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3d 30769, Makin Bros.' Vincent 16691, and Elmen- 

 dorf 's Earl of Shadeland 30th 30725. The Indiana 

 bull possesses much of the same character that has 

 carried his famous sire Fowler 12899 to victory in 

 many a hard-fought field — great show of constitu- 

 tion, a wide deep chest, broad chine, well sprung 

 rib, and an abundance of firm flesh, standing square- 

 ly on his pins, moving with remarkable freedom of 

 action, and showing a head and horn of most attrac- 

 tive character. He scarcely has the scale of his sire, 

 but has size suflScient and is of that commanding 

 presence which never fails to impress. He was 

 selected by the judge, after an examination of un- 

 usual thoroughness, to head the class. He has for 

 dam Cherry Pie 2d 17849 by Horatius 7163. A 

 second was found in the first-prize winner of this 

 same ring a year ago — Makin Bros.' Vincent, by 

 Sir Evelyn 9650, as wide, thick and low as ever, his 

 quarters of exceptional weight, but lacking of course 

 the exceeding freshness of Mr. VanNatta's active, 

 yet heavy, bull. Mr. Yeomans had hoped to get 

 much further forward with his great son of Beau 

 Eeal than third, and with a breeder instead of a 

 butcher upon the bench his chances for preferment 

 would certainly have been exceedingly bright; but 

 the bull was finally relegated to a lower rank on 

 account of a lack of firmness in his flesh — an unpar- 

 donable fault of course under the hand of the ex- 

 perienced buyer for the block. As to his depth 

 and even disposition of meat throughout the carcass 

 there can be no exceptions taken, and he shows a 

 loin and covering over the hips that reveal clearly 

 the impress of his wonderful sire. He comes of the 

 same family of cows as did Sergeant Major and his 

 dam was a daughter of 'the mighty Eudolph.' Three 

 years ago upon the same spot in a close contest 



