356 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



recognized by his contemporaries, had fitting ex- 

 emplification at the very outset of his career. Sir 

 Arthur grew into a good enough bull to win as a 

 yearling at the Ohio State Fair of 1870 ; and subse- 

 quently sired many prizewinners. 



Clark's First Show Cattle. — Mr. Clark's first 

 females were bought from James Cross, his land- 

 lord, who had a dispersion sale on renting the farm 

 to Clark. These cattle were of the Humphries 

 blood, and Clark's purchases included the cow Nel- 

 lie, by John Bull, for which he paid $385. She was 

 a big smooth cow with lots of substance and was 

 afterwards shown with success at the fairs. About 

 1872 Clark met the Shorthorn herd of William Mof- 

 fatt & Bros, at Berea, a district fair. The'Mof- 

 fatts were showing a mature herd of big cattle. 

 Clark showed Sir Arthur, Nellie, the two-year-old 

 heifer Tulip and two yearlings, winning first prize 

 and the male and female championships. W. W. 

 Aldrich had been Clark's competitor for Nellie at 

 the Cross sale and after she had defeated Aldrich 's 

 cows the latter wrote to "The Ohio Farmer" and 

 disparaged Nellie, partly because she "had no 

 white on the shoulder." 



The next important purchase was the cow 

 Primrose 2d, by Golden Drop, son of Guelph, the 

 sire of Sir Charles. On the occasion of a visit to 

 the Guelph fair buying sheep, Mr. Clark met the 

 well known Dominion importer and breeder John 

 Snell, who was showing a good roan Shorthorn 

 bull. T, L. Miller had just bought Stone's Here- 



