. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEEEFOKD CATTLE other steer, if the Board could determine. It shouhl have been given to one of the first pre- mium animals in the classes; if this could not have been determined, it should have been held for some special meritorious animal. The above is a fair statement in reference to this steer for his record in 1879. On this rec- ord we would claim that he should have had no standing in the exhibition of 1880, and it was on this record that C. M. Culbertson and T. L. Miller made th
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTOEY OF HEEEFOKD CATTLE other steer, if the Board could determine. It shouhl have been given to one of the first pre- mium animals in the classes; if this could not have been determined, it should have been held for some special meritorious animal. The above is a fair statement in reference to this steer for his record in 1879. On this rec- ord we would claim that he should have had no standing in the exhibition of 1880, and it was on this record that C. M. Culbertson and T. L. Miller made their protest against his being shown at the show in 1880. In reference to the entry and the action of the Board in admitting him to compete for the champion prize in 1880, the Board placed themselves in a position where their action was a proper subject for criticism. The steer was entered in 1880 as a four-year- old, while Mrs. Prescott, who bred the steer,, says he was a five-year-old, and Dr. Paaren, supported by others (^ 161), says he was nearer six years old. The testimony of J. W. Prescott, until'it shall be disproved, was sufficient war- ranty for rejecting the animal from entering for the champion prize in 1880. Especially is this true when Dr. Paaren was selected by the Board to determine the ages of the animals on exhibition. It is clear that an animal may be, for a two- year-old, in his weight, character and quality, the best animal in this class or in the show, but if the animal has another year on him and has the same weight, character and quality he would not be the best animal in the class or in the show. The fact is self-evident; for at the Smith- field Show in London in 1879 the champion prize went to a two-year-old, not because he was the best steer or best animal in the show with- out regard to age, but considering his age he was the best animal in the show. The protest against this steer secured another verdict, and that was that the grade Hereford steer, tw
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