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I have in front of me the 1974 August Herd Bull issue of The Shorthorn World.  On page 117 is a 1/4 page ad from Si and Coby Smith, Hamilton, Montana.  There is a pasture photo of Hey Jude in their ad.  He looks pretty good to me.  Long, deep bodied, shows some muscle, looks good on his feet and legs, moderate framed.  The ad boasts his 205 day weight of 780, 1,230 pound yearling weight, 2,120 pound two year old weight, and mature pasture weight of 2,400 having had no grain for the past 2 years.  He was 9 times grand champion including the International.  The calf photo I remember of him was quite impressive.  If you pull up his ASA pedigree, you will find the top half of both sides is pretty much straight Scotch breeding.  I had heard some of the Rothney cattle were a little bigger than the other Calrossie bred cattle.  Northwood Robinhood was not a big bull.  On the dam's side of both pedigree halves are what I assume are Canadian beef cattle, though the pedigree does not go back far enough for me to tell for sure.  It just seems that I remember the Wheatgrass herd being from Canada.  I will do my best to have my daughter post this ad tonight.  I will also extend my search for his photo from the International.  There were some big cattle in Canada around that time that were not all Leader 21's.

Same issue of The Shorthorn World, full page ad for Wertz Bros., page 94.  Featured photo is of Juda Ben Hur, a son of Hey Jude.  Similar breeding on both sides of the pedigree, Northwood Robinhood, Bog Oak and Wheatgrass genetics.  205 day weight of 852, 1,275 as a yearling, bull stud weight of 1,800.  First 11 calves averaged 76 pound birth weight.  Pretty impressive show photo.  Wertz Bros. were a performance, commercially oriented herd in their day, also STRONGLY polled.  For them to use a horned bull, he must have been pretty good.  I've also got the 1970 Herd Bull issue in front of me.  It is hard to find many bulls similar in color to these bulls, especially Juda Ben Hur.  The cattle are predominantly red with a few very dark roans, some white ones, and a few even roans.  Hey Jude would have been around 4 years old in 1974, to have a 2 year old son siring calves.  Some have wondered about Maine blood in them.  My old ABS bull directory from the early 70's shows Cunia's birth date of 1969.  Bysantin has an IMAA #of 2, being born in 1968.  That all but eliminates Maine blood in their background, in my opinion.  Could be such a thing that somebody (the Smiths) found some Shorthorns with a little more growth and size in them, took extra good care of the calves, and came up with something good.  Too bad those genetics are lost forever.

Posting pictures for Oakview

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Hey Jude, seems to be MIlking line.
Ben Hur, Maine Anjou sired.

i would suggest these cattle are Montana ranch cattle. Dual Purpose x beef Shorthorn.  Juda Ben Hur dam and Hey Jude (his sire) are full sisters, according to the registration paper issued! Linebred Bapton Constructor! Rothney Guthrie would be a small bull, he was a son of Calrossie Highland Piper out of an Imported cow from A.J.Marshalls. Hey Jude's head and horned are very similar to many of the dual purpose bulls of the era.