show 

 your cows ; you shall have justice." I con- 

 sented, and did show them under protest. But 



Will. Ross IS now. and has in the past been a 

 breeder and exhibitor of Shorthorn cattle at 

 our annual fairs, and that he is interested in 

 the success of the Shorthorn breed ; and fur- 

 ther, that he has shown great prejudice and 

 bitterness against the Hereford breed in certain 

 newspaper articles published over his signature, 

 in the papers of this city, and in our belief, 

 he could not do justice to any animal com- 

 peting for sweepstakes honors that was not a 

 Shorthorn. 



"2. That the other two committeemen are 

 Shorthorn breeders and interested in the success 



