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...biggest news of last week's Exposition was not these prizes, not the new Temple, not the fact that Edward of Wales's Alberta herd of Shorthorns was better than usual, not the celebration of Walter Biggar's 10th anniversary as judge of the grand champion steer but the fact that a comparative upstart breed of beef cattle had reached a stock show eminence never before attained...
...soon serviced five Angus cows, and before long other breeders, in Kansas, in Iowa, were adding Anguses to their herds. The blacks began taking prizes, first at local shows, then at the Chicago Fat Show, and then, at the first (1900) International Exposition in Chicago an Angus was named Steer of the Year. And in latter-day International shows when it became fashionable for yearlings to carry off top honors, the Angus, a fast fattener, was again & again the favorite...
...second point is that it is no easy matter, either financially or tactfully to carry out this program. The Athletic Director must meet biased prejudices and petty remarks from everyone, from the youngest freshman to the oldest graduate. He must steer a middle course between those who are continually saying there is too much emphasis on athletics, and those who say there is not enough. He has to be able to overlook most of the unfounded criticism he receives (and naturally criticism is expected); and he has to take whatever good there may be in it and profit...
...Scot, fresh from his summer's rustication in Nova Scotia, was busily ensconced at No. 10 Downing St. with experts of the British Admiralty. They had hoped he would take things easy and let the Admiralty dictate to Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon what course the Empire shall steer at the 1935 Naval Conference. Instead the Prime Minister assumed full charge last week, letting it be known that he will chairman the British Delegation...
...Pendleton Roundup, the Calgary Stampede, Fort Worth Rodeo, the Cowboys' Reunion at Las Vegas, N. Mex. Originally, rodeo events, like riding '"outlaw" horses and roping cattle, were tests of cowboys' ability to perform their chores. Spectacular frills arrived later. A Negro cowboy named Bill Pickett introduced steer-wrestling some 25 years ago, dared his confrères to copy it. In addition to freakish specialties like milking wild cows, last week's world series rodeo included also a mounted basketball game, in which a team of cowboys challenged all-comers; performances by stunt horses; a juvenile...