Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-20
EVENT OF YEAR AMONG CAT.
TLEMEn or SOUTHWEST
FORMALLY OPENED.
eleventh annual
Over 5000 Entries, and Thousands Of
Dollars In Prizes are offered-Two
Horse Department. Great Feature.

Fou Worth. Tex. March 2e.-Th
National Feeders and Breeders show
the great event Of the year anon
the cattlemen Of Texas and the south
west. was formally opened toda,
thousands Of visitors from man
states and territories thronging th
otg tent at the stockyards. Owe
1900 entries have been made by II
exhibitors. including So royalty bre,
Shorthorns. 3s5 Herefords. a5 Re,
Polls and Aberdeen.Angus. more thai
@.o"0 standard bred cattle and hogs
/ some 500 sheep and many head o
horses and mules. Thousands OF dol
lars In prizes are offered for the bes
IeShibits OF cattle. sheep. hogs ant
poultry. and many valuable premI
,ums and cups In the horse show. TIL
iexhibits represent not only Texas
but Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Col
'orado. Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky
Tennessee and other states. and are
by far the most numerous ever showr
here
The horse department n one OF the
most prominent features Of the show
and far exceeds anything Of the kind
heretofore shown In the southwest
The classes include Shires and
clydesdales. Percherons. Belglans,
German, French and Hackney coach
horses, standard bred horses and
mules. Arnurg the sxhiha I are 4
string Of Suffolk, PercherOn and Ger
man coach horses direct form Eng
land. $4,000 imported German
coach stallion and Absolute. the s5.'
oOe saddle stallion which was the
winner of the first prize at the In
show. One Of the finest
collection of Jacks ever brought TO-
gether In this country Is on exhibit
tion. Including large string from
the famous Tennessee jack farm OF
Colonel John r. Clay.
Invitations In Spanish were sent 10
all the leading ranchers OF Mexico
and as n result the southern repub-
lie Ia well represented among the Wis
tors at the show. Mexican cattle
men are becoming alive to the I'M
,ortance of breeding better cattle
and tho dcsirability of this Will be
'urther impressed upon them by the
,resent exhibition. The republic OF
)iaz has just arrived at point that
rexas reached over a score OF years
- when the work Of breeding out
he famous Texas long-horns was
by the introducton oi
,ure-bred bulls. AS IA result 'hefe
ire now few IL any genuine long
,orns in this state. The millions o'
.attle on the ranges of Mexico are
Yearly all of the long-horn variety
W, the awakening of the ranchers
f that country will soon result IN
hange for the better, A comparison
+ the 200 pound Texas steers. worm
,ver twice as much on the open mar
ct as the 800 pound Mexican 'ohs'
orps Is certain to result In 'he po'-
hase by the Mexican ranchers o'
many Texas bulls.
Elaborate preparations nave oee"
made by the business men ami ei''
one of Fort Worth to care Tor lhe
nprecedented crowds. The enter
aipment features are in charge oi
he Mystic Knights of Bovinia' an or
er of commission men, merchants
nd stockmen. Tonight the visiting
attle raisers will be rendered a smo-
Ter at Hermann park, and tomorrow
vening a performance Will De gwen
L Greenwall's theater for their es-
,ecial benefit. The Cadereyta Mex
can Juvenile band. musical orgahi-
alton composed of young Mexican
,oys under strict military rule, has
,een engaged to furnish the music
or the show. Members OF both
louses of the state legislature have
accepted invitations extended by
Mayor Harris and will be the guests
4 the citizens of Fort Worth during
he show.
The first exhibition Of the National
Feeders and Breeders show, popular
y known as the fat stock show, was