818 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



H. Curtice's Beau Donald, Mrs. Whitman's imp. 

 Randolph, Murray Boocock's imp. Salisbury and 

 other celebrities. A son of Dale called Perfection, 

 that was also destined to fame, won the senior bull 

 calf prize. 



Christopher drew second to Dale and was a fa- 

 vorite with many for premier place on accoimt of 

 his superior breed character. He was sired by Eu- 

 reka 58549, a bull of Culbertson's breeding sired by 

 Kansas Lad out of The Grove Maid 22d by Grove 

 3d. The dam of Christopher was Columbia, by the 

 show bull Washington out of Miss Beau Real 3d by 

 Beau Real. It will thus be seen that Mr. VanNatta's 

 great bull was rich in the blood of good Herefords 

 and had two lines to Beau Real. The sum of $5,000 

 was refused for him during the week, and one of his 

 calves, the bull Aaron, was bought at auction a few 

 days later at $1,950. Sotham's Thickset, for which 

 $5,000 had been declined earlier in the season, was 

 third. Hesiod 29th came next and Beau Donald 

 Rfth. Beau Donald was in his sixth year. He had 

 been bought by Mr. Curtice from H. B. Watts of 

 Fayette, Mo., and was a rare stamp of a good sire — 

 full of character and quality. He was by Beau 

 Brummel out of Donna by Anxiety 4th, and proved 

 one of the greatest sires in Hereford history. 



The female classes at this show were real revela- 

 tions. From the aged cows, including Nave's Dolly 

 5th — first and champion — down to the junior calves 

 the bloom and beauty of the matrons and heifera 

 supplied ample proof that in the hands of the en- 



