714 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



There was included in this offering a consign- 

 ment the property of Mr. John T. Gibson and 

 the average on forty-nine head offered was 

 1602.45. This sale was of special interest as 

 reflecting the intention of the Kentucky breed- 

 ers to put the market for the so-called pure 

 Bates cattle well above the ruling prices for 

 those carrying outcrosses. 



Woodburn sale of 1882. In the spring of 

 1882 Mr. A. J. Alexander, in connection with 

 Mr. Leslie Combs of Woodford Co., Ky., im- 

 ported about twenty head of Bates-bred cows 

 and heifers and two bulls, selected from noted 

 English herds by Mr. Combs. A majority of the 

 females were of the old Red Rose tribe, de- 

 scended from the Renick Rose of Sharons that 

 had been exported to England some years pre- 

 vious. These were bought mainly from the herd 

 of Mr. George Fox of Elmhurst Hall. In addi- 

 tion to these were representatives of the Hey- 

 don Rose and Thorndale Rose branches of the 

 same tribe, bought from Lord Braybrooke. The 

 cattle were offered at auction at Woodburn June 

 24, 1882, along with a lot of Mr. Alexander's own 

 breeding; the ninety-two head bringing an av- 

 erage of $455.10. Mr. Abram Renick, who was 

 then nearing the end of his career as a breeder, 

 was present and made a determined effort to buy 

 the big, fine imported roan Thorndale Rose 8th 

 for the purpose of breeding a bull from her for 



