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Messrs. Clark and Fowler & VanNatta had 

 sHipped their herds from Des Moines to Hamline, 

 where they met local Minnesota competition, fur- 

 nished mainly by the Cosgrove Co. Cherry Boy de- 

 feated Peerless Wilton, no two-year-olds were shown, 

 and in yearlings Mr. VanNatta had first on Rare 

 Boy. In the cow class Peerless 3d received first, 

 with VanNatta 's Celandine second. Peerless 3d 

 was shown this year at a weight of 1,750 pounds. 

 Celandine was the dam of Chicago, a promising bull 

 calf even then in training for the forthcoming 

 "World's Columbian Exposition. In two-year-old 

 heifers Mr. VanNatta 's Jessie, by Fowler, was the 

 victor, and among the yearlings Clark was first with 

 Horatia 4th, own sister to Horatia 3d. 



The Eastern Circuit of 1890.— The shows east 

 of the Mississippi commenced this year at Detroit, 

 where Merrill & Fifield, Sotham & Stickneys, James 

 M. Turner and R. G. Hart put up an interesting 

 fight. In aged bulls Mr. Turner's Sidney 16574, by 

 Sir Bartle Frere out of Mr. VanNatta 's show cow 

 Lark by Rodney, was sent to the front, the second 

 ribbon being placed on Sotham & Stickneys' Per- 

 fection 30079, a deep-fleshed and attractive son of 

 Sir Wilfred out of Lemon 2d by The Grove 3d. His 

 owners exhibited at this same show the more highly 

 fitted bull Harold 21141, that had been shown so 

 successfully since a yearling as a member of the 

 Curry herd, and expected to win with him. This 

 was in fact his first defeat. 



In the cow class Merrill & Fifield had a popular 



