Omaha daily bee., 1884-11-14
FAT ENOUGH TO KILL.
Monster Bovincs on Exhibition nj the
Illinois Fat Stock Show-A
Large AttcndanC.

Chicago Herald.
Three hundred cattle. 250 hogs, 275
sheep, and nearly 100 head of horses ill
the Exposition building with their low
ing, grunting, bleating and neighing-a
very pandemonium of animal noises,
while the ''healthy" odor of the various
quadrupeds completes the stimulation of
a gigantic barnyard. The occasion is
the seventh annual American Fat Stock
| Show, under the auspices of the
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
which was formally opened
yesterday. The south end of the
exposition building is completely taken
up with the finest specimens of live stock
that can be- found in the country. Some
of the animals are old customers at these
showp, as the blue, red or white ribbons
dangling from their stalls proclaim.
Others, like Tiny Tim, are recognized by
their proportions. Tiny Tim is q fat steer,
twice as high as an average man and
nearly a pound heavy for every day of
his life. He saw the light of this
world April 10, 1875, in n of the pens
at the stock yards, and is consequently
3,49S days old. There is nothing fierce
about Tiny Tim. He has participated in
six fat stock shows, and is accustomed to
be fondled by people. Apropos of the
names of some of the animals exhibited,
some of the latest cattle bear such airy
names as Snowflake, White Cloud, Orio,
Shadeland, while others figure more ap-
propriately as Chunkey, Champion or
Boss. Everyday names like Dick, jerry,
James and Tom abound, and the higher
ranks in human society were represented
by Presidents, Princes and others.
Blaine and Logan, with or without in
itials, are some of the favorites, and, de-
noting the native states of the respective
animals, there is a Hoosier, a Maine
Boy, an Ohio Belle and half a dozen
C%hicagos.
The toilet of the new. comers-that is
of those who are on exhibitions made
near the big tank in the south rotunda of
tho hall, where they are scrubbed,
sponged and rubber down Until their
sleek skins shine like those of race horses.
Even the hogs are kept as sc~rupulously
clean as frequent %scrubbing can make
them. Consequently the animals pre-.
sent as fine an appearance as can be
wished for. 1t is astonishing how much
knowledge of animal qualities a fat stock
show developes in even a dude. Some
of the specimens of this race, which is
fast becoming extinct, can be observed
punching away with their tiny canes at
the TANKS of a big animal as if they had
been buyers for large butchering estab-
lishments all their lifetime. Cattle and
hogs bear this punching with noiseless
equanimity while sheep give a delightful
bleat of recognition.
This years show is not only more ex-
tensive In numbers than that of any pre-
ceding year, but also representing a larger
territory. Nearly every state in the
Union is represented and Canada has sent
large exhibits of fine cattle and horses.
The equines, howeves, do not come in for
of the prizes. Members of the state
board of agriculture and live stock men
from all over the country are present. To.
day the judges will begin their arduous
task, and a grand prize butchery at the
of the show will demonstrate
whether their judgment was correct.
In the evening there was an attend
lnce which surprised even the members
Of the state board. Fully 1000 people
must have been in the building. Presi-
ueUL DOuu htuuTiRdDy bittE u ioW To-
marks, introduced Mayor Harrison, who
made a short address. His Honor was
tired and apparently indisposed, and his
were not up to his usual high
on such occasions. The princl-
pal point he made was the expression OF
q hope that some day as much care would
be taken in p~ropsgating the human spe.
cies as there was in the magnificent
bovine specimens on exhibition. After
the address the finest animals in the
show were paraded In the aisles and show
There is really enough in the
show to furnish a good evenings enter
tainment to any one, and there is no dirt
or carelessness to jar upon the sensi-