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third and last of the Luther Adams lots came 

 over. It consisted of twelve young bulls and 

 eighteen heifers, all from Sittyton, the get 

 of Gondolier, Feudal Chief, Standard Bearer, 

 Cumberland and Commodore. Soon after these 

 had been put through quarantine Mr. Adams 

 decided upon a dispersion sale of the entire 

 Lakeside stock, including the bulls of the last 

 importation and the show herd of 1888. Even 

 the best cattle were not commanding long 

 prices in those days. Breeders found it neces- 

 sary to economize in every possible way, and 

 Mr. Adams felt that the situation was such that 

 it was impossible to continue importations from 

 Scotland with any prospect of reselling at a 

 profit. He accordingly disposed of his farm to 

 Mr. T. H. Sherley of Louisville, Ky., and cata- 

 logued sixty-six head of Short-horns to be sold 

 at Dexter Park, Chicago, April 25, 1889. Few 

 better lots ever went under the auctioneer's 

 hammer in the Western States, and if by some 

 witchery this herd could be restored to life and 

 put on the market in these prosperous closing 

 days of the nineteenth century quite another 

 story could be told as to the result. The beau- 

 tiful Princess Alice fell to the bidding of John 

 Hope of Bow Park at $710. John was never 

 accused of being partial to Scotch-bred cattle, 

 but such as Princess Alice appealed to his 

 skilled judgment with irresistible force. Mr. 



