762 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Dustin got Victoria 79th, Proud Belle and Ger- 

 manica 2d at $425, $420 and $325 respectively. 

 Hugh Draper, Washington, la., got the rich- 

 fleshed roan Fatiina at $400. Messrs. Potts se- 

 cured Germanica at $395. Miss Ramsden 10th 

 went to L. H. Conn of St. Louis at $325. Prin- 

 cess Alice's sappy heifer Alice Maude was se- 

 cured by the author of this volume on a bid of 

 $300 for export to Mexico. J. R. Jones & Son, 

 Williamsville, 111., bought Blythesome Bride at 

 $230. The show bull Strathearn went to Geo. 

 Harding & Son, Waukesha, Wis., at $700. Cup- 

 bearer was bought by John Hope at $650. C. C. 

 Platter, Red Oak, la., got imp. Bandmaster, aft- 

 erward noted as a sire in the herd of H. D. Par- 

 sons, at $630. The entire sixty-six head offered 

 brought an average of $289.69. 



The heifers in the importation of 1889 were 

 sold along with Lakeside Farm to Mr. Sherley, 

 who subsequently disposed of most of them at 

 private treaty to Col. W. A. Harris and the late 

 John McHugh of Cresco, la. The lot sold in- 

 cluded sixteen yearling heifers of Cruickshank, 

 Duthie and Marr breeding, one-half of which 

 went to Linwood along with the bull Craven 

 Knight. 



The Short-horn herd bred at Lakeside from 

 the North Oaks and Luther Adams purchases 

 was closed out at auction on June 12, 1895, at 

 an average of $204 for the forty-six head offered. 



