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addition of a little grain, but he was a remark- 

 ably easy feeder and a perfect picture of con- 

 tentment always. 



Moberley was a shrewd enough judge of good 

 Short-horns to realize that he had discovered 

 in this bull a most extraordinary animal, and 

 closed a trade for his transfer to the.States. It 

 was at the Detroit Exposition, held the first 

 week in September, 1890, that Young Abbotts- 

 burn made his debut on this side of the line. 

 He did not arrive in time to compete in the 

 bull class,* but Colonel Moberley was allowed to 

 place him at the head of his cattle in the herd 

 competition. Notwithstanding the novelty of 

 a " braw " Scotch rent-payer leading the high- 

 bred daughters of noble Dukes, there was no 

 escape from the decision which sent first prize 

 to the Forest Grove lot as thus lined up. At 

 this show Moberley was either unable or un- 

 willing to give out information as to the bull's 

 name or breeding, claiming to have left the 

 pedigree at home. He was thereupon dubbed 

 by the ring-side talent "the great unknown," 



* Messrs. Sanger of Wisconsin were first in aged bulls at this Exposi- 

 tion with Prince Victoria of Hickory Park 94481, a thick-fleshed bull of great 

 substance, sired by Earl of Richmond out of Victoria 55th by Royal Duke of 

 Pleasant Ridge 36839; thus blending the blood of imp. Duke of Richmond 

 with that of the Milne and Lowman & Smith Victorias already mentioned as 

 being among the best Scotch cattle ever seen in America. This Sanger bull 

 sired among other good things H. F. Brown's champion show bull Victor of 

 Browndale 117621, out of the grand heifer Victoria of Glenwood 8th, which 

 In the hands of Messrs. Sanger and Brown was for several seasons the 

 "crack" female of the breed in the West. She was a wonderfully thick, 

 neat, low-legged red, familiarly known as "the white-legged heifer," in 

 allusion to her color markings. 



