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World's Columbian Exposition.— This exhibi- 

 tion still unmatched in the field of international 

 events of like character was held at Jackson 

 Park, Chicago, in 1893. As a great live stock 

 department had been provided by Chief Buchanan 

 of the agricultural division practically no attempt 

 was made to hold the usual fairs that autumn in the 

 middle western states. 



The Hereford association and the leading exhi- 

 bitors of that period planned a presentation of the 

 "white faces" that should fittingly commemorate 

 the success the breed had now achieved. The display 

 was particularly notable for the fact that the champ- 

 ion bull was, for the first time in some years at west- 

 ern shows, of English breeding. This was Ancient 

 Briton, from the herd of the late William Tudge of 

 Leinthall. Likewise noteworthy was the fact that 

 Messrs. Gudgell & Simpson for the first time par- 

 ticipated in the big battles of the ring. We deem 

 this competition of sufficient importance as an inci- 

 dent in American Hereford history to warrant pre- 

 senting substantially in full an account written at 

 the time for "The Breeder's Gazette." We quote : 



Ancient Briton. — ^" 'It is the general opinion that 

 Ancient Briton (15034) is the best Hereford bull 

 that has gone out of the country for a good many 

 years. ' Such was the report which came to America 

 last spring along with H. H. Clough's importation 

 of 'white faces' selected and shipped from Hereford- 

 shire by W. E. Britten, at the head of which stood 

 the bull just named. American breeders are fuUy 

 prepared to concede that Mr. Clough has in Ancient 



