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Tim; OREGON sxisDirr TOirrcsrAir, Portland, Sunday forking, tune i, 1919. Prize Jersey Bull of tte. . Milk Sliow Was Jnvited to a Banquet at the Valdorf Astoria Hotel as Guest of Honor of rHE traffic policemaa raised nis warn- Ui band, rne stream 01, umuir Bines coming down New ' York's busy Fifth avenue stopped short at Thirty- foarth street. With a leisurely stride and great dignity a thoroughbred Jersey bull strode along Into the avenue. kfi stopped for a mfcment, looked up the great avenue toward the Publio Library, and then turned his head and looked down toward the Victory Arch. A gentleman said a word or two in the animal's ear c and he then continued on; across the street to the sidewalk in front of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. As the splendid animal approached the entrance half a dozen uniformed hotel at tendants and a dozen men in dress suits stepped forth to greet the bull. Glancing up the steps the animal saw that a plank . runway had been laid with a carpet on it. TJp this gentle carpeted incline the bull proceeded with majestic tread and dis- : appeared into the main hall of 'this busy hotel. ' He was the famous two - year - old thoroughbred Jersey bull whose name is "Financial Sensation." He, has a market value of $60,000 and is the highest priced bull in America, He 'was the centre of Interest at the recent Milk Show in New York, and so much attention was given to him that it was decided to give a dinner in his honor at the Waldorf-Astoria. No less than five hundred guests assembled at this banquet to do honor to the bull. It was the first time that an animal had ever been the guest of honor at the Waldorf, and appro priate preparations were made for the comfort of this distinguished guest. Appreciating the great compliment, the owners of the bull took special pains to have the animal exquisitely groomed for the occasion? The banquet was on April 25, aiftl two days in advance of the dinner the bull was covered with blankets, and rubbed down twice a. day with crude oil to get his din ner coat in sleek and shiny perfection. He also received a haircut with fine hair clip pers to eliminate any vagrant whiskers that might have previously eluded his grooms. The bull's horns received especial at tention. . The horns, were polished and scrubbed. and powdered and oiled and re polished again and again. First they were rubbed down with fine emery paper and then briskly polished with pumice stone. Having attained the highest possible de gree of smoothness a bit of crude oil was applied and the horns were rubbed down again. When this foundation coat of crude oil thoroughly dried a light coat of" olive . oil was applied and rubbed down. A final application of cold cream was then made and this was polished with chamois skin. A bull has no finger nails for a manicure to give attention to, but he has four hoofed feet, which are a more difficult task to put Into prime condition. A specialist on bovine pedicuring worked a portion of two days on the bull's hoofs, paring them and trimming them and filing them and sand papering them and oiling them and polish ing them and re-oiling them and re-polishing them, and Just before the animal start ed out for the dinner a final polishing was given the four precious hoofs. Unlike a lady dressing for a formal af fair, the well-bred bull gives little atten tion to the coiffure. The bull's hirsute asset is his tail. This must be marceled as scrupulously as any lady's hair. For two days previous to the banquet it was braided together with a kind of pliable weed and kept tied so as to form innumer able little wavelets. When the weed is finally taken out and the tall combed and brushed it acquires a fluffy and wavy ap- . pearance which is quite fascinating. When the time came for the bull to leave his jipartments at the Milk Show, a few blocks away, he did not take a taxicab, but walked to the Waldorf. As he entered the hotel corridor the owner put his arm affectionately, on his head and walked be side him. through the hotel office to the elevator. Up the elevator to the third floor the party went, and there; passing through the hall, entered the banquet room. The assembled guests .all stood as the bull entered the hall, and in a proces ' sion they escorted their honored guest to his special table. This table was fully ap pointed with napery, silver and glassware, and in addition to the "bull's two personal valet a were assigned two of the Waldorf , waiters. As the bull took his position at his table of honor cocktails were served,, and each of the five hundred guests raised his glass. For the bull there had been provided a generous sweetened oatmeal cocktail, which was served In a silver champagne bucket. As this mammoth cocktail was raised to the bull's Hps by the two waiters the guest of honor sipped it with some deliberation, then raised hia head, as if . to bow an acknowledgment to his five hundred hosts. As the champagne bucket was removed e of the bull's personal attendants wiped his lips with a napkin while the other at tendant slipped a tablecfoth around the bull's neck and chest and tied It behind his ears as a sort of gjant napkin to pre vent any drops of food from staining the marvelous shine of the guest's chest or his triUIantly polished forehoofs. Following the cocktail the largest Shef field silver platter in the Waldorf was brought In by four attendants, heaped with bran and ground oats mixed with a special relish which Oscar the famous maitre dhotel, insisted on concocting,' saying that he knew just what sort of a relish would, tickle the palate of this distinguished guest. ' -y The bull consumed his platter of bran and oats with great relish. , The second course was another platter, beaped high with macerated beet pulp Five llundr ed Admiring Cattle R e raisers and flecked with another 'special relish de signed by the great Oscar. This dish also met with the approval of the bull, for he ate every scrap of It. For dessert the guest was served with a huge tray of timothy and clover hay chop- . ped fine and sprinkled with green alfalfa leaven and sweet buds. f his the bull de voured with hugs delight and looked about for more. He was not disappointed. The waiters soon returned with a second heap ing tray of the same delicacy and the bull devoured every bit of it. While Ihe guest of honor was proceed ing with his dinner the five hundred hosts at the various -tables throughout the ban quet hall were following their menu cards and making speeches and complimentary allusions to their distinguished guest of honor. The special attention which the Milk Show accorded to "Financial Sensation' was because, this animal represents the highest point yet reached in breeding Jer sey cattle. By Improving the breed of ttilch cows, which in turn for every im provement will produce a higher percent ,.r age of Gutter fat in the milk, it is expected -that in time the cost of milk to the con sumer will be decreased. It costs just as much to feed a scrub cow which gives three per cent butter fat in the milk as it does to feed a high grade cow which gives six per cent butter fat in the milk. This is what farmers do not seem to understand. nPresident W. T. Mann, of the American Jersey Cattle Club, speaking at the ban quet In honor of "Financial Sensation," said: ; "There are 2,300,000 dairy cattle in the United States, and not more than- 500,000 of them are on a profitable basis. These 6C0.000 are pure bred cattle. "The Increase per person in the United States over the increase per cow has been about 20 per cent in the last.eight years. I "These two facts show what is the cause , of the increasing costef milk and butter. I This is an industry on which the welfare ! of the people depends. . "There are 6,3i0,000 farms in the coun try. There is invested in the dairy indus try In the States $8,000,000,000, and the products of that Industry last year were S3.000.000.000." - The way the price of milk is Jo be iron Ypy CW 0''t V a "'Vi. ? .:;-" I !' 'tils "v i2Sll,c3fe - f' ' c - - - - I ' -O v? -I l s& 'SSgms3r , N'-v - v&'u1 'L' ut":Ss :i v-tvl " -4' ' " - k ' f ' . V ?Z't VitW7 I " - ;"' - ' A- Photograph ; ZR- k NL - M ' ' . V and ; u "1 - - V-V;oV- SOme V -. " ? -....;.; , ' ' s, or Mis J n " ' U .7 Hosts at i,s1HiIf ' ' 1- I Waldorf f-S " - - 7 Astoria f J .. ' Banquet. t'Wv' '-f --lr ' " f ; brought down, ac cording to Mr. Munn's theory, is by as rapid ly as (possible displac ing the 1,800,000 cattle that do not produce enough milk, or rich I . .... " ' 1 "a... enough milk, to pay for their keep, with pure bred, profitable stock. The increasing population will make this change'necessary-to keep the price of milk advancing to still higher figures. Copyright, 13X9, by Saj Cotnxujur. Great V 1 " l ' V w "wV.s - . , - ' . 4 - The Honored Guest Leavinsr the 0f "': Hotel After the Banquet. i JT I y' Britain Rights. Referred.