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the best of their Waterloo, and exercising a wise 

 philosophy parted company with their successful 

 rivals in the best of spirits. A miniature Hereford 

 bull (intended as a souvenir watch charm) was 

 presented to Mr. Earl as the representative of the 

 visiting Hereford breeders with an address of ■ 

 thanks for their attendance, and the proprietor of 

 Shadeland responded in a fitting manner, setting 

 forth briefly what is claimed for the red-with-white- 

 face cattle. And so the show ended." 



Royal Grove Excites Admiration. — ^While the 

 main fight was being waged in Kentucky J. 0. Curry 

 was arousing the enthusiasm of all good cattlemen 

 in the north by showing his imported two-year-old 

 The Grove 3d bull Royal Grove 21500. At the Min- 

 nesota State Fair this richly-furnished, furry-coated, 

 low-legged youngster was easily the best animal of 

 the beef breeds in the ring. "Harry" Yeomans' 

 Washington was there, but had begun to lose his 

 bloom. His flesh had always been rather soft to 

 the touch, and had now begun to slip; nevertheless, 

 he managed to defeat the good breeding bull Wild 

 Eyes by Lord Wilton, that for some years headed 

 the herd maintained by the Cosgrove Live Stock 

 Co., LeSueur, Minn., of which Mr. C. N. Cosgrove, 

 long identified with the Minnesota State Fair man- 

 agement, was president. 



It was at this fair that Mr. Curry presented the 

 bull calf Archibald A., by imp. Archibald and out 

 of the celebrated Coral. This calf was thick and 

 shapely enough, but had that wiry hair and thick 

 hide that seemed so strangely and so unfortunately 



