788 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



took from the ranks, while still in his prime, 

 one of the most enthusiastic friends of the 

 breed. He had only finished collecting by pur- 

 chase a valuable group of Scotch-bred cows 

 and heifers, including Princess Alice, Gwendo- 

 line 2d, 7th Linwood Golden Drop, imp. Daisy 

 of North Oaks, Orange Blossom 31st and imp. 

 Victoria 79th, and was preparing to engage ex- 

 tensively in intermingling the best Bates and 

 Cruickshank blood. Mary Abbottsburn 7th 

 furnished the inspiration, and while Col. Mo- 

 berley did not live to carry out his work he set 

 an example of broad-minded appreciation of 

 merit wherever found that should not be with- 

 out its lesson. His herd was sold at execu- 

 tor's sale at Richmond in October, 1895, while 

 the country was still prostrated from the un- 

 paralleled financial panic of 1893 ; hence the 

 prices paid, as has been the case in so many 

 similar instances, were by no means commen- 

 surate with the value of the cattle. The high- 

 est figure was $500, given by T. R. Westrope & 

 Son, of Harlan, la., for a Young Abbottsburn 

 bull called The Corker. The old hero him- 

 self, nine years old and with little prospect 

 of further usefulness, was bought by Messrs. 

 Wallace of Bunceton, Mo., at $475. The hand- 

 some Linwood Golden Drop 7th went to West- 

 ropes at $355. Cupbearer's daughter Gwendo- 

 line 2d, one of the best Scotch cows of that 



