Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-19
blue RIBBONS on III CATTLE.
Judges Make Their Awards IN the
Live stock Pens.

cattle barns as thick almost as hay in a barn
loft, and in spite Of the pedigree cards and
charts that ever since the opening day have
been as thick on the stall posts as patent
medicine signs in an ague district, it was not
until the animals were led into the competi-
tive ring that stock men fully realized the
excellence Of the show to which they had
contributed. Each exhibitor in the first plsce
naturally thought that his stock could not be
beaten, but when in the plain light of day
and without blankets he saw what his neigh-
bors had to offer he was forced to admit
that he would have no walkaway, and as
the awarding of premiums goes on the beau
tiful thing about IL Is that those who fail
to secure first prizes are not left disap-
pointed, for they have the strong consolation
that in almost all rings where there is any
competition at all it is so close that there
can be little discredit attached to second
place. And for the same reason the first
prize winner Is more than usually tickled, b.
cause he has had such worthy competitors.
There is a great deal of this close compe-
titlon in the cattle department, and scarcely
a man has stock there whose good points are
not freely recognized by the others. The
beeiiest thing in the stables is T. Il. West
rogo's shorthorn bull, Cup Bearer, whose
weight is $500 pounds, and he has got his
huge self together all in six years. He has
taken first premium and sweepstakes every
year since he was old enough to go to a
show. Among the other eleven head which
Westrope has on the ground is his COW, Vic
tOria, which has been a winner everywhere.
The other chief breed of beef cattle is the
Herefords, and specimens as fine as can be
found anywhere are on exhibition. G. H.
Elmendorf of Syracuse has there his great
bull, st. Louis, sired by the Earl of Shade
land, the most remarkable masculine speCi-
men of his breed the world has ever seen.
st. Louis is 4 years old and weighs 1850
pounds. In the next stall is a full sister to
him, Lady Laurel, weighing 1850 pounds.
When lying Town these two beasts look like
giant hogs. Another celebrity in Elmen-
DORIS nerd is Lady Daylight, who was as a
yearling the champion of all beef breeds.
JERSEYS AND HOLSTEINS.
In milk stock the Holsteins are the most
sturdy and snowy, as the Jerseys are the
most amiable. OF Holsteins C. f. Stone of
peabody. Kan, has here a herd of eighteen
head, led by Michtchildies' Sir Henry, who is
about as extensive and pompous a fellow as his
name. His weight is between 200 and 2, 800.
Near him stands the COW Gerben, whose but
ter record of thirty-two pounds in seven days
n 1889 was then the best record of all cows
Of the breed. She took the first prize at st.
Louis in 1890. Empress Josephine of this
herd had the third best butter record at 4
years old and was sweepstakes and first prize
COW at the Iowa state fair in 1889.
w. H.. Mccall in Holstein stock has made
1 specially of test cows and his finest are
here, among them being Geertje seninger
and Lulske Isabel Geertje. Gesrtje has
walked off with the first premium at the Ne
braska state fair for three years, and now at
, years of age is milking eight gallons per
day. Isabel has a record of seventy-seven
md one-half pounds of milk in a day and a
butter record Of eighteen. Mccall has a bull
in the stall the average butter record OF
whose dam and dam of sire was thirty-fve.
King In j. w. Chappel's showing of eight
head Of Holsteins is Tritomias Mercedes
| Carl WhO has bppn shown anyan times and
| carried of six prizes.
Monterno, a Holstein with a butter record
Of twenty-eight, is in the string Of nine head
ntered by II. C. Glissman Of Douglas
county.
Perhaps the largest herd Of Jerseys In the
barns is that of George Fl. Shawhan of Lone
Jack, Mo-. He has eighteen head here. His
bull Is Ethlo Tormentor, 8 years old and a
prize winner. Among his mixers are Mate of
Elm Spring, VINO took third prize at the
Worlds fair in the 3-year-old ring, and
whose butter record is three pounds and
seven ounces for a day; Bula Shawhan, who
took third in the Worlds fair 2-year-old ring
and has a butter record of nineteen pounds
for a week. and Missouri Girl. who took sec
ond premium at the Worlds fair as a year
ling COW.
George of st. Lambert heads the herd of
twelve brought by ID. Davis & Co. of Oska-
loosa, Ia. He is a 5-year-old and has taken
first prize three years in succession at the
Iowa state fair. He is a grandson OF Old
Combination on his dams side and of John
Bull on his sire's.
Columbus, W. A.. Groneweg of Council Bluffs,
Paul C. Aylesworth of Council Bluffs and Mr..
Gilmore Of Fairbury.
In the line Of general purpose cattle is a
herd Of Red Polled stock sent by Current
Sanderson OF Clinton county. Iowa. Chief Of
these is a bull, Windsor, 6 years old and
weighing 2,400, and is claimed to be the larg-
est specimen OF Red Polled stock in America.
succeeding Peter Piper, a Kansas animal
which no longer goes to shows. Windsor has
won two first prizes in Iowa. The best COW
in the lot is Psyche. which has won sweep
stakes and first prize successfully at the
Iowa fair.
J. G. Murray of Maquoketa, Ia, has brought
a fine crowd of Red Polled cattle, all of them
prize winners.
e. F. Kleinmeyer Of Wilton Junction, Ia,
has the only Red Durhams in the exhibit.
Ribbons to Coach and Draft Horses.
Superintendent Stewart of the draft and
coach horse department hopes to have the
work Of inspection done today. Further
progressed raspidly yesterday and was com
lows:
Percherons: Stallion, 4 or over-Mark NJ.
Coad. Fremont, first and third; Frank Iams.
ST. Paul, Neb., second; f.. f.. K~leinmeyer,
Wilton Junction, Ia, fourth.
Stallion, 3 and under 2-Coad, first; Iams.
second and third.
stallion, 2 and under 3-Coad, first; Klein
meyer. second.
Stallion, over 1 and under 2-Coad, first;
k~leinmeyer, second.
Mare. over l and under 2-Klelnmeyer
first.
Four colts, get of one stallion-Coad. first.
Two colts, product of one mare-Iams, first;
K~leinmeyer. second.
French draft: Stallion, 4 or over-L.
Banks Wilson, Creston. Ia, first; Iams, sec
ond and third; K~leinmeyer. fourth.
Stallion, 3 and under 4-Iams, first.
Mare. 4 or over-Iams, first and third
Kleinmeyer, second and fourth.
Mare, 2 and under &C. 7. Gallehan, Blair.
first.
Four colts, get OF one slre-Iams, first.
Two colts, product Of one ~mare-Klein-
meyer, first.
shires: Stallion. 1 and under FL. Banks
Wilson, first.
Mare, 4 or over-Wolcott Brothers, Archer,
first.
Mare, 1 and under 2-Wolcott, first and
second.
Clydesdale: Stallion, 4 or over-Iams, first
and second.
Stallion, under 1-Iams, first.
Mare, 4 or over-Iams. first.
Mare. under 1-Iams, first.
Belgiums; No competition. All prizes
awarded to l.. Banks Wilson.
Registered trotting horses were inspected
by Judges NJ. l.. Maynard, w. p. McCreary
and H.. j. Palmer yesterday forenoon and the
following awards made:
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