464 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



The sale of 2d Duke of Hillhursfc to the Eng- 

 lish bidder was not consummated on account 

 of delay in making settlement. It is included 

 in this report, however, for the reason that the 

 sum of $13,900 was bid in good faith for the 

 bull by Hon. John Wentworth of Chicago. Mr. 

 Wentworth had started the bidding at $12,000. 

 The contest from that point up to $13,000 was 

 between "Long John" and the Englishman. 

 George Murray of Wisconsin then entered the 

 competition and carried the price to $13,800. 

 A bid of $13,900 was made by Mr. Wentworth, 

 which was raised by Robbins to $14,000. It 

 was stated that Robbins was bidding for joint 

 account of Lord Durimore, Earl Bective and 

 Col. Gunter of England, and as the price was 

 the largest ever made up to that date for a bull 

 of any breed in any country the result was 

 greeted with hearty cheers. Robbins left for 

 Buffalo the evening of the sale for the alleged 

 purpose of drawing the funds, but on Saturday 

 telegraphed Col. King that he must go to New 

 York to complete his arrangements. Feeling 

 that he had given him reasonable time Col. 

 King wired in reply that he did not consider 

 himself bound to delay any longer, and that 

 the 2d Duke would return to Lyndale. Rob- 

 bins was a fraud pure and simple. 



A noticeable feature of this sale was the 

 great price made by the Princesses and the 



