prizes to her credit; Lady Charming 63672 

 is not only. a champion show cow, but a 

 successful breeder, being dam of Claris- 

 sima; Grace 58553, the dam of Exemplar, 

 was one of the most beautiful and suc- 

 cessful show daughters of Corrector. 



One of the most impressive methods of 

 demonstrating the breeding value of an 

 animal is shown in the results of the 

 sales of his offspring. So far as the 

 writer is aware, no bull in America has 

 given such financial showing in his get 

 as has Corrector. From 1894 to 1903, in- 

 clusive, 104 Corrector bulls sold for $45,- 

 F20, and 85 females for $32,920, a total of 

 $78,440, an average of $415 each. The 

 highest price paid for any one of these 

 was $5,100 for Thickset. From 1894 up 

 there is an interesting and gradual in-" 

 crease in the yearly average price re- 

 ceived for these Corrector animals, a 

 striking tribute to his worth. A peculiar 

 feature connected with the sale of these 

 cattle is that, with two exceptions, they 

 w?re all sold at public auction in annual 

 FfOes held by Mr. Sotham, thus con- 

 stituting a record unique in American 

 cattle history. In a personal letter to 

 the writer Mr. Sotham says: "A con- 

 siderably better showing could be made 

 if the prices received for Corrector cat- 

 tle sold by other parties was included 

 in this table. For instance, I sold the 

 heifer Happiness for $1,050 to Clem 

 Graves, who resold her for $2,650. I sold 

 the bull Sir Comewell to Grant Horna- 

 day for $840, who resold him for $1,600, 

 and I might multiply a great many cases 

 where hundreds and even thousands of 

 dollars were made on the subsequent 

 sale of Corrector's get." 



A fine double page colored plate of Cor- 

 rector, reproduced from an oil painting 

 by J. W. Hills, the well known live stock 

 artist, illustrates the Breeder's Gazette 

 for March 30, 1898, while a smaller one 

 of the same is a frontispiece in a treatise 

 on Hereford cattle published by Mr. 

 Sotham. Miller's "History of Hereford 

 Cattle" also contains a colored copy of 

 this same picture. 



A careful survey of the facts must 

 demonstrate the remarkable prepotency 

 of Corrector and the igreat value of his 

 blood to Mr. Sotham and the Hereford 

 breed. America has not lacked for great 

 Hereford breeding and show bulls, and 

 certainly Corrector stands at the fore- 

 front an honor to the breed and his 

 breeder. 



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