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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
J^orsjemmt. 
A GOOD MARE. 
We show, at Fig 535, an excellent portrait 
of what the London Live Stock Journal calls 
“one of the best Clydesdale mares now liv¬ 
ing.” This animal, Moss Rose, is the property 
of Capt, Giliuour, of Scotland. She Is by 
Dunraore’s Prince Charlie 634, out of Rosebud 
1814 Last year she won every prize for 
which she was entered, including some of the 
most important events in Great Britain. 8he 
was sold to her present owner last year for 
$5,500. 
3nimsl’l Societies. 
CHICAGO FAT STOCK SHOW. 
RURAL SPECIAL REPORT. 
In many respects the late Chicago Fat 
Stock Show (the eighth) surpassed all its pred¬ 
ecessors. The attendance was larger than 
ever before, the admission fees aggregating 
over $10,000. This amount, in addition to 
special subscription fees will, it is thought, 
fully meet all expenses, though these were 
heavier than usual. The arrangement of the 
stalls was much better than in former years, 
and several other improve¬ 
ments taught by the experi¬ 
ence of the past were also well 
appreciated by visitors. The 
exhibition of dairy stock and 
dairy products drew a great 
deal of attention and added a 
good deal to the attraction of 
the show; anditismuebtobe 
regretted that the dissatis¬ 
faction which arose from the 
action of the State Board of 
Agriculture in admitting 
butterine and oleomargarine 
is likely to prevent or greatly 
curtail this part of the display 
next year. Some discontent 
was also caused by the ar. 
rangement for slaughtering 
the animals brought to the 
test of the butcher's block. 
The killing of about 50 head 
of cattle and a large number 
of sheep and hogs is no light 
work, and the judging cannot 
begin till the carcasses have 
bung some time. The slaugh¬ 
tering began Tuesday, and 
though the butchers worked 
hard, it was late on Thurs¬ 
day evening before the judg¬ 
ing was finished, so that the 
purchasing butchers could 
not ohtain the meat before 
Friday morning, when some 
of the carcasses, including 
that of Regulus, the grand 
sweepstakes winner, were 
spoilt. Of the 60,000 to 70,- 
000 people who attended dur¬ 
ing the progress of the show, 
not more than a few hundred 
saw the cut meats, and were 
able to form an idea of what 
good judges called a first class 
article. The cost of slaughtering these an¬ 
imals together with the prizes for dressed meat 
aggregated several thousand dollars, an out¬ 
lay to be justified only by the advantages 
gained by the public from such a display; was 
the expense repaid by a few hours’ exhibition 
under the gas light at the close of the show! 
The uoisv peddlers, nostrum venders, and 
blatant fakirs offering ••gold” watches for the 
price of copper, and other goods for a tenth of 
their alleged value, were a regular nuisance 
to decent people, and ought to be excluded 
from all future shows. The revenue derived 
from the admission of these sharpers cannot 
compensate for the annoyance and losses they 
inilict on visitors. 
Shorthorns were fewer than in past 
years. As compared with last year, for en¬ 
trance, the entries were as follows: Three- 
yeai-oldg, 1885, 4; 1884, 9: two year-olds, 1885, 
10; 1884, 10;yearlings, 1885, 3; 1884, U; calves 
1885, 1; 1884, none; total in 1885, 17; in 1884, 
28. The Herofords, on the other hund, were 
more numerous than usual in all classes, ex¬ 
cept that for yearlings, although they num¬ 
bered one less than the Short-horns, there 
being only 16 of them. Of Aberdeen-Angus 
there were only half a dozen—four two-year- 
olds, one yearling, and a calf. Last year was 
the first in which auy exhibition was made of 
this fine beef breed—five animals having 
been present, and there is no doubt that 
as their numbers iucrease, and their 
merits become better known, they will 
lake a more prominent part in the 
display. Of Holstefn-Friesians, only two 
animals were entered, neither of which was 
fat enough for a fat stock show. In the sec¬ 
tion for grades and crosses 120 head competed 
in the four rings, 29 of w hich were three-year- 
olds, 32 two-year-olds, 31 yearlings and 28 
calves. Short-horn blood predominated, 
especially in the tbree-year-old class; but it 
was generally conceded that the quality of the 
stock was not up to the average of former 
years. Hereford blood came next, and it was 
very evident that the Hereford men had made 
better preparations for carrying off the prizes, 
and, what is of greater value, the glory of the 
show than their old-time rivals. Aber- 
deen-Argua aud Holstein-Friesian grades 
and crosses completed this section, the former 
being more numerous and in better condition 
The awards of prizes in the pure bred sec¬ 
tions, while of interest to the owners of 
each breed as indications of the best feeders, 
and for the money aud advertising value of 
the prizes, are not nearly of so much inter¬ 
est to the general public or to stockmen 
generally as the awards in those sections in 
which there is competition between the var¬ 
ious breeds. In Short-horns, the 'first prize 
was won by Morrow & Renneck’s Schooler 
in the three year old class (four competitors); 
by J. H. Potts & Son's steer, Frank, iu the 
two year old class, and by Elbert & Fall’s 
Cleveland in the yearling class. This was the 
most beautiful auimal in the show and a 
general favorite, and much regret was ex¬ 
pressed that the rules under which he was 
entered, in the sweepstakes class, condemned 
him to the block, as it was thought he 
would win many a prize in future 
years had he been permitted to live. Indeed 
the condition of slaughter attached to sweep- 
stakes animals, discourages owners from ex¬ 
hibiting, especially in the case of pure-bred 
yearlings. 
In the Hereford three year-old class the 
eight competitors were probably as fine a lot 
of pure bred cattle as were ever exhibited, 
the Indiana Blooded Stock Company's Sus¬ 
pense taking the first prize; while George 
Leigh & Co’s Sampson did the same in the 
two year old class, and Slasher among 
the yearlings. Among the Aberdeen Angus, 
J. J. Hill’s Wildy won first prize in the two- 
year old class, and Gudgell & Simpson’s Sandy 
in the yearling class, there being no com¬ 
petitor. 
Probably the greatest interest was felt in 
the awards among grades aud crosses. In the 
three-yeat -old class, though Short-horns were 
in the majority, there were only two of them 
among the 10 head sifted out for final decisiou 
from the 29 entered, Hereford grades being 
greatly in the majority. The first ballot was 
a tie between two of these, but the umpire 
cast his vote in favor of Fowler & Vannatta’s 
steer Regulus. The second and third prizes, 
also fell to Hereford blood. Among the 83 
competitors in the two-year-old class J. H. 
Potts & Son’s Short-horn grades Richmond, 
bore away the blue ribbon, while the Short¬ 
horn Gem took the red, and the Hereford 
Dandy Boy the white. In the yearling class 
there were 32 entrees by 12 exhibitors, but 
Mr. Adams Earl took all three prizes, the three 
winners having been sired by the Hereford 
Sir Bartle Frere, Sir Bartle 2d, half Hereford, 
oue eighth Short-hora and three-eighths na¬ 
tive taking the blue ribbon; it made a gain 
of 2.56 pounds a day for the 591 days siDce 
its birth, weight 1.515 pounds. The calf 
class of 28 was the largest and probably the 
finest ever shown. Here J. R. Price & Son’s 
Excelsior and Express, Hereford grades, took 
first and second prizes; while the 8hort-horn 
grade Diamond captured the third. The 
championship of 120 animals in this sectionwas 
battled for among the winners, and enhanced 
the glory of the Hereford Regulus. The 
same animal a'so won the three-year-old 
championship of the show and the champion¬ 
ship of the entire fat stock exhibition. He 
was half Hereford, a quarter Short-horn and 
a quarter •■native,” so that the Shorthorn 
men can find just a little consolation in his 
triumph. 
To satisfy some reasonable grumbling at 
certain “arbitrary” rules by the Board, a 
“consolation sweepstake by ages” was given, 
from which the competitors for the regular 
“sweepstake by ages" were excluded. Here 
the honors were borne off by Morrow & 
Rennick’s Short-horn grade Schooler, Mr. J. 
J. Hill’s Benholm, Aberdeen Angus, Gud 
gell & Simpson’s Sandy of the same breed, 
and J. H. Potts & Bon’s Short-horn Dia 
mond. For the heaviest fat steer John 
D. Gillett won first prize, with a 
2,900-pound Short horn grade; A. A Noyes 
receiving second on a 2,800 pound grade Short 
horn, and John B. Sherman winning the third 
with Geo. Fox, a 3,630 pound grade Short¬ 
horn. For three year old steers showing 
greatest gain per dav, the Hereford grades, 
McGregor aud Regulus won first and second 
prizes respectively, the former showing a gain 
of 1.85 pound per day for 1 266 days, and the 
champion scoring 1.79 pound per day for 
1.806 days. Both were of the same weight— 
2.845 pounds. In the two-year-old class, the 
grade Short-horn, Doc. Woods, was first, 
with a weight of 1.865 pounds in 868 days—an 
average gain of 2.14 pounds per day. The 
pure breed Aberdeen-Angus steer, Blaine, 
was second, with 1 610 pounds in 744 days—an 
average daily gain of 2.U8 pound. In the year ling 
class the Short-born, Philip, was first, with 
1,065 pounds in 365 days—an average daily 
gaiu of 2,92 pounds; and another Short-horn 
was second with an average of 2 91 pounds 
per day for 471 days. Short horn calf, Charley, 
weighed 405’pouuds at 118 days—a daily gain 
of 3 43 pounds since birth; while the Hereford 
Sam weighed 720 pounds at 285 days—average 
3.08 per day. 
When brought to the ultimate test of the 
butcher’s block, the prize for the best three- 
year old was awarded to the grade Aberdeen- 
Angus Turriff, which also won the prize for 
carcass furnishing the largest per cent, of 
edible meat. That for the best two year- 
old went to the grade Hereford, Joe This 
animal also took the sweepstake prize as the 
best of all the slaughtered beasts. In this 
section, the Sussex Rosy took the prize among 
the year-olds, and the distinction it achieved 
is likely to draw more attention to this breed, 
only a few specimens of which have hitherto 
been imported. The per cent, of net dressed 
carcass to live live weight varied amone 37 
slaughter prize winners, from 61, in case of a 
Holstein-Friesian. to 80, in case of a grade 
Hereford, averaging 66 7. 
Although the Herefords undoubtedly carried 
off the honors of the Show, the Short horn 
men were not a whit discouraged. The suc¬ 
cess of their rivals has only served to rouse 
them to greater effort. The Short horn So¬ 
ciety at once subscribed over $8,000 to be used 
to encourage a superb exhibit at the Show of 
1886, and a like sum was pledged for future 
shows. The others will doubtless follow this 
example, and lively times are certainly ahead. 
The Short horn men seem of late to be rely¬ 
ing on the past glories of their favorites and 
making little effort to develop their highest 
excellencies: while their alert rivals have 
heen straining every nerve to develop and 
display all the merits of their breed. Hence 
the prices at the great auction sales of cattle 
have of late been better for Herefords aDd 
Aberdeen Angus than forthe 
Short-horns. A vigorous 
effort is likely, however, to 
bring tbe red, wbite, and 
roans again to tbe front rank. 
Effort is necessary. The An- 
gus-Aberdeen is already a 
strong rival of the two great 
beef breeds; and the Sussex 
yearling. Lea, astonished all 
by her remarkable beef 
points, giving indications that 
this breed, like the others, 
may gain its highest excel¬ 
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