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700 guineas, the highest price which had been rea- 

 lized for a Hereford bull up to that date. Seldom 

 had greater interest been taken in a dispersion sale, 

 and all Hereford men were anxious to get one or 

 more of the grand old prizewinning strains of Mr. 

 Turner's breeding, and especially the last cross of 

 The Grove 3d, ' which had hit so wonderfully on the 

 Spartan cows.' 



" About 1,200 people assembled round the ring- 

 side when Thomas Rogers of the firm of Rogers & 

 Hamar commenced to sell. Mr. Nott of Buckton Park 

 gave 200 guineas for the bull calf from Duchess 5th 

 by The Grove 3d. Rhodia 2d (whose twin-brother 

 was sold for a large sum to Mr. Burleigh, United 

 States of America), went to the Earl of Coventry 

 for 160 guineas and her bull calf, also by The Grove 

 3d, was bought by George Forester for 265 guineas. 

 Many of the lots exceeded 100 guineas each. The 

 writer of these notes purchased five heifers by The 

 Grove 3d for his own herd at the following prices : 

 66, 74, 80, 87 and 110 guineas each, the latter heifer 

 being Gladys, one of the Rhodia family of the fa- 

 mous Moreton tribe. The average price for the 

 cows and calves was 68/10s. At this sale T. L. 

 Miller bought several of the high-priced animals for 

 his noted herd at Beecher, 111. M. H. Cochrane, of 

 Hillhurst, Canada, was also among the buyers from 

 across the Atlantic. George Leigh and Mr. Culbert- 

 son, both from the United States, were large pur- 

 chasers. 



" After the sale of the females and bull calves 

 which were sucking their dams, of which a brief 

 outline has been given, the great event of the day 

 took place. Discussion had been lively as to what 

 price the old bull, The Grove 3d, would make, and 

 as to whether he would stop in England or cross 



