574 A HISTORY OF HEREFOED CATTLE 



Clough and George 0. Holcomb & Son of Troy, Pa., 

 shipped show cattle to a special event at Buffalo, 

 N. Y., where they were joined by J. S. Northrup of 

 Westfield, N. Y. The latter beat Cedric in the aged 

 bull class with Valiant 25071, bred by Clough and 

 sired by his imported The Grove 3d bull Alexander 

 9821. Holcomb was second in two-year-olds with 

 the Garfield bull Earl of Shadeland 24th 30721, de- 

 feating Clark's Anxiety Wilton 30272. Peerless 3d 

 headed the cows and her stable companion, Horatia 

 3d, was best two-year-old heifer. Clark won the 

 herd prize, and that for get of bull. 



There was also a good show at Detroit this same 

 year, where Mr. Clough and K. G. Hart of LaPeer, 

 Mich., submitted Hereford entries to Mr. Van- 

 Natta's judgment. Clough 's herd was in best form, 

 and with Sylvester at the head gained most of the 

 honors. On account of these new shows the Indiana 

 State Fair of 1889 had neither Hereford nor Aber- 

 deen-Angus entries. 



Clark's "Clean-Up" at Peoria.— The Hlinois 

 State Fair of 1889 was held at Peoria. The Here- 

 ford show was not large, consisting of but 36 head, 

 entered by Clark, Elmendorf , Henry, Ponting, W. J. 

 Lewis and Frank Crane. Ponting 's Defiance won in 

 the first class shown, Lewis receiving second on 

 Quantrille 10774, son of Clark's Anxiety 3d. Earl 

 of Shadeland 30th beat Anxiety Wilton (son of 

 Peerless) and Crane's Emerson, the latter by that 

 very excellent stock bull Grimley. In two-year-olds 

 Henry was first with Caractacus Wilton, son of his 



