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79589, from the show circuit we turned him into the 

 pasture with his sire from whom he had been sepa- 

 rated for three months. I accompanied them to the 

 pasture, being a little afraid that the young bull 

 would be too much for his dad; but to my surprise it 

 went the other way. The old bull rolled the Prince 

 over, and held him to the ground, I scarcely being 

 able to pull him off by the ring, and from that day 

 Prince Eupert never ventured within twenty-five 

 yards of him. 



"Beau Donald's disposition was good. Any child 

 could handle him by the ring. He was always ready 

 for the feed bucket, which is also a trait of his de- 

 scendants." 



A Story of Perfection Fairfax. — Mr. A. C. Huxley 

 bought the imported cow Bema in calf to Perfec- 

 tion at the Hoxie sale at Thornton, HI., May 14, 

 1903, for $365. She was due to calve in October 

 and as the cow was a good individual and a heavy 

 milker and as Perfection had been many times 

 champion Mr. Huxley had af right to expect soifie- 

 thing particularly choice. The calf arrived on the 

 first of October, and was about as disappointing 

 a prospect as could be imagined. In the first place, 

 he was small and so crooked that herdsman Willard 

 Pierce used to put one hand an one of the calf's 

 knees, take hold of the foot and push on the knee 

 and pull on the foot until the tendons fairly cracked, 

 all in an effort to straighten the legs of the future 

 champion. This was done twice a day for two 

 weeks, and in the course of about six weeks his" 

 legs were about normal. 



This, however, was not the only diflSculty with 



