438 A HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTU! 



whether he would buy or sell at a certain price. 

 Clark replied, "I will give you $20 if you will de- 

 clare yourself." Culbertson finally agreed to give 

 or take $1,200 and Clark promptly agreed to pay it. 

 The bull had cost £100 at Carwardine's. Thus the 

 dispute was settled, and the bull remained in Mr. 

 Clark's possession until his death at sixteen years 

 of age. 



Anxiety 3d in Mr. Clark's hands proved to be one 

 of the greatest heifer-getters ever maintained in 

 service in a Hereford herd in the middle west. At 

 an early date Mr. Culbertson gave George F. Baker, 

 Goodenow, HI., $1,000 for one of his daughters, the 

 heifer Sunshine. Probably the best of the Anxiety 

 3d females were Peerless 2d, Peerless 3d and Eletta. 

 Mr. Clark was an exhibitor in the western show- 

 yards for more than thirty years, and throughout 

 almost the entire period his show herds were made 

 up of cattle of his own production. In fact, the use 

 of Anxiety 3d in the herd was followed by such 

 gratifying results that it was not necessary to seek 

 showyard material elsewhere., Mr. Clark's record 

 as a successful exhibitor of cattle of his own breed- 

 ing has been surpassed by few breeders on either 

 side of the Atlantic, continuity of appearance in the 

 great national showyards considered. He not only 

 bred his own cattle, but personally looked after 

 their fitting for exhibition. 



As a three-year-old Anxiety 3d defeated such good 

 bulls as Sir Garnet, Tregrehan, Hero (4874) and 

 other celebrities of that day. He w?i§ HQt shown 



