. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 241 been openly charged that the Shorthorn ring, so called, has secured control of the show, and that other breeders are denied certain rights and privileges to which they are entitled. 'The Tribune" does not believe that any ring exists who can control the management of these shows, but it does insist upon a better system of judging, to the end that exact and impartial justice may be the rule hereafter. "In this connection the following plan is sug- gested,
. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 241 been openly charged that the Shorthorn ring, so called, has secured control of the show, and that other breeders are denied certain rights and privileges to which they are entitled. 'The Tribune" does not believe that any ring exists who can control the management of these shows, but it does insist upon a better system of judging, to the end that exact and impartial justice may be the rule hereafter. "In this connection the following plan is sug- gested, by which, at least, disinterested men might be secured for these trying and impor- tant positions: the Board should select the best butchers from eastern cities and pay them for their services, and thus avoid the scandal that yearly crops out because judges and exhibitors are from the same localities. Having good judges, the rule should be, that no man who owns an animal shall be allowed to hold it while in the ring, or to enter the ring under any pre- text while the judges are at work. The adop- tion of some such rules as the above, or some- thing of that character guaranteeing a better state of things, must be adopted at once, or the greatest of American shows will become a by- word and ; Those who read our great daily papers know that they are top apt to leave the beef interests and agricultural necessities of our stock breed- ers and farmers out in the cold, by saying noth- ing about them and leaving them severely alone. But this matter of showing beef cattle, and hav- ing justice done to the deserving ones, was of such moment that "The Tribune" in January, 1882, again came out in the following editorial: "During the past year much has been said and written upon the subject of choosing judges to act at fairs, and the matter of these selections has become one which must attract still greater attention before another season. There has grown up in
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