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prize to N. H. Gentry, being unable to agree. Five 

 cows were selected and sent over to one side the 

 arena and there the scrutiny was prolonged. Lorna 

 Doone, thus far the winner of the year, assumed her 

 accustomed place. She had stout friends for higher 

 favor than she received last year, but now all seem 

 ready to do her reverence. Her kindly countenance 

 is ornamented with a horn that is a bit old-fashioned 

 in its turning but not the least homely; the carcass 

 proposition finds its best exemplification in her broad 

 bosom, widespread frame and generous expanse of 

 top. Some little weakness develops on an examina- 

 tion of the thighs, but the cow in her massiveness and 

 trueness to type readily takes high rank. Belle Don- 

 ald 44th is entitled to consideration among the best of 

 them. She is of fine size, marked quality, broad- 

 bosomed, deep-middled, with back hooped like a bar- 

 rel and hind-quarters well filled. By vote of referee 

 Gentry Priseilla 5th was set above Romaine. The 

 former is a very short-legged cow, looking a bit small 

 in her present company, with very sweet feminine 

 head and drooping horns, straight topline and thick 

 flesh. Eomaine is another wide-out block, standing 

 right at the ground, with broad turn to the ribs which 

 are literally rolled and padded in smooth flesh. She 

 shows a beautiful face and if she were equally well 

 finished behind would make more trouble for her 

 competitors. Dorinda is a cow of beautiful sym- 

 metry, wanting just a little closer carriage to the 

 ground. She may be a bit light about the neck but 

 few of them are so well proportioned, so grandly 

 finished in the hind-quarters and so chock full of 

 quality. Modesty 3d hugs the ground closely, the 

 head is pretty and the horns curving, the veins are 

 full, the top wide and the thighs well fleshed. It is 

 a little singular that full sisters should find place on 

 this prizelist, and yet such is the fact. Belle Don- 



