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resenting the progeny of Peerless Wilton, Earl of 

 Shadeland 22d, Defiance and Grimley, the Peerless 

 Wiltons winning out, with the Ponting cattle second. 

 The Shows of 1891. — On the western circuit a 

 new Richmond now entered the field — Thomas 

 Higgins of Council Grove, Kans., who had collected 

 a valuable lot of both breeding and show cattle, 

 purchasing among other celebrities Cherry Boy.* 



•John Steward prepared for the author about this date the 

 appended sketch of Cherry Boy which is deemed worthy of per- 

 manent preservation in these pages: 



"Cherry Boy was calved April 5, 1886, so is now in his four- 

 teenth year. His dam -was imported Cherry Fie 2d 17849, bred 

 by Mr. Stephen Robinson, sired by Horatlus, one of old Horace's 

 best sons, second dam Cherry Pie, by Docltlow, by Above All, bred 

 by Mr. J. Hewer and tracing back through this Cherry Fie fam- 

 ily to Sir Thomas and Sir Benjamin. Cherry Pie 2d was a me- 

 dium-sized cow with an extra fine head, a splendid coat of hair, 

 and altogether showed much breed character. She was a good 

 breeder, having produced to the service of Fowler not only 

 Cherry Boy, but Cherry Lad, many years used by Mr. Ohl, Iowa 

 City, la., and Cherry Girl, Mr. J. M. Curtice's fine breeding cow. 

 I mention these last two animals to show Cherry Boy was no 

 freak, but the result of mating two good individuals backed up 

 by a long line of well bred, prize-winning ancestors on both 

 sides. While here I will call attention to the fact that Cherry 

 Boy and Fowler were both spring and early summer calves; this 

 is worth noticing, for while most breeders mate their animals 

 to have them produce calves in late fall and early winter, and 

 BO have long ages for the show calves, I could mention many 

 instances where the best calf of a, season's crop was dropped in 

 the spring or summer. 



"Cherry Boy did not have special care or handling until over a 

 year old, which proved to be a mistake. As he was a high- 

 strung nervy fellow, it took considerable time and patience to 

 get him used to handling for the showrlng. He was from the 

 start a great feeder and had a good milking mother, which very 

 essential trait has been transmitted to the majority of his daugh- 

 ters. Any one who has seen him after studying the make-up of 

 a beef animal, noticing the masculine head, strong jaw and 

 extra wide muzzle, could tell he was a feeder. Add to this his 

 graceful drooping horn and large full eye, his round, well bal- 

 anced body, on straight short legs, wide deep chest, extra full- 

 ness through crops and heartglrth, an oval padded loin, smoothly 

 lald-ln hips, full thigh, bulging twist, deep rich dark-red-colored 

 coat of curly hair, and lordly carriage, and the majority of breed- 

 ers would esteem him as an impressive sire. He was a bull all 

 over, proud as a peacock, active as a kitten; he needed neither 

 whip nor prod to shape himself for inspection. I saw him in the 

 paddocks a few weeks since, and while four years had passed 

 since I cared for and fed him, he recognized my voice and was on 

 dress parade immediately. Although of course only the shadow 

 .. of his former self, there was still the same proud bearing, or 

 what we used to call Cherry Boy 'get-up,' which he always had 

 and which marked attractive showy appearance he has trans- 

 mitted to all his offspring. In a recent converaation with bis 



