Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-16
HOGS by THE HUNDREDWElGHT.
n napse Crowd Attended the Hos
show --contrsr for tho
nest Twelve ana Hest SIX Hogs
rho Entries and Awards.


The MailJreIegrain's hog contest came
pff ,,estoriiy Al the stock yards ana
il was success. There was large
crowd preseat ind :. would have been
larger but for the rain In the mern-
ing.
Down IN the pens thcrc was an aEsre-
ga,ian Of monster poriora. such a. ma"
seldom bcen seen In Texas. There were
white hogs. black hogs. red hogs ana
hogs OF fninglcd coiora. regular por-
cine kaiesdogeope. all literally rolling IN
wealth OF fat
There were Berkshlres, and Poland
chinas, and Rod Jerseys and some OF
thum iooAed like they had stepped
out from tho portraits OF high bred
sv4ne. such as are to DO seen In the
pagse OF illustrated journals relating 10
10. culture. AZ who are admirers or
the hog In his picturesque obesity had
un ample field for delighted survey ~
the stock pens yesterday. one W1u,I
not have iminagined that the hog could
40 nearly approximate thing or
beauty." The visitors fingered around
Tho pens FOR several hours, admiilng
Tho vast proportions OF the herd, and
gisiona Of juicy aparcrbs and rhu-
Bares ntttet through their minds The
hog waa The generally topic or CONVEX
natlon ana each man had something
to say az to tho respective merits OF the
peculiar breeds they fanoied, whether
cracked wheat or wheat IN the whole
grain was bettor as food. and other
tue8tions OF absorbing interest occu'
pind the time
OF course the principal Interest was
rertofcd IN the premiums which were
10 be awarded 10 the ponaeasora OF tho
bcBt hogs. weight una age considered.
All OF tho hogs entored In the contest
avurnEcd over 900 pounds, ana we're
under one year old AMI we're raised IN
narraut county,
rhe Judges were j q loving. ]. NJ.
Tannahin. James j. Wright. W. ..
Robinson and W. putnam. The mcr-
It's OF the hogs entered We're 80 evenly
balanced thm IL took tho Judges some
time TO make their declaions, but finally
the awards were announced nA f0llowHi
For boat ~ hogs raised In rarrant
county this year. hrnt premium X.
Boszi second premium. y d. Hpven-
Ramp third premium. ID, W. Ro-
hand. fourth premium, =. G. Welborne.
For best hogs, g, G.. Hunted
1he entries were. " hogs. y. u.
uoyenkamp, 800 puundni Bowlos Bros,
ESaO. =. 9. Welborne. 3Gp0i W. r.. pea-
uon, 2f10. r. BoR2. 500; Q. Ma
loney. Si1Oi Mrs, Frank Bdil, $500; ID,
w. Roland, 800
Six hogs, G. c. Hustled, 1850; Mrs.
Ban, 1870. Mark Mclaughlin. 1850. ".
D. BilinpB, ZOO. l.. BurBon, s30
The list Of premiums 10 gs tollown;
first Prrmium.
FL j. White 49,. . . a.. - 20 90
Fort Worth Daily Mall. E, .. $500
Texna Ercwing Company o. o.. q. $500
W. H. Ward (Whito Elephanp. 300
John i, King q. =. q. q. e. :. =. 1000
James 4, Moore =. :. =. =. :. =. 1000
Charles Sehcubor =. o.. e. e. .... 1000
A. A, Green, manager Eauit-
able Life Assurance Society. % 90
Polk Bros tPolk stock ynrda).. 1890
Smith a rhrashor. Cabinet sa-
loom .. 1O.pl
C. ! DiekenHan & Go e, .. :. =. 1000
Fort Worth packing house q. q. Is OF
~, n. Paddock d. o.. . q. q. =. 25. 0l
G. II. silllmnn d-and Mortgage
bank VI TexaD .. 81. d. o. .. r.. on
w II. Harrison =. e., o.. .. >. e.. iO.0,
Adam Euleaa .. =. .. e. .. .. =. 10. OF
" W Rull o. g" >. q. q, .. =. =. 10. Cd
Pete Curric (Currie's place. D, =. 10, 20
Texas Livestock and Farm Jour
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Total IN data ,qro q,
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fert Worm Implement company
AveIy plow. lo'lneh steel beam.
washer Bros tAiammoth ClothlcrB
Nns W hN'i or clothes TO DO so
leeled by tho winner
sAllW XIV, l-ht,I prise Gone four
shovel Climax Rider eultivator, wortl
|ss.
SeorEc h'hhon'u+li4on'g greenhouse
Fort Worth Coal Co Two tons Iuml