848 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Clem Graves' $1,000 Average. During the In- 

 diana State Fair of 1902 Clem Graves made a sale 

 of 43 head of cattle which resulted in the extraord- 

 inary average of $1,007. This sensational figure was 

 reached largely through the fact that the bull Cru- 

 sader 86596 was run up to $10,000, and knocked off 

 to Ed. Hawkins of Earl Park, Ind. Dolly 2d was 

 taken by the same bidder at $7,000, and Cosmo, the 

 dam of Crusader, at $3,000. Crusader was a richly- 

 bred, low-legged, wide-bodied bull with a grand 

 front and had just been made champion in strong- 

 competition. 



These prices were so startling that they created 

 a veritable sensation in the American cattle-breed- 

 ing world, and when some time later it developed 

 that Mr. Graves had taken the cattle back there was 

 some doubt created in the public mind as to the 

 genuineness of the transaction at the sale ring at 

 Indianapolis. This being the case, the author has 

 requested Mr. Graves to make public a plain state- 

 ment of the real facts in the case, and in compliance 

 he has furnished the following: 



' ' Crusader, sire Cherry Ben, full brother to Colum- 

 bus, dam Cosmo by Cherry Boy, was at the head of 

 my herd when I sold the Dale Stock Farm to A. C. 

 Huxley. I engaged Col. David Wallace to act as 

 manager of my dispersion sale held Tuesday of the 

 state fair, Sept. 16, 1902. There were fifty-four 

 cattle listed and the sale expense was $103 on 

 each lot. I believed that the class of cattle I had 

 to offer merited this outlay, and the interest in this 

 sale was such that I was honored by the presence 

 of nearly every Hereford breeder of prominence, 



