The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-10-02
SALE OE SH0RT-HORN
CATTLE.

The sale of short-horn herd owned
by Hon. Samuel Campbell, of
New York Mills, N. Y, was an
event so remarkable as to deserve
Extended notice. 1t took place
Sept 10. We quote the substantial
facts irons our Exchanges:
About eight years ago the short-horn
herd of Samuel Campbell began to
have wide celebrity. It's owner
spared no pains nor expense in secur-
ing the best animals. His importa-
tons frem England were large and
expensive. The English stock
raisers could not resist the price he
offered for such pure blood animals
as they had, and the result was that
all the pure blood of the Duchess
and Booth families of short horns
were transferred from English
pastures to his farm in New York
Mills. Of course there remained the
graded stock which had been gained
by Cross with the animals he pur-
chased but the pure blood was all
moved to this country, fact which
Englishmen have never ceased to
regret. To replace the loss there
have been frequent expectations Of
Mr.. Campbells breeding to England
but still the best cattle remained in
this country. As soon as Mr..
CompbelPs sale was announced in
England an opportunity was present
ed tbe English breeders to restore to
their herds the pure blood which had
been taken from them. A party
of Englishmen, he .ded by Lord
KelmersbaIe, had been in the city
for several days preceding the sale,
and they had given much time to a
thorough inspection of the cattle.
The influence their presence exerted
upon the sale was marked. They
contested the purchase of each prime
arrival, and Mr.. Campbell's enor-
nous receipt may be largely attribut-
ed to English competition. They
gained their point, though at great
cost, and the best Of American short
horns will soon be en- route for Eng
land. The contest eliminated in the
sale of the Duchess of Geneva, a
six-year old short-horn COW, for
which Mr. Davis, of Lord Kelmers
dale's party, pays the unprecendent-
ed sum Of $40,600. As may be
imagined, a MAJ able sensation among
the spectators occurred as the ham
mer ellupon the sale. Hardly less
notable was the purchase of a calf
from this cow by Mr. Alexander, of
Kentucky, tor $27, 200.
The scane at the sale was of great
interest, both from the fame of the
purchasers who surrounded the
auctioneer's stand and the excitement
which prevailed as the fgureswere
named. The thousand people who
occupied the raised benches were for
the mos part those directly interest
ed in stock-breeding and the majority
Of Them strangers. The contest for
the possession of the bestanimaIs Law
between the Kentuckians of the blue
grass region and the Englishmen.
The former were obliged to yield to
the limItless will oft he Eng
ishmen but secur d the second place
of note. The breeders from Kentucky
were such well-known men as
Cassius N. Clay and Messrs. And,
erson, Bedford, Gibbons, Hughes
and Richardson. The Northwest
was represented in the person of Col. |
King, of Minneapolis, Mimi, Mr. |
Jane Mix, of Kenkakee, ILL.,; and
Prof. Miles, of Michigan University.
The sale was closely contest ed
throughout, and the result, far exceed
ing Mr.. Campbell's expectations, was
an aggregate receipt Of 1851, $40 for
113 animals.