924 A HISTORY OP HEREFORD CATTM! 



The Judgments of 1911. — There was the usual pre- 

 liminary skirmishing at the state fairs of 1911, with 

 various changes in the rating at the hands of differ- 

 ent judges. The Kansas City Royal this year found 

 the new Secretary of the American Hereford Asso- 

 ciation, E. J. Kinzer, in charge of the Hereford ex- 

 hibit as superintendent, Messrs. Shade and Hazlett 

 being the other two members of the managing com- 

 mittee. The judges were Capt. Bobson of Canada, 

 S. W. Anderson of West Virginia and Edward J. 

 Taylor of Michigan. 



In the class of ten aged bulls Giltner Bros, were 

 first on Beau Columbus, Makin Bros.' Paragon 12th, 

 that had been very successful earlier in the season, 

 being here turned down to fourth place. J. H. & 

 J. W. VanNatta were second on Tippecanoe, an im- 

 pressive bull forward, with drooping incurved horns 

 and fine spread of back. Beau Columbus was uni- 

 versally admired for his good breed character, great 

 evenness from end to end, strength of hind-quarter 

 and fullness of twist. McCray came into third place 

 with Fairfax 13th. In the two-year-old bulls Harris 

 had an easy victory with Gay Lad 6th, that proved 

 to be quite the sensation of the showyard year so 

 far as Hereford bulls were concerned. Sired by 

 Prime Lad 16th, son of old Prime Lad, and out of 

 Sister Perfection, own sister to the champion bull 

 Perfection, Gay Lad 6th was regarded as a more 

 spectacular proposition than either of the champions 

 whose names ornamented his ancestral tree. Fair- 

 fax 16th, shown here by Mr. Cudahy, was almost as 



