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bud Rho, and Blackbird heifer calf. Third honors 

 rested upon the Sunny Slope Herefords, consisting 

 of Wild Tom, Annette, Beau Eeal's Maid, Pretty- 

 Maid and Diana, with Sotham's Thickset, Benita, 

 Lady Plushcoat, Lady Coral and Georgina fourth." 



"The Gory Hill of Hamline."— It was at this 

 same show that a famous fight over a "breeder's 

 stake" occurred, calling out the following comment, 

 made at the time by the author : 



' ' This association has in its prize-list another big 

 bone of contention known as a breeder's stake : 'For 

 the best beef herd of cattle, six in number, any age, 

 of any breed or sex, owned and bred by the exhibi- 

 tor. Conditions : One hundred dollars entrance fee 

 and $100 added by the society. The whole amoimt 

 of the stake to be divided as follows : To the best lot, 

 50 per cent of the stake; to the second best lot, 25 

 per cent of the stake; to the third best lot, 15 per 

 cent of the stake; to the fourth best lot, 10 per cent 

 of the stake.' Four exhibitors concluded to go out 

 after this Friday morning, making the value of the 

 stake $500. Prof. Shaw and Mr. Kerr were called 

 and sent the $250 to Mr. Sotham's Herefords — Sir 

 Bredwell, Thickset, Excellent, Benita, Lady Chloe 

 and Benison — ^three bulls and three females, placing 

 the Browndale Shorthorns second, Goodwin & 

 Judy's Angus third, and Mr. Westrope's Shorthorns 

 fourth, so that each participant had a place. The 

 judges acknowledged the great merit of Mr. Brown's 

 Shorthorns as individuals, but awarded the first 

 place to Sotham because, as they expressed it, *of 

 their uniformity in the ideal type of a beef animal ' ; 

 adding that as 'representing the skill of the breeder 

 in molding refinement, type and finish the winning 

 herd proves Mr. Sotham unequaled in results.' The 

 even division of the sexes was another point in fa- 



