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B. V. Holloway, W. T. Dennis,!
R.T.Reed.—Editors.        j
RICHMOND, NOV'R 15,1854.
'Holloway & Co., Publishers.
\    Vol. IV No. 2.
NATIONAL CATTLE SHOW.
The late show of cattle at Springfield, O,, was
perhaps the most remarkable Cattle Show over
held in the United States, if not the world. -It
was a remarkable show from many considerations.
The excellence of the Short-Horns exhibited, has
probably never been equalled. The variety of
breeds and the merits of each representative
thereof, was a matter of admiration to all beholders.
The Exhibition was held upon the grounds belonging in part to the Clark County Agricultural
Society, and were arranged and fitted up in a
manner in every respect unexceptionable, and the
thanks of all are due to the enterprising gentlemen of Springfield, for the complete and perfect
arrangements which pervaded the whole. The
attendance, although not as large nor of that promiscuous description which is drawn together by
our ordinary State Fairs, was still large, and
*was almost exclusively of the intelligent breeders and farmers of Ohio and the neghboring States;
there being representatives from eighteen different States of the Union on tho ground, as well as
from Canada.
The show of Short-Horns, from its being largely the most important part of tho show, will bo
first noticed. The show of Aged Bulls, or in
other words, those of three years old and over,
was very fine. Several imported as well as native bred were shown in this Class, and afforded
the home-breeder an opportunity of comparing
the merits of the late importations, and to make
his own deductions in reference to the somewhat
fashionable policy of sending large sums of money to England to procure animals, to obtain an
infusion of new blood into the veins of our American bred stock. The general display was very
imposing, and the amatuer at once began instituting his comparisons and drawing his lines on
the different animals. "Perfection," the property of Edwin Bedford, Esq., of Ky., seemed the
most taking animal in his general style, and tbe
Committee said he was the best,—"Sheffield,"
belonging to Mr. Eobinson, of Ohio, was declared second, and "Belmont," owned by Caldwell
& Loder, of Indiana, third best. The practised
eye was in many cases not a little surprised to find
the coarse horn,  dull eye, harsh  features,  and
hard handler before him, to be some scion of Nobility, and that his price had been counted by
thousands. Had there been a division on the
ground between native and imported Short-Horns,
the native bred would most assuredly have been
winners. There is a kind of clear open style, a
fullness of development, a breadth and volume
about American bred Durhams, that is sadly
wanting in many of the imported cattle, and we
make the remark here, that there is more propri-
ty in our using our own best animals for breeding, than in sending, at great expense, to Europe
for new blood. The premiums for two years old,
one year old and sucking males, will be found in
the list, and the opinions of the Committees were
in general, largely seconded by the outside observers.
There were seventeen Short-Horn Cows on exhibition, three years old and over, and we venture nothing in the assertion, that this show was
never beaten in England or America. Of these
over one-third were from Wayne county, Indiana.
The Committee felt they were in a very tight
place in this Class, and agreed that each man
should go through and mark his favorites for 1st,
2d aud 3d premiums, aud then compare notes;
and it is a very remarkable fact that six cows of
the seventeen, had been marked by all the members of the Committee. From these sixteen tho
lucky animals were to bo selected. Tho respective weights of these six were as follows: 1395,
1492, 1560, 1005, 1665, 1645, which indicates
that none of them were deficient in substance,—
of these six, two were from Wayne county, Ind.
The premiums were awarded as will be found in
the list.
For the Sweepstakes premium of §500, there
were five entries. Three from Ohio, one from
Kentucky, and ono from Indiana. This was for
the best Bull and five Cows or heifers from any
one herd. The fact had become quite obvious to
the observing men present, that the fight for this
handsome prize laid between "Xainiuck" and
Old Wayno. Opinions were freely interchanged
upon the result, and many were sanguine of the
success of either herd. The Kentucky herd was
owned by Brutus J. Clay, Esq., and was headed
by his imported Bull, and backed up by "Lady
Stanhope," costing §2,000, and others who had