Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-06
VICTOR, GRADE ANGUS, TAKES
HIGHEST AoNoRs At INTER
NATIONAL SHOW.
WINS FOURTH TIME IN
HISTORY OF EXPOSITION
Judge Says Victor is Best Bullock He
Ever kandied-6eat Last Years
Record in One CIass-Iowa State
College Leads in Breeding Highest
Typo Animals.


ship of the carlot show with load of
Angus yearlings, which was first in the
yearling class. The reserve champion
ship was also won by Escher & Ryan
2-year-uiti Angus. III the 3-Eear-old
class j r. Weeson. Upton, Iowa, was
first with another load of Angus.
Victor. the grand champion of the
twelfth International livestock exposl-
ton is today the center of attraction.
There was a rousing college yell OF
the a MES rah-rah' style when j.
j. Cridlan yesterday slapped his hand
on the rump of the Iowa State College
steer and gave him the premier honor.
He won on his individual merits
against some good competitors. said
Acting President Stanton, of the Iowa
State College who was at the ringside
10 witness the triumph OF the steer
from the college which he heads.
This is the fourth grand champion
we've show,, at in,ernationals and hes
the best of them all He is the most
thickly- meated steer, the most COM
pact, the best balanced steer l ever
saw" said Dean Curtiss, head OF the
AGRICULTURAL department Of the Iowa
State College.
Professor w. ]. Kennedy says of the
grand champion: Never before was
there such an undisputed grand cham
pion. His individual merits give him
a right to it
Robert Lorimer Judge of carcass
swine. says of the grand champion;
The greatest bullock ! ever saw In
d ring
"Grand Champion Of Them AL"
II have seen all of the grand cham
pions OF the twelve internationals. and
thic. is the grand champion OF the lot
said Charles Cray. secretary OF the
Aberdeen Angus breeders Association.
.-Never since my visits to the inter-
national have | seen such an excellent
steer" said j. D. McGregor leading
Angus breeder of Canada. In fact,
the three steers that fought out the last
stand were as good as l have ever
seen"
Victor won because he had better
finish than our steer" said Professor
Ellis Rail of the University Of Ne
braska.
| Jack Brown feeder Of the grand
! champion. could do nothing but smile
/ his approval Feeding grand champions
is a pastime with Jack that threatens
| 10 develop into habit as long as he
is supplied with such material as he
! has had to work on in recent years at
| the Iowa station.
| Iowas Fourth Grand Champ.
| This is the fourth time in the twelve
! years Of international history that the
Iowa State College has won the highest
| honor given at the worlds greatest
i
rock, pure-b bred Angus. won the hon or
for the Ames institution. Again. in
/ 1905, the honor went TO the Iowa Col
! championship crown last year py
! Shamrock II. is still fresh in the minds
of followers Of livestock shows, the
grade Angus winning after being once
beaten by the steer which today re-
ceived the highest honor.
Victor, the steer today awarded the
crown as king of the twelfth annual In
ternational Livestock Exposition, is 9
years, 10 months and Is days Old and
weighs 1870 pounds. w. J. Miller, New
ton. Iowa. bred the calf, which was
dropped Jan. Is, 1909. keymura is the
sire and the dam is grade Angus
The sire was a junior champion ball
when cali.
His Show History.
/ Professor Kennedy bought this calf
from Nh Miller at the American Royal
Show at Kansas City in the fall of 1910
He showed when a calf. all the fall OF
I 1910. He was made grand champion
steer Of the Fort Worth show in March
! 1910. At last years international he
was runrer-up and won in most Of his
F! classes until he got again Leask's roam
| Shorthorn from Canada.
| The steer 5 TatioT. has been a mixture
of corn and oats with bran and plenty
! Of alfalfa hay. He ran out on grass a.
| summer. He had nurse COW until the
| Fort Worth show last year.
Prince of Viewpoint I'd. the pure bred
| Angus steer, shown by the University
| of Nebraska, was made reserve grand
champion and the Hereford calf from
J the University of Missouri stood third
This bullock excelled in touch. quail
ity. covering over shoulders. filling back
of shoulders and carrying down OF
quarters, said the foreign judge. 'Ir
fact he is finished turnout. He is tbs
best bullock I have ever handled. H.
is finished turnout.
The Nebraska steer Is good, bu,
lacks the finish Of the Ames steer"