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of Oxford 7th from N. P. Clarke; $1,550 for 

 Atlantic Gwynne 2d from George Grimes of 

 Ohio; $1,200 for Princess Gwynne and a like 

 sum for Oxford Bloom from J. R. Shelley of 

 Illinois; $1,200 for Jubilee Gwynne 2d from 

 Mr. Grimes, etc. Large purchases were made 

 by Hon. William M. Smith, Lexington, 111., 

 Albert Crane, Durham Park, Kan., and many 

 others afterward prominent in the trade. 



Kissinger's sale. This important sale was 

 followed by another from the herd of J. H. 

 Kissinger of Missouri, who received an average 

 of $606 for forty-one head. It was here that 

 Ed lies gave $2,200 for- the bull Kissinger's 

 Breastplate 17476, sired by old Breastplate out 

 of imp. Primula by Falstaff (21720). The same 

 buyer also took Mazurka of Lin wood at $1,600. 

 George Otley increased his investment in high- 

 priced stock by paying $1,180 for 3d Louan of 

 Linwood and $1,650 for Orphan Gwynne. Al- 

 bert Crane bought Miss Wiley of Linwood at 

 $1,200 and J. H. Spears & Son gave $1,000 for 

 Illustrious 3d. 



Elliott & Kent. This Iowa firm had been 

 liberal buyers of cattle for several years and 

 this spring placed sixty-one head on the mar- 

 ket that averaged $559. The sensational event 

 of this sale was the purchase of the Princess 

 cow 4th Tuberose of Brattleboro by Col. Rob- 

 ert Holloway at $3,500 and the high price 



