628 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTLE 



shoulders are too prominent, he needs a little filling 

 about the tail and his hair is perhaps inclined to be 

 harsh, but when that is said the bag of the stone- 

 throwing critic is empty of missiles. Such massive- 

 ness on such short 'pegs' has rarely if ever been 

 seen in an American showyard. The bull is shaped 

 like a barrel, 'rotund' is the word ; barring his shoul- 

 ders and his bit of a dip at the tail he is round and 

 smooth as an apple. As a flesh-carrier he presents 

 one of the most striking illustrations of the deep- 

 fleshing qualities of this great breed. It need hardly 

 be recalled that he is a son of Capt. Kidd (of Grove 

 3d blood) and Clark's great show cow Peerless 3d." 



VanNatta's Actor, with his Anxiety blood clearly 

 revealed in his great loin, was second. Sotham had 

 no competition on Protection in two-year-olds, and 

 in yearlings Clark scored with Littleton, son of Lars. 

 Cherry Duchess by Cherry Boy headed the cows, 

 and Clark's Jessamine ranked the two-year-olds, 

 with Sotham 's Grace second. Clark won both herd 

 prizes, and Funkhouser had the get-of-sire prize on 

 his Hesiods. 



Ancient Briton Goes To Texas.— In the 

 spring of 1897 values and public interest in Here- 

 fords began to expand throughout the entire west. 

 There had been four lean years sure enough. Those 

 who had held on and those who had accumulated 

 good breeding stock at the low prices prevailing now 

 began to reap the benefit. 



Col. C. C. Slaughter of Dallas, Tex., owner of one 

 of the leading southwestern herds, bought a big lot 

 of good bulls, including Ancient Briton at $2,500. 

 After this sale $1,000 each was refused for three 



