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Grove Lassie), Mr. George Redhead's Gussie Fow- 

 ler, and Mr. Curtice's tine breeding cow Cherry- 

 Girl. The foregoing list clearly proves what I said 

 above relating to the Tregrehan-Fowler blood breed- 

 ing on. Many others of merit I could mention. 

 While on a recent visit to Hickory Grove spending 

 a few days among my old favorites I had repeated 

 opportunities of seeing how many of the good young 

 things now in the herd trace their descent from 

 Fowler. 



"In his thirteenth year Fowler was shipped to 

 the Chicago Sto.ck Yards, though still potent. From 

 continued heavy service and his great weight his 

 hocks became spavined, which seriously interfered 

 with his usefulness; having a big surplus of cattle 

 on hand at the time and the cattle trade then being 

 at its lowest ebb, Mr. VanNatta decided to ship 

 him for slaughter along with a trio of other noted 

 bulls— Anxiety 4th 2947, Star Grove 1st and Hen- 

 gler. Determined to see the last of my old favorite, 

 I accompanied these bulls to the stockyards. Even 

 then, crippled as he was, old Fowler still attracted 

 all onlookers and drew plaudits of praise from the 

 stockyards men by his proud carriage. He weighed 

 then 2,400 pounds, his loin as thick and smooth as 

 ever and his back, as it always was, as straight as a 

 yardarm." 



Looking back over all of his Hereford breeding 

 operations in his later years Mr. VanNatta often 

 spoke of Fowler as the most valuable bull he ever 

 owned. He was wonderfully prepotent and his 

 blood bred on, for years winning prizes in the hard- 

 est contested fights, extra finish and symmetry be-, 

 ing nearly always present in his descendants. There 

 was about Fowler a certain strong and showy char- 



