Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-02
Estimated That Not Less Than Forty
Thousand Persons Visited the Show
on Chicago Day - Challenger First
Grade Steer to Win the Grand Cham
pionship - The Iowa Awards.

The champion was selected from lot
of calves for sale in Nebraska last year
by some keen eyed member of the Uni
versity of Nebraska College OF Agri-
culture. whose property the champion
is. His white face betrayed Hereford
blood. The champion was purchased
for an insignificant sum for scientific
feeding experiments by the Nebraska
students. Good blood will tell and this
calf proved unusually susceptible to
good care and plenty of good feed. He
has never before been exhibited. and
the Nebraskans say that they have re-
fused $4,000 for him.
Record Of Show Champions.
During the four years OF the exis
tence of the International stock show,
the grand championship has been won
as follows: 1900 Advance. Angus;
1901, Woods Principal. Hereford: 1902.
Shamrock. Angus 1903, Challenger.
Challenger's nearest competitor was
pure bred Aberdeen Angus, whose
glossy. jet black coat, aroused as much
admiration as the snowy white, shaggy
covering of Silver Crown. This Angus
is owned and exhibited by the univers-
ity of Minnesota and is named Pride of
Jute. He won the championship OF the
Angus breed.
Colonel Ferguson. in speaking Of the
competition, after 1t was finished. said
that he judged the animals on their
symmetry and general form. Challeng-
err he said, had solid back and hind
quarters and less body. Feeders, he
continued, looked to one thing, and
butchers to another, the main idea OF
the latter being the number and size
of the cuts OF beef possible In an AMI
NAL Challenger was the best from the
butchers standpoint Silver Grown,
Colonel Ferguson said, was weak in the
neck and shoulders, and the hind quar-
tiers were not as solid as those OF
Challenger. and, taken altogether. did
not represen. the value in good beef
that Challenger does.
THE type Of bullocks have judged
here is good enough certainly to win
prizes abroad" was the judges COM
ment on the general class of the AMI
mails which have come under his eye
AS soon as 1t was known that Chal-
lenger had carried of the principal
honor OF the exposition, his stall was
surrounded by big crowd.
Winners Of the Day.
Aside from the grand championship,
other champions are: Aberdeen-Angus
-Juba of Morlich. who takes this prize
for the second time; Silver Crown. IN
the Shorthorn steer division; Robby
Burns, in the Galloway steer class;
Clear Lake Jute u. in the Angus d.
vision.
There were some interesting compe-
titions among the pure-bred fat sheep
for championship honors among the
differen. strains. r.. j. Stone, of Ston-
ington, ILL.,, secured the honors for the
champion wether in the Oxford class:
Elgin f. Park had the champion Cots
void wether, the University of Wis
consin had the champion Cheviot
wether, and John Kelley. of Shakes
peare, Ontario, was awarded the cham
ship in the Leicester wether class.
Some fine animals were seen among
the swine, C. E. Pogue's Chief Sun
shine IL. being awarded the Poland
China championship, while F. p. and j.
j. Gardiner took similar honor In the
Chester White class.
Many Meeting Are Held.
The International Live Stock Asso-
cation, under whosc direction the
stock show is held. at its annual meet
ing Yesterday continued the present
board of directors for another year and
elected John Clay, Jr, as an honorary
member upon foreign representation.
The Berkshire Swine Association has
held its annual session and voted $4,000
for prizes at the coming st. Louis ex-
position.
The following meetings were held
Yesterday: Red Polled Cattle Club of
America. Cheviot and Southdown
Breeders Association, American Per-
cheron Breeders Association. and sec
retaries of the county fair associations.
"chicago day" at the international
Live Stock Exposition yesterday broke
all records for attendance. 1t was es-
mated that 10000 visited the big build
ings at the stock yards during the day
and evening Mondays crowd was put
a: $4,000 by the officials.
Every building in which animals
were housed or judged was thronged
all day, the big horse ten. resembling
circus In full blast. The big ring was
the scene of an interesting display Of
heavy draft horses which were being
paraded before the judges. The swine
and sheep buildings also were crowd
ed and in the cattle buildings there
was continuous stream of people
passing to and fro all day.
Among the arrivals yesterday were
John Dryden and Sidney Fisher the
Canada official representatives, and
Governor Tarassaz. of Chihuahua.
Mexico's official representatives.
Today is governors day. and the fol-
lowing will be present: Governor
.Cunlmins Iowa: Governor Frazer.
Tennessee: Governor Longino. Missis-
sippi; and Governor Van SAINT. of Min
nesota.