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long-sought honor had not only been achieved, but 

 backed up as well by a "reserve" vote. The echoes 

 of the Hereford cheers by which this victory was 

 greeted lingered long in the memory of visitors. 

 The "white face" had at last definitely "arrived." 

 His worth was now definitely acknowledged by the 

 High Court of Last Appeal, and he took his place 

 from that day forward as a fixed factor in American 

 beef-making. 



Clarence Eirklevington's Tear. — One of the last 

 great products of the Bates Shorthorn blood in 

 North America was the white steer Clarence Kirk- 

 levington, above referred to. He was bred in the 

 purple and had been handled at Bow Park with con- 

 summate skill. Although forced, from calfhood, by 

 all the methods known to English showyard gen- 

 erals, this wonderful specimen of his breed came 

 back to the show of 1884 to register the greatest tri- 

 imiph standing to the credit of any steer ever ex- 

 hibited at an American fat stock show. At a weight 

 of 2,400 pounds he was still smooth as a mole, al- 

 though somewhat soft in his handling. His great 

 arched back, tremendous quarters, depth, breadth, 

 and above all, his commanding presence, finely-set 

 head and neck, beautiful horns and general show of 

 "blood" and "finish" gave to him a distinction at- 

 taching to none of hig competitors. 



In this steer the old Bates ideal found full frui- 

 tion—individual merit of a high order joined to the 

 aristocratic bearing and "character" which consti- 

 tuted the main asset of the type he represented 



