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THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



Governor Wood JJ was sired by Tip Top and was used in 

 the stud of W. W. McElroy of Marion County, Kentucky. He 

 was notable as a sire rather than as an individual, his sons com- 

 manding high prices. 



Limestone Mammoth 2g8 was sired by Superior Mammoth 1 24 

 and had for dam Lady Mackin 514. Limestone Mammoth was 

 bred by L. M. Monsees of Missouri and has been regarded as one 



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Fig. 74. A donkey and a load of peat in the public square, Kildare, Ireland. 

 Height about 30 inches. From photograph by the author 



of the greatest jacks of record. He was exhibited for ten years 

 without defeat and has been a great sire. His breeding traces 

 back to imported Mammoth on the sire's side and Buena Vista 

 on the dam's. He stood is| hands and weighed 1150 pounds. 

 .High prices for jacks prevail to an extent not generally sup- 

 posed. In France the Poitou ass brings a large figure, common 

 ones selling close up to $1000, and the better class from ^1500 

 to ^2000. At a Paris exposition one is reported selling at $3200. 

 Buena Vista was sold in 1853 for ^3000. Paragon 63, imported 

 from Catalonia in 1886, was sold for ^2000. This same year 

 an importation of Catalonian jacks was made to Tennessee, from 



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