Dale became famous through the exhi- 

 bitions of 1898 and 1899. On April 17 and 

 18, 1900, Mr. Nave had a dispersion sale 

 of his entire Fairview herd at the Union 

 Stock Yards at Chicago, on which occa- 

 sion Clem Graves bought Dale for $7,500, 

 the highest price up to that time paid 

 for a bull of this breed in America. 

 After using him in his herd for some 

 months Mr. Graves sold Dale to S. H. 

 Godman of Wabash, Ind., for $8,CO0, who 

 in turn sold him again in a very short 

 time, on Jan. 8, 1901, to J. C. Adams of 

 Moweaqua, 111., for $10,000, then the rec- 

 ord price for a bull of this breed. Dale 

 was used in Mr. Adams' herd at Wood- 

 land farm until late in 1903, when 

 through disease said to have begun with 

 "indigestion" he died on Oct. 18. 



No Hereford bull in American history 

 has been the subject of more sensational 

 showing than was Dale. He was not 

 a large bull, and in his best show-ring 

 form weighed about 2200 pounds. His 

 character as the very highest type of a 

 meat-producing animal has never been 

 questioned. His breadth of back, depth 

 and spring of rib, fullness and depth 

 of chest, development of hindquarter and 

 length of leg, covering of flesh and qual- 

 ity were superb. His critics objected to 

 his head and neck as lacking in a meas- 

 ure in breed character and as represent- 

 ing a feeder rather than a breeder. 

 During the rounds of the great s.hows 

 much was published among the reviews 

 regarding the mighty Dale and his strong 

 and weak points. No journal discussed 

 him more critically than the Breeder's 

 Gazette, and the writer quotes the fol- 

 lowing as representing very fairly public 

 sentiment among competent judges. 



In its report on the Illinois state fair 

 show in 1898, says the Gazette reporter: 

 "Dale lacks the lordly front and car- 

 riage of Sir Bredwell, but such perfec- 

 tion of body, such richness of Hesh, such 

 deep, even padding of carcass from ears 

 to hocks is seldom seen. As a feeder's 

 and butcher's type he is one of the great- 

 est show bulls of any breed we have ever 

 ,had in our western show yards. Criti- 

 cism of his carcass is practically repelled. 

 He is filled, loaded, furnished, packed 

 with prime beef at every point; thick 

 meated without being' rough, rich but 

 not gaudy. Such wealth of thick cut- 

 ting ribs and loins, such hip covering, 

 such smoothness and all "around sym- 

 metry of body, such balance of parts 

 fore and aft, above and below, might 



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