, 1880-11-18
The Fat- Stock Show at the Expo.
sition Building.
Largo Attendance Of tho Cattle Kings
Of tho Great West.
Award Of Prices for tho Best Specimens
Of Sleep.
Annual Meeting Of tho 01ydcsdalo Horse
Droolors' Association.

n.Altc; u; taiD cufitrlry. tho Htsnuuuco or caf-
tle-iuen WIS very much grcasnr thnn nt my
tine sincr tho show lGga,s. y large delegation
nf Colurndu uni Ncl,rlska rnuchncn IND brocd-
crs put III III, cl!r'y appearances, and throshoat
tic rhlrc tf1y tl.tac critscnl gentlemen rHngc'l
through tho building Inspecting new pn1nts OF
interest III tho iinprate,l stock exhibition.
t.clns cnsnEcd III cruising an'' eratllng cnt-
tic, FROM Sbort.ffOrn or Hereford bulls
md conn,on American ar scrub cows,
ln,provc.l methods, n1H! having found
evidences uf improvement. cithor In
hrecling or pssctcu Of feeding. nre not slow to
avail themselves Of tho knowledge. Enrly
inntur!fy nn,l quality nro tho 'a"stcrntn sought
by thu igruMt hcrtsnIar. soEno II wllnM hNvo cht-
to roany In countless ntilntIcrs D%rr tito hills
...iA p!a,ns nf Cuaoya,.o. Nebraska, Texas, N,st
l,nkotu. Amnng the weil-k.lown l,rccfiGrs md
slrnIess noticed wcro tic Funk Ilrothoss nj Me-
lcuu County, sotts Of tho Rrcat Ike Funk. who.
in his .fny. WIS considered tho Gnttto king Of
thu West. Tho boys, .fncob. Il. T., Isaac. ntil
George Funk, own tarHu fnrsns In Tho yfctnlty OF
ill0unlngtn11, mil nrc extensively CngtsUcd III
tho cnttlo l,,lsl,css. J. H. Potts. Of jackson-
viic; 1lHnkcr WGis3n,an. OF Farnlcr City; a. Il.
ntodxctt, OF Waukegnn: J.0 llnl,u.loti, tho fa-
ul"us expert butcher Of Dec,star: Commissioner
". II. Smith, Of Lexington. aor,etla,cs famlllar-
y callctl tho I}.lko of Lexington: +. II. Mnr-
quart, hf tho stnte liti'a'le socloty; Winfield
scatt. wynm'ns; H.: 1lonry 1'leserell Of llnr,
1;an !;; aat'ic: liz s'er; @ osisio sSE ason: ex:9os
laniinHtnn, Of Wiscnn+n. who .oyns II Tim IItrd
# sss Vt" 5"7s !. :oh;,r:e Ii T. s11 t ef = ss GHats
a,ltl Is considered ono nf the host cattle
@ Il AGsiso; sdsn a 5o G9y e 9,nn', The
Joseph Matthews, nr Wnnkrgnt, Superintendent
0t tic t;lcn Flor, Farm; Albcrt s1rawn, or Of
!sMe Mer ~ Il IL Ats canrr IT, ,%o ssca3 'fs" seer Il Il
licrctor ca,itr; iit1bnrt Miller, of Wcst Liberty.
H.; !. IL. scott, Champaign; John Dcllinba,s!l.
Wlusl',w. Of. Kunknkcc, who. with Ills brstliors
i's tns 'iisess r!;ss ny"r a t rns; rs nd EKce
rs tho PIONEER IT tho Tc:Ms cnttle trasic. Col
atllntt OWNS extensive r,lnctcs III Ncbralsll. nt
has Just .nno lnrgo purchases fur ntntllor hars
WHICH h1 Is abal,t to sHr1 I,,, asnMt 10y n,i!Ss
wcst; md i. Wilson. nf Denver, whose eat.lo
s HSSs fsnu s ps asstsI # %sns ot tho au
nlhtS shown during the st.Iy will Mpi'!y
To ALI. THE Cl.AEsEY.
Thc rings ctnbr,.cl.l llg,-gr,tle Steers nf tho
were Il reu,nrkAly oycI. tot of wel.drvcloi'rd
brastH. Considering tho nEc. tho steers wsrc very
Gh,lce spcGiao1Is, nntt Rarp evidence e excel,
tfa liz "st Sts'''s sts' tp't hasns. ta few a' ax
ccl,.ioiis they .wrro oven, throughout, nn5
@ fs sSsefii nepiiou II oas s U qay siE s' I'll" tpe @ fo'
fhu esrly naturlty Of tho stecrs mn, thcr
tic Anlr,uls l!,d returned Tho feeder handsome
rrulltt, a.,d tho ha,ug qualities i,.dttat.a that
bu!rl.crs. ns f''rnisl, GIFTS nf gront cxccllencG
!hn !hnst filteresttlE nsont q tho SHOW wlll
THE pGs pan,s ay ~ 10 s' f1 ts shs srtnf %1x
lrize viii in Killed. drcSsc', and wes'csl:
Ihis IS H. fact Tue only rtal test ol tl!o mtalt ~
constituted IxcH Of Nccf tttlC to ri thrt,tixh
II ivrti. ani lnstIS tisterinino tlio qualities II
n. rnn " c toy sesat rsc q thdr as
cnt,clllslons hy. punching tho rli's nF tho IN;
IortHato si .n,i, nj TIC cfsse, tai
by wlso predictions that Ut tha ,n'lnt The antma
ttcs y too atts4,nx t! 1f no: lin. full eGx stsar 'i n
tho tho h,te',ef canes torvaSi, Snoske i,ow!' tila
Therefore it chi le truly saii that tho butcher
daya kins % viii ill., usioaStsdly aitrast III larso
| crowd.
rlGEttg ARE NINE EsrnrEs
for tho chMlIc1lHo prlzo Uni! pitcher offered for
test between tllo S!n,rt. Horn nMa llnrcfnrd
ltree.!ers ctlts isurs Il, tho gycnt. Col. Miller
otlless ws,tio shIcf among t,oi. u.jUtts alutfgh-
tyr e!tr.sa y IT. rn,.arkss1o ,,t snrt.!i"tn ns
:to ar INV or feed, sild hlvo tuen placed uf,dur
dols4aiS% q cnlcaso butchers VIII bo present
Zig cSntsst l. purely orc aa t. the G, Ts!at!ys w
| pre.aiuM lenH fsc tho greatest MW!aunt &c
iHcnt, und sho largest percentage OF chocu
Mgnt.
aLyoar--old KraIo snort-lloru, aid niso one =.
i1.s4 nsr ot m ,esSsoF H. H. j,r,. srsrs ono T.
IhtUUHo enters Il - yenT-Otl Or tho HftH lrpGtl.