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blest cows of any breed known to the American 

 cattle trade. She had a back like a billiard 

 table and her wide, deep ribs and long, level 

 quarters were wrapped in a wealth of flesh that 

 constantly recalled the carcass of her illustrious 

 sire. From 1894 to 1898, inclusive, Mary Ab- 

 bottsburn 7th, in the hands of Mr. Barber, was 

 the unrivaled queen of American Short-horn 

 cows.* 



Col. Moberley fortified his show herd further 

 by purchasing from Arthur Johnston of Canada 

 the roan Nonpareil Chief 113034, sired by imp. 

 Indian Chief out of the Kinellar-bred imp. 

 Nonpareil 36th. Not so massive as Young 

 Abbottsburn he was yet a bull of strong parts, 

 well covered with flesh of fine quality and pos- 

 sessing good Short-horn character. At the 

 Columbian Exposition Col. Moberley had the 

 honor of winning first and third in the greatest 

 ring of aged bulls ever seen in America with 

 Young Abbottsburn and Nonpareil Chief re- 

 spectively. 



Forest Grove sale. During the summer of 

 1895 Col. Moberley was accidentally drowned 

 in the surf at Virginia Beach on the Atlantic 

 coast, an occurrence which brought sorrow to 

 the entire Short-horn breeding fraternity and 



* A colored lithograph of Mary Abbottsburn 7th's head and neck from a 

 painting by Hills was the leading pictorial feature of the Christmas num- 

 ber of the Breeder's Gazette for 1899. " Queen Mary," as she was often called, 

 became during that year the property of Mr. W. A. Boland of New York 

 city, proprietor of a stock farm at Grass Lake, Mich. 



