Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-05-07
STUDENTS BID HIGH At
ANNUAL MOCK SALE
Fourth Annual Live Stock Event
Held Despite Bad Weather
One Woman Prize Winner

Despite the heavy fall OF rain the
fourth annual mock sale Of he ALI
Ag. club was we'll attended Saturday
afternoon and lively bidding was the
rule. Students in the departman, OF
agriculture were tile mock bidders in
the sale on stock from the State Col
lege farm.
AS a preliminary to the sale ami
mails put into shape for showing
were exhibited and judged as to
showmanship and fitting. John l..
Smith of Spokane was the Judge as
to the dairy cattle classes; W. B. Cor
diner of Walla Walla, beef cattle; S.
D. Cornell of Grandvew, hogs, II. e.
Wagner of st. John, horses, and Pro
fessor G. w. Hickman of the Univer-
sity of Idaho, sheep.
In the beef cattle competition ON
showmanship j. II. GoodinG won first
with Discretion's Verna Hereford
COW; E. f. Stevens of Spokane won
second on a Shorthorn COW, MaXwal-
ton Foxglove 9TH, and James Roberts
of Pullman won third on the Angus
COW, Jerome's Queen 9Th.
In the sweepstakes on the fitting
of the animals as compared TO their
condition at the time the students
started work on them, Gooding won
first, Stevens second, while third
went to William Newton on the Here
ford COW, Lady Washington.
In horses II. A. Anderson won first
ON the Clydesdale mare, College
Pride, E. Burke second on. Dellman,
a Percheron mare, and j. G. Clous-
ton won third on Roxana, another
Percheron mare. These placings
were the same for both showmanship
and fitting.
In the dairy cattle class the show
manship prize went to Harry Siler on
State College Lucille, Jersey cow;
second to Howard Lisle on Queen S
Scottish Cavalier, an Ayrshire male,
and third to Frederick Holtz Oh Cas-
cade Jonathan de Pauline I'd, Hol-
stein COW. The fitting prizes went to
H. o. Lisle on Queens Scottish Cav
alier, Ayrshire bull; Donald j. Pace
on Chinook Maplecrest Countess, a
Holstein cow, and Marjorie Sturte.
want of Seattle on Chinook LandseeI
Ban, Jersey bull. Miss Sturtevant
was the only woman fitting any stock
for the show.
Sheep fitting prizes went to Harry
Irwin and George Baker, with the
order reversed on the showmanship
prize. Both prizes on hogs went in
the following order: L. r. Meyer
Will Stanton and William Eddy.
The auctioneering was in charge
of James Mckay of Spokane and n
w. Cairns of Pullman A. Duncan
Dunn of Wapato was active in the
sale ring as unofficial assistant to the
auctioneers. Bidding was lively, one
mock sale being made at $3.50, on
Segis Pontiac Acme. a Holstein bull
belonging to J. H. Hubert of Mount
Vernon, but leased by the State Col
lege.
In the evening a banquet was set
for $50 stockmen and students in the
Y. NJ. c. A. building. f. J. Stevens
of Spokane acted as POSTMASTER. A.
Duncan Dunn of Wapato, regent of
the State College. F. s. Stimson of
the Hollywood farms in Seattle. Will
lam Finley secretary of the state
fair, w. B. Cordiner of Walla WaHa,
Alexander Todd, prominent dairy
man of Yakima. S. D. Cornell, FOG
breeder of Grandyiew, John L. Smith.
dairyman of Spokane, and James Me
Kay, the Spokane auctioneer, were
the principal speakers at the banquet.