The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-03-08
1873 GATTIE show
GREATEST N SOUTH
win b a History Making Ex.
hibition For Southwest.
MEXICAN STEERS COMING
Prize List Largest In Hisiory-ssven.
teen Years Since organization-Brii-
liant Array Of Blue Bloodsd Stock
Viii Be Seen.

teen Years 5irce Orqanization-Bri
liant Array Of Blue Bloodsd Stock
viii Be Seen.
March Stn marks the opening Of the
seventeenth annual exhibit VI the Ma
upnai Feeders and Breeders show
known 10 Texans as the Fort Worth
Fat Stock show
fais show. the biggest OF its nature
south Of the International Fat Stock
snow of Chicago. opens earlier this
year Than usupai and continues IN ses-
sion Just one week to the day. Opening
IT'S doors on saturday the shoW will
receive the public until the last act 81
afternoon.
Everything 10 to be offered 10 the
lover Of stock and there win be tie
greatest collection uf domestic live
stock gathered under the roof Of the
coliseum ever brought together under
one roof IN the entire South AS soon
as the 1912 slow had finished its labors
the management began at once to pre-
pare for the 1913 exhibit. ana this wear
me promise has gone out 10 the ex
hibitor and customer that the National
Feeders & Breeders Show for 1913 win
eclipse all past efforts
There IL not q breeder in any OF the
states of the Southwest who amounts
70 anything that Will not be repre-
sented IN the show ring az Fort Worth
Besides these, tile big stables II fhe
Central states farther North, VIII con-
tribute heavily. The Horse Division
Will be crowded with faacy stuff from
Northern stables the Cow lots Will
nave an abundance Of high-class stock
from the feed pastures and feed lots
Of Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska.
and the sheep and hog pens viii re-
eeive their share form outside exhio
itors.
Mexican Cattle.
But the Fort Worth Fat Stock show
has become an international show as
weil as the far-famed Chicago affair.
While the attraction for Canadian cat
tie is small. yet. Just to the South Of
Texas lays the land Of Tio Manuel. and
from this sunny cline the Fort Worth
packing houses have drawn thousands
upon thousands Of butchering stock
This year the little Mexican steer viii
be seen IN the quarantine division and
keen competition Is expected from the
South.
Scarcity Of cattle on the Texas range
and feed lots has made the Mexican
Steer a competition on the Fort Worth
market and this year he has crowded
into the big show ring never to be
erased. His place at the Fort Worth
Fat Stock Show viii be exactly the
same as that OF the big steer from To
ronto at the International al Chicago
No place outside Of the show ring
of the International Will there be such
a gathering Of the purple strain Of beef
as will be tile gathering in Fort Worth
on March 8. The herdsmen Of Texas
Oklahoma. Arkansas. Louisiana New
Mexico and even into Missouri are
straining a point to get a creditable
representation before this show. The
time has come when q blue ribbon from
the National Feeders and Breeders show
means as much To the breeder al II
would from any other show. and every
effort Is being put forth by the cattle )
men Of the Southwest TO merit their
Great Sale Show.
Besides being one of the greatest sat
stock exhibits the National Feeders x
Breeders Show at Fort Worth has
grown into great sale show. It's rem
utation In this line has been made ana
during the last five years 1t hae baan
susnassed by mime III this resnect Rnt
Its Inducements The coming season IA
49, ,,,l = .,o,.toi ,.ef,,s. 49,, ever pt
.p's anu q al,'1.e, i..., sl.oIt nas peen made
ers TO come together In several vcars
Mans .n - ''le ,,F,ussliei' ,s, o. Vid Mexico
"il slsliiu ~ ',ls ui,'eA ~ order to Sc
eure s'',aple si'ea,ls slock 70 raise
'''g g, al'i'lutln ~, y, 80 Heiua'
i,l l,ls eului''o,i a,,i gAls,s ln az branches
ol lne u'vS.VgN ,,, iseus.ly. The sheep
peHs VII pc llileu MIN salable stuff
u,iu W Wy i'DH peiis ir, "in niFe tlieif share
q fitf slo,N, IVA, KIN IN sleaeest horses en
,t''ii a ~ ~, t..,, So'u from the
p'o''e ~ W. w. uaan s lli,s,
v-,s. Ns.ut y . success
.,.a, Ftesiaens ,.s >. =. eqsnelt OF the Ma
t,"na, ,,'il. ~, reeue,9 a'o hfeeuers SHOW Of
nofs WI ~ i" d sss.'e'llent 10 The pub
,'' s'NtS W. ie'''lse ann 'nat Of the
pons1 81 uli,t'9is siait NE 1913 show
WI, W. 9e p, sNNeliNu KY ~ sAIlnlt Of its