HEAVY BUYING IN ENGLAND BEGINS 437 



all other western breeders Thomas Clark had been 

 favorably impressed by the character of Mr. Cul- 

 bertson's Anxiety. When George Morgan went back 

 to England for more cattle in 1880 Mr. Clark gave 

 him an order to buy a son of Anxiety if possible. 



The importation was quarantined at Quebec and 

 Clark went down to see the bull. Morgan told him 

 to look through the lot and see if he could find one 

 that suited him, saying that tliere was one bull he 

 could not have. This was Hero 4874, brought out 

 for William Constable; he was a show bull that be- 

 came a familiar figure at western fairs. Clark had 

 little difficulty in locating a yearling possessing that 

 same smooth flesh that had been so admired in 

 Anxiety. This proved to be Anxiety 3d 4466, but 

 Morgan himself claimed a half interest in the bull. 

 Mr. Clark thought that he had given orders for the 

 purchase of such a bull outright for his own indi- 

 vidual account. Morgan, while denying this, finally 

 agreed that the bull should remain in Clark's pos- 

 session and that he should not leave the farm unless 

 Clark's interest were sold. Furthermore, he was to 

 give Clark first option on purchase of the other half. 

 In a subsequent settlement Morgan transferred his 

 interest to Mr. Culbertson. Some months later Cul- 

 bertson went to Clark's to ask that the bull be sent 

 down to the Culbertson farm for a time. Clark re- 

 monstrated that this was not the understanding 

 with Morgan, and on recalling the terms Culbertson 

 agreed to carry out Morgan's bargain. Culbertson 

 finally offered to give Clark $10 if he would say 



