436 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Spring sales 1873. At the Parks* and Mur- 

 ray sales, in April, Col. James W. Judy as auc- 

 tioneer disposed of twenty-four females for 

 the former at an average of $783, and thirty- 

 two for Mr. Murray at an average of $848. Of 

 the Glen Flora (Parks) lot Messrs. Sodowsky 

 took the two imported cows Countess of Oxford 

 and Henrietta at $2,000 each. D. M. Flynn of 

 Des Moines, la., bought Moss Rose at $1,610, 

 and A. H. & I. B. Day of Utica, la., took imp. 

 Lady Brough at $1,680. Elliott & Kent of Des 



* Messrs. C. C. & R. H. Parks were Wall street brokers, and had for- 

 merly resided at Waukegan. After acquiring possession of the Glen Flora 

 Farm they soon decided upon stocking it with pedigreed cattle, horses and 

 sheep. Their attention was drawn to Short-horns through the herd that 

 Mr. W. B. Dodge had established at Waukegan. Their first investment was 

 in 1869, when they bought five heifers, by Minister 6353, of W. R. Duncan for 

 $2,000. They bought Lady of Racine, a daughter of Lady of Clark, famous 

 in Ohio Short-horn history, from Mr. Dodge and sold her to George Murray 

 for $4,000. This transaction, we believe, occurred while the parties were 

 tain tendance at the McMillan sale. Messrs. Parks hired the late Mr. John 

 Hope as herdsman in the spring of 1870, and bought the Torr bull imp. 

 Gen. Napier from Col. King with a view toward showing at the Wiscon- 

 sin State Fair and various local shows, where they met George Murray, 

 Messrs. Brockway and others. Gen. Napier was a very low, thick, mellow- 

 fleshed bull, and one of the very first of his get was the famous Jubilee 

 Napier, sold to Mr. Pickrell. Other good ones were Miss Leslie Napier, 

 that went to C. A. DeGraff at a high price, and Gem of Eryholme, sold to S. 

 W. Jacobs of Iowa. All of these made great reputations and were grand 

 individual cattle. Gen. Napier was afterward sold to Stephen Dunlap, but 

 realizing their mistake Messrs. Parks bought him back. They purchased 

 the entire herd of C. K. Ward of New York, besides a number of cattle from 

 Messrs. Lusk, Wadsworth, Pratt and other prominent Eastern breeders, 

 and were for several years among the most active in the American Short- 

 horn trade. 



The Glen Flora Herd that was shown in the fall of 1872 won something 

 over $2,000 in prizes at Michigan and Wisconsin State Fairs and the district 

 fairs held at Aurora and Dixon, 111. It included the bulls imp. Gen. Napier, 

 imp Scotsman, imp. Baron Hubback 2d, and among the females were the 

 champion cow imp. Henrietta, imp. Ruberta, imp. Lady Brough, shown as 

 a two-year-old; Miss Leslie, Pattie Moore, Miss Leslie Napier, and the calf 

 8d Gem of Eryholme. This was a strong lot, admirably fitted. 



