Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-01
WISCONSIN STOCK
CAPTURE AWARDS
The Reputation of the State for Fine
Stock is Sustained.

leading herds and focks of this coun-
try and Canada, Wisconsin breeders
who exhibited live stock at the thir
teenth International Live Sioux ex-
position at Chicago last week. won
many of the most coveted awards and
liberal portion of the premium
fund, according to Andrew w Hop
kins, secretary of tue Wisconsin Live
Stock Breeders association. Wis
Uonsin stockmen exhibited herds OF
Shorthorn. Hereford and Red Polled
cattle, Shropshire. Hamp hire Cots.
void, Lincoln, Oxford, Southdown,
Cheviot and Rambouillet sheep, and
Clydesdals and Hackney horses.
Herds of Shorthorns owned by
Frank w Harding of Waukesha
president of the American Shorthorn
Breeders association, and w. H. Car
penter of Baraboo, assemblyman- elect
from one of the Sank County districts,
commended for the honors of the show
with the foremost herds Of this coun-
try and western Canada. "Sultain
Mine " four year old bull exhibited
by Mr. Carpenter, won second place
in the strongest of competition, being
beaten only by candidate shown by
the Bellows Bros of Missouri who
have International regulations as
breeders of these cattle Similarly,
Sultan Stamp half brother,
which was exhibited by Mr. Harding,
was accorded second premium, and his
prize yearling again won in its class
Besides winning a large number of
major awards the Badger state EXHIBIT
tors were voted high places in the
group classes, the Anoka nerd owned
by Mr.. Harding winning first on a
group of two animals, and Mr.. Car
penter second on his aged herd
Wisconsin's leading breeders Of
Herefords. j G. Robinson and son of
Evansville, furnished strong compa-
tition 10 exhibitors of Bonnie white
faces coming from Illinois, Missouri.
Kentucky, Indiana Kansas. Texas
and Iowa. Their winnings included
second on yearling heifers. third on
heifer calves, and third on young
herds.
In the horse section the McLay
Brothers of GAINESVILLE. America lead
ing Clydesdale specialists, won many
of the best premiums and horses bred
by them were given two or more of
the championships. Their three year
old stallion liking Norman which
has been successfully shown through
out the 1912 circuit, was first in his
class and reserve champion of tbs
entire show. Princess Fortune
five year-old filly bred by Walter L.
Houser of Mondovi, owner of Ethel
wood Farm, was made the champion
American. bred mare of this years in
ternational At two of the previous
dispositions this beautiful Wisconsin
mare has been the grand champion.
She is now owned by r. A. Fairburn
of New Jersey, as is Lady Lustrous, -
tina first prize twoyear old. wrich
was bred by the McLays of Rock
county.
Fred Pabst of Oconomowoc, was the
horses His Hackneys. NADIA and
Meanwood, and Thorndine and Queen
Daisy won first and second prizes res
Ipectively in their classes A park
four which was bred. broken and
shown by the Pabst Stuck Farm. was
the sensational feature of one CT the
evening performances and won the
awards offered handily.
Although competition in the Shrop
shire classes was the strongest it has
been in several years, L. Kammerer.
a Wisconsin fockmaster, won the
grand championship on two-year-
old ram which was bred by him.
This honor has not been claimed by
Wisconsin in several years, or since
1906, when Frank Harding of Wau
kesha was accorded this recognition.
The sire of Mr.. Kammerer s champion
was a noted sheep in England, and
was imported by William f. Renk,
of Sun Prairis, secretary Of the Wis
consin Sheep Breeders association.
Mr.. Kammerer also won first on one Of
his eve lambs, first en- flock and second
on a pen of lambs, which record is an
exceptional one for a single exhibitor.
The prize winning and chaupicn ram
live stock exhibition to be held In
Madison during the second week of
February.
Sheep exhibited by the Wisconsin
College Of Agriculture won most of
the premiums offered for college, fat
tened lambs and wethers. The win.
nings taken by sheep shown by shep-
herd Kleinheinz included first and
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