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heads the two-year-olda — Leonora, the invincible — Buy- 

 ing prize-winners for the States — Historic youngsters at 

 Derby — ^Wilton blood to the fore — Garfield and Henrietta 

 — Light show at York — ^The great Shrewsbury Show of 

 1884 — ^Archibald — "A clever cross" — ^Maidstone and Anx- 

 iety Arthur — Prizes at Preston — Good Boy and Rare Sov- 

 ereign — Golden Treasure — Newcastle-on-Tyne — Notting- 

 ham decisions — The Windsor Jubilee — Fifty years of prog- 

 ress 180-265 



CHAPTER VI — FIRST AMERICAN IMPORTATIONSys- 

 Flpst improved blood in Kentucky — Henry Clay's importation 

 of 1817 — A Hereford owned by Lewis Sanders — Intro- 

 duced into Massachusetts — ^Alleged importation into Maine 

 in 1830 — ^The New York importation of 1840 — Erastus 

 Coming Interested — ^The herd sold to Sotham — An inva- 

 sion of Kentucky — A militant pioneer — The Maine impor- 

 tation of 1846 — Other old-time eastern breeders — ^The 

 Chamberlain importation — Dowley importation of 1852 — 

 The Ohio importation of 1852 — ^Early exhibits by Mr. 

 Aston — Importation of 1860 — Frederick William Stone — 

 A Warwickshire man — First Hereford purchases — Guelph 

 and Sir Charles — ^The Green blood introduced — ^Wlde dis- 

 tribution of the Stone stock — ^A man of broad sympathies 

 — A strong personality — Hon. John Merryman — ^Early pur- 

 chases from William H. Sotham — Bulls from Stone of 

 Canada — Importation of Sir Richard 2d — Giantess and 

 progeny — ^Illinois in service — Prince of the Wye im- 

 ported — Final dispersion — A man of mark 256-337 



CHAPTER VII— A FOOTING GAINED IN THE MIDDLE WEST. 

 Gov. Crapo's experiments — Humphries and Aldrich active — 

 The Illinois and St. Louis shows of 1871 — ^The Burlelghs 

 bring Herefords into Iowa — T. L. Miller, the great pro- 

 moter — Sir Charles — ^Repulsed by the Shorthorns In 1872 — 

 Thomas Clark's first steps — Clark's first show oattl^ — 

 Removes to Illinois in 1887 — Looking towards the range — 

 Success and Dolly Varden — Honors at big shows — George 

 Morgan, "Jim" Powell and "Willie" Watson — American 

 herd book established — Old-time controversies 338-367 



CHAPTER VIII— FIRST FAT STOCK SHOWS AND THEIR 

 INFLUENCE. 



Breaking away from old standards — John D. Glllett, pioneer 

 exhibitor — Some wonderful weights — First fat stock show 

 Herefords — "Baby beef" — The second round — Sherman's 

 tallow mountains — Shorthorns win again — ^The block test 

 set up — ^The show of 1880 — Culbertson enters the lists — 

 Another "row" over the championship— War to the knife 

 — Falling walls — "Last of the Mohicans" — ^Various types 

 In evidence — Imported Hereford steers — First Angus show 



