The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-11
Greatest Livestock Show Ever
Held Begins at the Fair
TO-MOrrOw.
WILL CONTINUE TWO WEEKS.
Awards Aggregating S1oo,lo6.2
Offered by the Exposition
Rare Breeds TO Be
shown

TT. Worlds Fa!r Cattle Exhibit besfhs
tomorrow and continues for two weeks
From every standpoint i; will be the great
est livestock show ever held The Chi
ego Worlds Fair exhibit holds the re-
ord for the amount of money onered- tnS
number OF cattle exhibited ard the quail
ity o. the breed. SsI; in every one of these
things the exhibit at the Worlds Fair
next week will far surpass IT.
The amount Of money offered at the
Worlds Fair for prizes l. Ec5.los-z "a
agains; Si S. at Chicago. The entries at
Chicago were LI1s while the total mum
Der OF cattle already here IS 2.+o-
The most famous breeders OF America
ard Canada have sent their finest stock
Thomas y. Lawson. the famous Jersey
breeder. Will b. here with four carloads
o; the finest stock on his breeding farm.
the Bii;more Farm. owned b. George San-
derb:lt. will be well represented, as well
as other breeders OF international repu,a-
ton. such as =. Il. Hazard. Il Mckay
Twornbiey. A r F1rkins OF Worcester.
England: the Hood Farm Of Lowell.
Mass and the I.add Estate of Portland.
Ore
Many OF the rarer breeds CT cattle will
BE on exhibition, such as the Dexter
Kerry. Highland. Dutch BeIted. French
Canadian. Norman. Simmentha!, Sussex.
Buffalo and Catalo breeds. The showing
of Jerseys. Shorthorns and Brown Swiss
will Be especially fine
CATTLE PARADE
At : o'clock Tuesday afternoon there will
be grand parade in the Forum OF all
the cattle on exhibition There will be in
the arena at one time over 2.eto OF the
prize winning cattle OF the entire world
The value OF the stock IN the arena VIII
amount to several millions Of dollars. and
II Is probably the first time that any such
an exhibition was offered Each head OF
stock will be led by . stable hand, and
already the livestock management IS
rasslins around trying to get sufficient
men for this exhibition. -.---S---~-- =
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock, the
showing for prizes will begin First. tho
aged bulls Of all divisions will be judged.
followed BY the 2year-old and yeAriinE
pulls. A O'Clock there Will De parade
In the Forum Of all the priIe-winners OF
the day. and on each succeeding day At
the same time there will be n parade Of
tho pE1.e-winnere Of that day. on Friday:
the Pri7e-winners OF the entire show.
Cattle In the breeding classes will Be
judged at the Forum. commencing at 10
Aberdeen Angus. Gai.oways. Red Poiied.
Devon. PoiIed. Durham and Brown Swiss.
ORDER OF JUDGING
The fat steers. pure bred and grade will
be judged in the Forum. commencing at ID
O'Clock a.. m. as follows: Shorthorns.
Herefords. Aberdeen-Angus. Galloway.
Red Polled Devon. Poiied Durham and
Brown Swiss.
The following dairy breeds OF cattle.
namely. Jersey. Holstein-Friesan. Ayr
shire and Guernsey. viii be Judged IN the
Forum commencing at 10 o'clock n m
The following breeds Of cattle will be
judged in the Forum. commencing al 70
o'clock a m September a viz: Dutch
Belted, French-Canadian. Norman Sim
menrhal. Sussex. Highland. Kerry. Buf-
faio. Catalo ard oxen
Auction sales Of cattle will be held at the
Worlds Fair during the period of the ex.
hibit and under the auspices of the breed
associations directly concerned Pubic
sales have been arranged as follows: Aber-
ceen-Angus. September a: Galloway. Sep
tember Is: Hereford. September Il: Hol-
n-Freisan September 2: Jersey. Sep
temher 20: Rei-PoiIed. September Is. ana
Shorthorn. September 2.
The Dominion OF Canada will duplicate
all prizes won by provincial livestock ex-
hibitors Canadian exhibitors have evinced
Yations for the Worlds Fair. and the
showing made by the Canadian interests
will undoubtedly excel the admirable rec
ord made at the Columbian Exposition
The barns are located lust south of the
Palace OF Horticulture. where 30 extra
stalls have been bulti In the last few
days.