478 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



fact is that the only way a man could keep a 

 cow in those days was to refuse to price her. 

 West Liberty became a great Short-horn breed- 

 ing center, a distinction which it has ever since 

 held. 



Milton Briggs of Kellogg, la., sold on the day 

 following the West Liberty sale 122 head at an 

 average of $308. This sale was remarkable for 

 the large number sold and the uniformity of 

 values maintained. But two animals passed 

 the $1,000 mark, one ; Anna Clark, at $1,075, to 

 S. Corbin, Paris, Ky., and the other, Jubilee of 

 Spotwood, at $1,025, to W. M. Blair, Inland, la. 



Dexter Park auctions. In May a notable 

 series of sales occurred at Dexter Park, Chi- 

 cago. On the 19th some long prices were again 

 *nade by the Princess family, the occasion being 

 the sale of L. W. Towne of Clarence, Mo. These 

 were descendants of the Lady Sale branch of 

 the tribe, coming through Highland Maid, one 

 of whose daughters brought $7,200 at the Ja- 

 cobs sale already mentioned. Col. William E. 

 Simms of Kentucky was the heaviest buyer, 

 taking the three-year-old Highland Maid 7th 

 at $3,600, Highland Maid 5th at $1,900 and 

 Highland Maid 4th at $1,125. For Highland 

 Maid 8th Robert Otley gave $1,600. At this 

 same sale Col. Simmes paid $1,600 for Lady 

 Hester 3d and $1,025 for Lady Hester, both 

 Lady Sale Princesses. On May 20 J. P. San- 



