The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-16
From the Neto York Tribune
GREAT SALE OF BLOOD CATTLE FROM THE
HERD OF R. A. ALEXANDER, IN WOOD
FORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

WISH, tnere were about 100 less.
Arrived at Lexington, Ky., we found the interest
iu the approaching sale so great that measures had
peei taken py the Lexington and Louisville Rail
ROAD company to run special train to convey par-
SUE 9onS " anu rom the farm; opportunity that
was a'alieu oi by nearly four hundred gentlemen
large part of them directly engaged in tba brooG
| ing of stock Ns " '"0 0ieeu
The country from Lexington to the AIexandor
farm Is one OF the most fertile tracts in the STATE
| The expectations of strangers as to tho boor+ -
| the Woodland bluegrass pastures are bero an, T.,
realized, and seeing them stretching on either sid
like some extensive English park, adorned hy
groups of elegant short-horns, either moving SLOWLY
as they Craze reposing in the shade in law con-
! tentment, one feels as if he could saw with the
| Queen of Sheba, Mine eyes have seen it, and
behold, the one-half was not told me-" Alterna-
ting with the wood pastures are extensive fields of
corn, wheat and hemp, the former looking healthy
and well forward, but the latter not so GOOD as
they would have done if more frequent showers
mad fallen in the early part of the season Until
Monday last there had been no rain of consequence
In central Kentucky for about six weeks. and the
crops had begun to show the want of it very plain
ly' NOW the prospects very cheering for an
abundant harvest. Throughout Ohio and PennsvI-
vana corn is up and dressed out for the first time
ana farmers are still planting and blowing more
ianu. "heat Is looking remarkably well, and so
lar appearances indicate that it has received no in
jury from Winter freezing or other causes
Inc SOIL throughout Kentucky rests on strait
ned limestone, coming in places to within three
l
heat that the surface soil becomes quickly marched
In dry weather. Throughout the central tier of
counties, and from Louisville to Lexington and
tnehce as lar as Mason, which is the hest nortions
OF the bluegrass region, the surface soiI will av
erage twenty inches in depth. The limestone snb
SOIL Is porous, and offers but little impedimsnt to
t ehe downward passage of water, so that the need
for drainage is but little felt We are told that
there are not probably one hundred rods of file
drain laid in the whole State
"Woodburn Farm" the seat of Mr.. Alexander
Is on the old Lexington and Frankfort Road. IL
miles from the former and miles from tbe Iattnr
place. and Is adjacent to Spring Station The
piace comprises something over 900 acres most oc
IL gentle rolling land of great natural fertility and
Men W Watered by large springs. Land throughout
Woodiord county is worth on an averapa ee6 bnt
where great improvements have been moJo tbo
price would be considerably higher
The sale was held in grove at a short ds+oroo
from the house, and the scene presented vhilo tbo
auction was at its height was one almost pecnliar t
kentucky. A rope stretched from posts So as to
iorln large circle kept the crowd at suitable dis
tance from the stock, and the negro grooms couId
display their charge to best advantage In the
crowd that was gathered about the rino conld ho
seen many gray-taired veteran, whose keen nm
blanchlng eye, erect FORM and independent bearinr
recalled the memory of those pioneer fathers who
had conquered these beautiful lands from the red
man and wild beasts Scores of saddle borsao ond
harness horses tied to limbs and trunks of trees all
about; groups of persons fatgued with standino or
not greatly interested in the SALE living stretched
on their backs in the deep shade of some great
tree' ana copVerslng together stock, politics.
ana farming Indiscriminately; lines of Young and
OLD stock, male and female, tied to posts a short
way oil, waiting to enter the ring in their turn or
quietly chewing their cuds after having been ststruc
oil, IN ignorance of their change Of masters. ne
groes OF all ages on the outskirts of the crowd as
much Interested in the sale as anv Others on tbn
ground and watching the energetic auctioneer with
eyes OF wonder, amazed that the human tonpue
could utter words so sonorous in sucb boodior.
haste. thnra H.,
turning summersets in some out-of-the-wav nIacn
where they would not disturb their betters: the
twltter of birds from the trees over head hoard
over the voice of the auctoneer; spots of black
shadow or patches of golden sunlight on the yeIvety
sod shifting places like the bits in Kaleidoscope.
and, as a centre-piece to the whole picture tba
beautiful short-horns led about by their keepers
now passing INTO deep shadow and now emerging
INTO the bright sunlight, so that the silky GLOSS Of
their hides and the rich tints of their coors arc
brought out with such effect as to endow the ami
mas mas with tentold beauty Of appearance-made
altogether a scene worth looking al
Upon the ground noticed the Vice President
OF the United States, the venerable John J. Crit
tenden, and the principal breeders of the State
Messrs. WarfeldS Duncan of Bourbon. Fisher
Bedtords, George w. johnson, of Scott: tae Shak
ers from Pleasant Hill, and others From New
York, there were present the Hon. William Kelly.
OF Rhineback; E. Cornell, of Ithaca; and Col
johnson, of the State Agricultural Society. New
Jersey was represented by George Hartshorne,. of
hahWav; ONO, by Walter Dunn and w. Franklin
and Indiana by H. b. COwan. of Richmond Messrs
Conger. ThOrne and the Albany company expected
10 De present, but were unavoidabv detained at
home; and large attendance from the Western
States was prevented by the bad crops of last sea-
SON. and general scarcity of money throurbout
their districts.
AT lot II the sale was stopped, and the companv
adjourned to a cold luncheon of SOuthdown mntto1
ana otner meats, spread upon long board tables
under the shady trees. After doing fulI iusice IN
the fare, the sale renewed and continued with
out interruption until completed.
me cattle being all disposed of, a few Southdown
about $50 each 5S
n all there were sold about twenty bulls and buII
caves, winch brought in gross S2,72O; twentv-one
COWS and helters for S2,72O; eleven Southdown
bucks for 1885; and three Cotswod for S56 Tho
total amount realized was So, ,S8I.
Last year the figures were:
26 cows and hefers 80 29g
II sheep' SOB
TTtal' T%a, sI2238
the catalogue was much larger proportion of su
peror pulls and heiers of his own BREEDING and of
ioreign Importation many of them of first rate ned
lgrees, and bringing over $500 each This raor'
SAFE Is nothing more than an average one for Mr.
Alexander, but would be a very good one for a less
famous breeder 0
The following tabular statement will exhibit
the result OF the sale, and be useful for future ref
erence:
BULLS.
Animal. Purchaser. Price
Mazeppa. George johnson, Scott Co. Ky....s195
Seaton. .....S. Van Meter, Fayette Co. Ky...... 355
Mariner.......R. Bryant Pleasant Hill Ky,. 135
Albert......J Munroe, Franklin, Ky.........,.. l1O
Manton.......D. Humphries, Woodford Ky "a
Ganymede. Capt. Varley, Fayette Ky......,. 100
Janitor. .Abm. Van Meter Fayette Kv 90
nuIcan..... Jamestum Woodford KY. . 80
Ben Lomond r. Bryant Pleasant Hill, Ky........ Jos
Ossan. F. H. Thompson, Fayettc Ky..,., i40
pd 8 Elan, Henderson, Ky 40
Roscoe.....H B. COwan, Richmond, Ind ........ 100
Chancelior..,.G p Bates, jefferson, Ky......... 70
rn Norton ~ d. HumphriGs, Woodford, Ky..... 115
@rand Master H. W. Rice Bourbon, Ky........... I2O
Mansfield Hon. VIM. Kelly, Rhinebeck n Y. 90
Corporal. franklin Madison Co, Ohio...... 100
Mountaineer IS Van Meter, Fayette, Ky......... $40
Mountaineer.. E. Cornell, Ithica n. Y......... so
20 Bulls and Bull Calves.................. s272o
cows AND HELPERS.
Mary Ann 7th j. Bringker, Henry Co. Ky......s 70
Lady Laura. R. Bryant, Pleasant Hill Ky.... $50
Ashland Lady. George Smith, Shelby Ky......... $50
Miss Waller I'd. VIM. Kelly, Rhnebeck, y. Y...... 40
Sally Lun ....John Stevens Franklin Ky 40
Prunea ...... Hon A. B. Conger Haverstraw N Y $50
Cherry 3d.. James Harland Bowie Co.. XIV " 3S5
Mary Martin Hon. VIM. Kelly, Rhinebeck N " 80
Hannah .......E. Cornell, Ithca N Y.......... 100
Medea;. ;.'.J R. johnson, Nelson, KY. -. 2O5
Mary Ball E. Cornell, 1thica, n. Y............ 60
Prune I'd .....J. R. Jones' Ky.................. 60
Hostess tLisa T;io Cornell Ithica N 100
Miss Mss Wiley Hon Wm Kelly, N. Y........... 100
Mary Carr + Cornell, n. Y...........,...... 100
Mary Dale. w. s Eam, Ky...............,.. 100
' erty Sd -. Hon. Wm. Kelly
Manilla........F. B. Kncaid. woodford Ky....,. 70
Hope. ...H Hon. VIM. Kelly, N. Y.............. so
Prunetta. 80. Capt Wiley Fayette, Ky....... 100
q lows ana Heliers ...,.........,....S2 720
IL Southdown Bucks. ..., 1885,
Cotswold Bucks............. ......,...... &c
For two years past Mr.. Alexander has made no
Importations of cattle for he has not felt the need
OF fresh blood. Instead of deterioratng the stock
has improved, and he thinks that in Albion he has
OBTAINED treasure that any breeder, English or
otherwlse, might justly be proud Of The English
sheepbreeders have bred some very superior stock
however, within that time, and Mr.. Alexander has
recently sent out for some Of the best that can be
procured.
The old race-horse Lexington for whom check
OF Slo,0OO was given, looks well and is as spirited
as could be desired. He has the most elastic
pastern that we remember to have seen on a borse;
as ne steps 1t bends as fexibly as the ankle of
aanclng girl, and his hoof presses the sod as firm
~ DIS !! ne could, even now, make the wonder
iul springs for which he was so famous when on the
turf.
Scythian has filled out considerably since we
last saw him, and has greatly improved in ap-
pearance that in every attitude he presents per-
feet picture of a thoroughbred racer.
Another stallion has been added at the round sum
of So, 900, in the person of Ruric, by Sovereign.
out of a Trustee mare, and she out Vandars dam.
He was fine race-hOrse, but was injured in train
ing, to make it necessary to withdraw him
from the turf He possesses great symmetry of
form, and considerable muscular power. His bone
is very fine and without blemish, and his sinewr
limbs and well-propOrtioned feet indicate his canac-
ty for speed to be frst-rate
The number of farmers and others nresan+ or A.
sale could not have been less than five hundred
and moro respectable assemhlara Of oor,o,-N ~