The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-30
MANKAro FREE PRESS.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 30 1888.
HONORs ARE EASY AT CHICAGO.
The Fat-Stock Show CLOSES, and Ali the
Exhibitors Satisfied.

Immediately east of the Exposition
building began. Observant visitors
and thoughtful breeders unite in pro.
nOnncing the show Il grand success 50
far as relates TO number of animals
quality. But they could not undo
stand why the people of Chicago did
not extend Il much more liberal pat
ronage. In England everybody, rich
and poor, goes To the county cattle
fairs, and the citizens of London and
the strangers within its gates turn
out Ell masse and devote at least one
locks at the Smlthtield exhibition.
which Was established nearly Il cen
fury ago. The roast beef of old
England has been celebrated i'm song
anu story for hundreds of years. and
our own Hawthorne, who was consul
ut Liverpool under the administration
ct President Pierce, pays. in his pos
thumous novel, "Dr. Grimslaw's ST
Crct," Il glowing tribute To the excel.
lence of the "harOnS of beef" which
form one Of the principal features al
the enormous dinners given on stated
festival days.
At last years show victory eIched
on the banners of the sh ,rthorn
breeders, whose entries on the hoof
took the majority of the prizes. The
Hereford men were solaced. how
ever, 10y the fact that when it came
To the test of the carcass on the block
the prize was awarded To an animal
of that breed. TsiS year the Ilers
ford breeders made better display
than ever before. Many of them had
gone to the trouble of importing from
HeretOrdShire the best animals that
cou!d he procured for love or money.
and no pains were spared to make
the representation of this breed the
largest ever seen in this country.
They took prizes on the hoof right
and left,-Mr. G.. NJ. Culbertsun's
premiums alone amounting to over
$1,000, land it looked ut one time as
If the Herefords would succeed in
crushing their ancient rivals, the
shorthorns. For this reason the
slaughter test was anXiouSly awaited.
The feeling ran high, and both par
ties were hopeful of securing the vic
tory. And, after all, it proved Il
very little better than Il draw battle.
The first prize was awarded in the s.
year old class to the grade shorthorn
steer. Starlight. owned by J. IL.
Potts & Son, of Jacksonville. In the
2-year-Old class the first premium was
awarded to Waterside Jack, Il Polled
Angus steer imported by ii. NJ.
COchrane, of Canada. In the year
ling class, Fowler & Van Malta, of
Fowler, Ind, were awarded the first
prize for the Hereford steer Harry.
In the sweepstakes rings for slaugh-
tered cows Kathleen, red and white
Hereford, owned by G. Nj. Culbert.
son, took the first prize. Starlight
also captured the first prize for the
best carcass of all exhibited. When
the award was announced the short
horn breeders made the welkin ring
with their shouts of joy, and each one
congratulated his neighbor. and was
himself congratulated in turn. For
the first time in the history of The
fat.stOck show the polled Angus
breed came nObly to the front. but it
WAS at Il great expense to the prize.
winners. Back Prince, who took
the first prize in the and under 4
year class, was imported by the
Geary Brothers, of London, Canada,
expressly to capture Il prize at this
years show. He was first exhibited
in this country at Kansas City fat.
stock show, two weeks ago, and in
order to get him there on time and
in good condition, his owners sent
him from London. Ont, by express
at IA cost of $3.50. Starlight was
awarded the highest prize i'm the
Kansas City show, but while in the
ring here he did not attract any
marked attention, and few had any
idea that in the grand round up he
would secure the best prize in the
arena. The judges decreed that his
flesh was better marbled than that of
any other carcass, and bore Il larger
proportion of lean to fat, and there.
lore wOnid cut to a better profit.
Heretofore the carcass test re
suited in favor of the Hereford
breeders, who persistently claimed,
here and in England, that their ami
mails are after the best beef-make"S
i'm the world. The result of this
years test is, however, ii nice "even-
ing up" The shOrthOrnS, the Here
fOrds, and the POlled Angus have
each taken first prizes at the block.
They have practically scored even. |
one can be said To have won ,
a decisive victory, and on next years |
home stretch will the issue have to
be decided. For this purpose the
breeders will bend all !
their energies. They will leave
nothing undOne to achieve the grand
prize which stares them squarely i'm
The face. The shOrthOrns are very
numerous in this country, and have
steadily grown in number during the
asst fifty years.
The American breeders have kept
,he strain uncOItaminated, and to.
lay English breeders are buying the
Rose of Sharon, Bates, and Princess
stock to take across the waters to re-
plenish their own stock-farms. The
and Polled Angus are new
;Omers, comparatively speaking, and
yet, in spite of the greatest oppOsi'
ion they have fairly and squarely
in achieving Il front rank
N the great cattle growing sections.
Dne of the peculiar features of the
show just closed was the unexpected
fact that the hOme-bred HerefordS
we're much better every way than the
imported stock, which is decidedly
to the American breeders.
The POlled Angus is making its way
rapidly to the front. More of this
breed were imported this year than
,ver before. and more than all other
breeds put together. The advocates
,f this breed have an abundance of
faith in it. They sent to Scotland
md secured the country for the best
animals that could he obtained, and
hey spared no expense i'm their en-
leavOrs To get the choicest specimens
If the breed They are steadily
growing i'm favor, and the announce
nent that the first prize in 1.-The ;
md under years ring was won 10y
me of them will stimulate the de-
nand, and the prospects are that they
viii command higher prices than ever
before. The IIerefords are today
,elling for three times as much AS
he shorthOrns, except in special i'll
tances.
Since the fat.stock shows were in.
in this city, six years ago,
here has been great Improvement
II the quality of the cattle brought
o this market. Many well posted
tOckmcn say that the improvement
throughout the west is fully % per