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ceeded to his great-uncle's Rose of Sharon herd 

 had a good second in Rosebud 35th. Bow 

 Park scored also in two-year-old heifers with 

 Isabella 3d, a handsome daughter of imp. Lady 

 Isabel, sired by Ingrain's Chief 41833. In fact 

 Hope made a clean sweep by drawing the blue 

 in both the yearling and heifer-calf classes, 

 gaining both championships and both of the 

 herd prizes.* 



*The affairs of the Canada West Farm Stock Association were closed 

 at auction at Brantford Jan. 15, 1885, the title to both the farm and herd 

 passing to Messrs. Thomas Nelson & Sons of Liverpool. The real estate 

 was bought in at $71,000, the 115 head of Short-horns-at $95,000, and the other 

 farm effects at $14,680. Mr. John Clay Jr., the present head of the American 

 stock-yards commission firm of Clay, Robinson & Co., had meantime been 

 placed in charge as financial representative of the Messrs. Nelson, Mr. 

 Hope continuing to act as herd manager, serving in that capacity until 

 the final disposition of the farm by the Nelsons Jan. 1, 1894, soon after 

 which event Mr. Hope died. The latter had for a long series of years been 

 one of the most conspicuous figures in the American live-stock trade, often 

 acting as judge, not only of cattle but draft and coach horses and other 

 varieties of farm animals. Fitting tribute has been paid to his memory by 

 Mr. Clay, whose literary skill has so often been employed in matters touch- 

 ing the affairs of those whose lives are spent among herds and flocks. 

 We quote the following written by Mr. Clay for the Live-Stock Report: 



"Probably no single man ever had such a varied knowledge of the 

 breeders of fine stock in Europe and America as " genial John." We migh\, 

 except the late Simon Beattie, a sort of companion-in-arms, who had gone 

 through many a purchasing, selling and showing campaign with the above. 

 With those two gentlemen Richard Gibson was often associated, and when 

 the trio met there was an accumulation of experience in breeding and feed- 

 ing all classes of stock of the folk lore, we might call it of the bovine 

 world of anecdote, by sea and shore, never equaled. Two have gone from 

 us, while the third remains to wield a powerful influence in agricultural 

 matters throughout the States and Canada. 



" John Hope was born over fifty years ago near to Cockermouth, Cumber- 

 land. His birthplace was near to an old church with a wonderful belfry, 

 and when far away from there he heard the chime of bells floating across 

 the Valley of the Grand River, near Brantford, Ont., it always reminded 

 him of the old days spent in his native parish. From Cumberland he went 

 to Canada, spent some time in Missouri, a year or two at Waukegan, 111., 

 and then he settled down in Ontario, where the latter part of his life was 

 spent, first as a farmer and importer of fine stock, and latterly as assistant 

 manager and manager of Bow Park. During the last two months he had 



