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calf. His breeding is superb, his dam having been 

 Dream by Washington, second dam the great Miss 

 Beau Real by Beau Eeal, third dam Bertha by Ru- 

 dolph. 



"The third-prize calf, Cornish & Patton's Prince 

 Otto, is one of the very best youngsters seen on the 

 circuit this year, and should probably have had sec- 

 ond place. He is evenly good from end to end, hav- 

 ing a fine head, well covered shoulders, an evenly 

 spread back, good depth, covers smoothly over the 

 hips, has straight well filled quarters, low flanks and 

 ample scale. He has been sold to Miller & Balch of 

 Missouri. Steward & Hutcheon were fourth on 

 Dixie, a very wide, smooth, low-legged December 

 calf that has been reserved for use in their choice lit- 

 tle herd of 'white faces' at Greenwood. Like their 

 first-prize yearling bull Bovic, Dixie is a son of Ben- 

 son 46017, he by Anxiety 4th. Mr. Nave 's Duke of 

 Fairview 4th, good in his flesh, with a furry coat 

 and capital head, was fifth, and Mr. Cross' Elvira's 

 Archibald, a strapping big son of Archibald 5th, 

 with great spread of rib and loin, was sixth. A calf 

 in this ring that attracted considerable attention was 

 Gudgell & Simpson's Beau Dux, especially strong in 

 his quarters and flanks, and sold to Mr. Funkhouser. 

 He was sired by Beau Brummel 51817." 



The Great Cows and Heifers of 1898.— We 

 cannot better reflect the character of the Hereford 

 females of this era than by reproducing the follow- 

 ing account of the female rings at this exposition 

 as published in "The Breeder's Gazette" the week 

 following the awards: 



Dewdrop. — ^" There were seventeen entries in the 

 cow class, and a hot finish was witnessed between 

 Funkhouser 's Dewdrop, by Hesiod 2d, Sunny 



