Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-31
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

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The recent show has passed into
history az the most successful as well
as the largest show on record. Whether
viewed Ia regard 10 Us magnitude, IS
excellence, the attc ice OF the public
or the generosity o. tn9 prize lists, this
show Is without rival Aud In saying
This We are not forgetting the grand
exhibitions OF horses and fat stock held
between the year 1857 and 1891 I'm the
Old exposition building, Chicago In
some respects and IN certain depart
ments those old time shows were Of
the highest order Of excellence and as
10 the various coach breeds OF horses
were always included the shows az that
time We're consequently more complete
tn the horse department than this re-
cent one which only included the varl-
Gus breeds OF draft horses But In all
the various breeds Of beef cattle and
mutton sheep as well as hogs the show
just past far ecllpscd anything ever
held on this continent.
This dpplies with equal truth to the
strictly Fat cattle CLASSES as well as 30
the breeding classes, and the recent
new departure Of Offering liberal prizes
Cor ear load lots brought out an enor-
NOUS entry list Including many Of the
choicest beeyes ever seen In the great
city OF Chicago. IL would be invidious
90 specify any particular breed or
breeds as having been pre-eminent at
the show. The best individual animals
ON the ground were Polcd Angus cat
tle-they having won the champion
prize-the reserve for championship
and the highest honars also for best
car load. on the other hand the Here
ford breed came 10 the front by making
a much higher average price IN the
auction sale room than any other breed,
while the shorthorns as usual made
magnificent display and on the whole
perhaps captlvated a larger portion OF
spectators than any Of the others, In
the sheep and swine departments hon
ors seemed 10 be quite evenly divided
among the various perhaps the
most noteworthy incident being the
large proportion Of first prizes that
went 10 Canadian exhibitors in the
sheep department.
Coming down TO the draft horse de-
partment. the general remark may be
made that shires We're extremely weak.
PercherOns fairly strong and uniform,
and Clydesdales cOnsplcuOusly so. In
the stallion classes The imported and
American bred Clydesdale vie with
each other for supremacy and Il must
be admitted that the former held his
own with remarkable success, and
better or more uniform lot OF Clydes-
dale stations was never seen In Amer
lea than was presented az the recent
show. In the classes for draft horses
I'm harness-Open to an breeds-the
Clydesdales simply walked away with
every prize in slght-the best that the
Perchcrons or Shires could get being
an occasional second or third premium
and sometimes not even that much. As
the Breeders Gazette remarked the
Clydesdale made converts by the hun
dred as when pitted against the other
breeds and subjected to a critical analy-
sis their outstanding superiority IN legs,
pasterns, feet and action coupled with
bodies. heads and necks Of remarkable
excellence made them easy winners In
every class-sinEles pairs three
abreast. four horse teams and six horse
teams. II was generally remarked that
one OF the most conspicuous things In
the entire show was the Clydesdale eX-
hlhit. and Il was brought all the more
prominently before the people when
contrasted with the small and indiffer-
ent exhibit Of Shires which on this oc-
caslon was neither worthy Of the breed
nor OF the many excellent turnOuts
made by them In the old palmy days Of
the horse business.
The success attending the recent
show was such as % encourage the
managers already 90 prepare for next
years event when additional accommo-
dations VIII doubtless be provided for
an DESTROYS Of again entering the lists.
The chances are that the coach breeds
Of horses viii be included in the show
Of 1901.
c s. Barclay writes from West Lib
erty. Ia. to Secretary Martin Please
keo1 as good stalls as you can for MS
for thirty head ~ bulls for the live
stock show"
Ford Bros. Of Centeryille have notified
the committee IN charge Of the exhibit
ton TO the effect that they viii ex-
hiblt four blooded Shorthorn bulls and
two grades-one grade whlte-faced bull,
and one two-year-old steer also six
head Of fancy Leicester sheep.
Word from an over Colorado Is that
there Is the most unusual interest in
the coming live stock convention at
Salt Lake next month. says the Denver
St0ckman, All of the local organiza-
ti0ns are appointing delegates and as
there are more people who want 10 60
than there are appointments In the
counties. the new state association Is
helping out so that Colorado Will have
the largest delegation that ever left the
State TO attend any national meeting.
The total will be anywhere between 300
and 900. and al the present time II looks
like the latter figure would be the near
80 -. umNH
Wyoming, New Mexico, and In fact all
points west OF the river tell the same
story. all are going 10 Salt Lake. and
In addition TO the lN.lonal meeting
there will be many smaller meetings OF
cattle companies and corporations. who
VIII take this opportunity OF getting to-
gether The Salt Lake meeting win DO
TIE most important live stock event Of
the year. The stockmen from the North
and the South the East and the West,
will be together FOR q week, and plans
and deals viii be made which viii ef-
feet the entire industry FOR the coming
year. II win be the annual business
pow WOW, and when the convention adj
journs the stockmen will separate with
their plans fully made for the business
Of the coming year,
II Is reported that there are num-
Der OF large projects on foot for dis
oussion IN private meetings to be held
IN salt Lake during the convention,
and for the week Of January "A. the
whole live stock world will have its
eyes on Salt Lake. Some Of the pro-
jects are far-reaching and men Of un-
usual prominence IN business and
financial circles Will be present 10
meet stockmen in conference. The OPP
portunity that this large gathering viii
give 10 get men ~ an classes together
Is fully appreciated, and IN addition 10
the business conferences that Will
take place. almost every large manu-
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