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The dam of March On also traces back four generations to 

 Grove 3d. March On in yearling age was bought at auction by 

 W. S. Van Natta and Son of Indiana, and in their herd this 

 family won its reputation. March On 6th 96537, by March On, 

 dam Jewel Fowler 49207, by Fowler 12899, was purchased from 

 the Van Nattas by J. A. Funkhouser. Jewel Fowler, his dam, 

 was also dam of Java 64045, sire of Dolly 5th 71988. In the 

 Funkhouser herd the March On family was especially promoted. 

 March On 6th was not only a great success in the show yard 

 but he was also a distinct success as a sire. Onward 4th 123694, 

 by March On 6th, was champion Hereford bull at the 1903 and 

 1904 American Royal shows at Kansas City and third aged bull 

 in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Onward 31st 

 187476, another son, was champion at Kansas City in 1908. At 

 the Louisiana Purchase Exposition many prizes were won by 

 sons and daughters of March On 6th, including second on get 

 of sire and produce of dam. During the first ten years of this 

 century this family attained much popularity. 



The Perfection family comes from most illustrious ancestry 

 and is named from Perfection 92891, calved in 1898 and bred 

 by F. A. Nave of Indiana. Perfection was sired by Dale 66481, 

 champion in many shows, and out of Melley May 41752, a 

 daughter of Hoosier Tom 7732, by Anxiety 2d. Going back five 

 generations on the line of sires we have Dale 66481, Columbus 

 51875, Earl of Shadeland 41st 33378, and Garfield 7015, a 

 remarkable ancestry. Perfection was repeatedly a first-prize win- 

 ner and champion as calf, yearling, and two-year-old. Mr. Thomas 

 Clark of Illinois paid ^1350 for him as a yearling and later sold 

 him at auction to G. H. Hoxie of Illinois for ^9000. In 1907 he 

 was bought at auction by Colonel Curtice of Kentucky. Perfection 

 sired many animals of superior merit, but two of his sons — 

 Perfection Fairfax 179767, out of imported Berna 138482, by 

 Fairfax 34159, owned by W. T. McCray of Indiana, and Wood- 

 ford 500000, out of Belle Donald 114th 267 191, a double grand- 

 daughter of Beau Donald, owned by Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr., of 

 Kentucky, and for which he paid $12,000 — are his most famous 

 sons. In the opinion of many breeders Perfection Fairfax is 

 the greatest Hereford sire in the history of the breed and is by 



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