726 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



a Barrington Lally heifer calf at $1,000 each. 

 Wild Eyes Duchesses 5th and 10th were knocked 

 off to A. C. Briant, Belton, Mo., at $2,000 and 

 $1,730 respectively. For Wild Eyes Duchess 

 4th Corwin Anderson paid $1,050. For Mary 

 Barrington, of the Van Meter Mary sort, J. H. 

 Bacon, Weaver, la., gave $1,000. The average 

 on the 109 head sold was $832.30. 



On the day following this memorable sale 

 Messrs. Williams & Hamilton sold fifty-two 

 head at Lexington for an average of $396.35, 

 the highest prices being $1,100 ; paid by T. Cor- 

 win Anderson for Kirklevington Marchioness, 

 and $1,060, paid by H. C. G. Bals of Indianapo- 

 lis for 3d Lady Kirklevington B. 



On Oct. 24 and 25, 1884, ninety-seven head 

 of cattle were sold at auction on the home farm 

 at Flat Creek to close the estate of Mr. J. C. 

 Hamilton, who had died a short time previous. 

 The extraordinary average of $840.57 was 

 made, although such a result would not have 

 been attained but for the fact that various 

 members of the family were permitted to bid. 

 It was here that Messrs. Palmer & Bowman of 

 Virginia bought the red bull 2d Duke of Kent 

 51119 at $6,100 and the red-roan Airdrie Duch- 

 ess 10th at $6,200, taking also 8th Duchess of 

 Kent at $4,050 and 10th Duchess of Kent at 

 $1,600. Messrs. Williams & Hamilton bought 

 Barrington Duchess 2d and 3d Duchess of Kent 



