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'skunk' them every time, if we will only bring it 

 out." 



Col. J ohn Scott, of Iowa, spoke with warmth con- 

 cerning the duty of the Shorthorn breeders of his 

 state to sustain this show as a matter of pride and 

 self-interest. There was "but one Hereford breed- 

 er in the state, and he was here with his choicest 

 specimens; there were thousands of Shorthorn 

 breeders, but not one of them was represented. The 

 CoUings fatted the White Heifer, and showed her 

 all over the Kingdom of Great Britain, and thereby 

 called public attention to the merits of the Short- 

 horn. Modem breeders might profit by their ex- 

 ample." 



Falling Walls. — The twelve months intervening 

 between the show of 1881 and that of 1882 were 

 crowded with events that stirred both Shorthorn 

 and Hereford breeding circles to their very depths 

 — events which had their inception largely in the 

 lessons being taught by the fat stock show. The old 

 guard that had so long dominated the Shorthorn 

 kingdom began to fear for the safety of the struc- 

 ture they had so laboriously builded. New stand- 

 ards were being forced upon the notice of the 

 country by the yearling and two-year-old rings, and 

 especially by the Hereford entries at the big show 

 that had now become the annual battle-ground for 

 the fiercely contending breeds. The question was as 

 to how long the big, up-standing cattle of the Gil- 

 lett-Moninger-Kentucky type could hold the fort. 

 And there were rumblings, ominous and deep, of a 



