Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-06
C.BROWN WINS
BIC STOCK PRIZE
IRAlL PRESIDENTS .PERcHERoN,
HELIX, FIRST IN CHAMPION.
SHIP COMPETITION.
IOwANS ARE BIG WINNERS

IOWANS ARE BIG WINNERS
Charlton Breeder Takes Most Prize'
in Galloway Glass ut Chicago
Show; Stockport Firm Also
Secures Prize.
ident of the New York Central rail.
road, was not present yesterday &C
witness the victory Of his famous stai'
lion Helix in the championship classes
at the live stock show. Helix wal
awarded the purple ribbon as the
champion Percheron OF the exposition
Mr.. Brown received the news OF the
achievement at Washington, D. G.
where he Is on official business.
Mr.. Brown recently purchased th<
horse from an Illinois breeder after II
had won the championship of the
show at Paris, France. and the state
exhibitions at Kansas City, No. ana
Springfield, Ill. The horse will be ship
ped to his Iowa farm Immediately
after the close Of the exhibition.
Illinois Breeders Take Honors.
In the other Percheron classes, the
Illinois breeders took most Of the
honors. The championship honors fol-
the Percheron mare went to H. G. NC
MILAN & Sons of Rock Rapids. la.
however, this concern having won
with Iolanthe.
Further sales were recorded in the
auction Of fat cattle, the championship
load of calves having gone to A. w.
Bragg, an Illinois buyers, who las:
year purchased the champions OF the
1909 exhibition. He paid $40.50 pei
hundred weight for the champion load
The animals are Colorado bred Short
horns.
The champion yearling load OF Ne
braska Herefords went to J. r. Tinley
OF Illinois at $7.05 the hundred weight
For the third year in succession the
six horse team of Morris & Co., last
night won the championship Of the
world at the live stock show, Prof. Z.
+. Surtiss of the Iowa Agricultural coll
lege deciding that the Clydesdale sex
tet was superior to the nominations OF
]. Crouch a Sons and Swift & Co.
each of whom exhibited Percherons.
The Morris team will again be
shown at the Royal agricultural show
in London and will appear before King
George Twice they were shown before
the late King Edward.
IHOIIldS ~. w lSOl lOOA AhO AAOAAcA . -
the second judging number on the
evening program, second prize going
to Thomas e. Mitten, William Daniel
taking third and John D. Bobnet'
fourth
Galloway Cattle are Judged.
Judging the breeding classes OF Gal
loway cattle was finished and progress
was made in judging the breeding
classes Of Aberdeen Angus. 9. =
- I, np{k To a
biggest winner in the Galloway breed
ing classes, Straub Bros. OF Avoca
Neb., were his chief rivals. and other
exhibitors Of winners were James T,
Milliken of Media ILL.,; J. F.. Bales &
Son, Stockport, Ia. and c. e. Clarke OF
st. Cloud, MINI. These Ave divided the
honors fairly evenly in the regular
classes, but when it came to the cham
pion Glasses Hechtner had the senior
COW, and the Junior champion bull.
straub Bros. came to the front with
the junior champion heller and then
came the herd competitions.
The following awards were made:
Glass 107, aged herds of Galloways--
C. S. Hechtner first: Straub Bros.
second; ]. E. Bales, third; G. 8. Hecht-
ner. fourth.
Bales. third.
Class 100. for four Galoways, the
get Of one sire-Hechtner, first and
third; Straub, second; Bales. fourth;
Seward Martin, Princeton. ILL.,, fifth.
Glass no.. for two Galloways, the
produce of one cow-Hechtner, first
and fourth; Straub Bros, second and
fifth; Bales, third.
Aberdeen Angus Classes Large.
vHL,o A yoo,,a hrAo63nx
classes were so large that eleven
prizes and ribbons were given in each
class James D. McGregor from Bran
don, Man.. won first in the class for
Junior yearling heifers Of this breed,
but got only sixth prize IN the CORES
ponding class for senior yearling
heifers. In this class w. ]. Miller, OF
Newton, Ia, won the coveted blue rib
bon, but his entries in the other class
got nothing.
,Omer Catterson of Maryville, Mo,
who won second to Miller in the senior
class, shared the same fate with him
in the junior. Third prize in the senior
class went to M. D. Korns and fourth
to H. L. Cantine. both Iowa breeders.
Fifth prize went to D. Bradfute & Son,
Ohioans. Otto v. Battles of Manuoketa.
Ia, scored he avily in the junior class
by taking second to the Manitoba
ctldIHpIOu anu 6SSIlhH AAlA ehAii cANs :.
prizes also. w. A. McHenry took third
and A. c. Binnie fourth. Both are Iowa
breeders.
Push Ball Contest Today.
This afternoon one of the most in
teresting features Of the show will be
conducted when two teams OF stock
yards representatives will appear IN
the arena in a push ball contest. Tho
contestants will not be mounted, and
the event promises to be battle royal.
One of the stock yards firms has
posted challenge to the winners Of
the afternoons event to pit eight Of
it's employees against the successful
team.
i rue EVENING srnRv