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and horn and improved hindquarters and thighs 

 were everywhere in evidence. The west was Here- 

 ford-mad, and Kansas City was the "white-face" 

 capital. The whole countryside in that territory 

 was wild over the wide-backed, rich-fleshed, furry- 

 haired, low-legged, American-bred Herefords which 

 here presented an amazing collection of well-nigh 

 perfect specimens of the breeder's and feeder's art. 



Dale and Armour Rose. — ^Mr. K. B. Armour of 

 the Armour Packing Co., a leading Kansas City 

 business man now keenly interested in purebred 

 Herefords, gave a $400 challenge cup for the best 

 bull of any age on exhibition. This was captured by 

 Mr. Frank Nave, Attica, Ind., with Dale 66481. Dale 

 was bred by Clem Graves of Bunker Hill, Ind., being 

 sired by Columbus 51875 and out of Rose Blossom, a 

 cow bred by Thomas Smith of Beecher, 111., from 

 Clark's Peerless Wilton. The second dam was the 

 imported cow Blossom, bred by John Price and 

 owned at one time by A. C. Eeed of Chicago, who 

 had a farm near Beecher. Blossom was by Auction- 

 eer, a son of Horace 2d. Columbus was bred by G. 

 W. Harness, Jr., of Galveston, Ind., and was sired 

 by Earl of Shadeland 41st (by Garfield) out of Tom 

 Clark's Pet (by imp. Prince Edward 7001 of Car- 

 wardine's breeding). Here, then, was rich fruit 

 from the great Earl & Stuart importation. 



Dale was not a bull of as much refinement as many 

 of the others produced in the west about this period, 

 but his feeder, James Price, had not allowed his 

 charge to go hungry. Dale had Garfield's strength 



