The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-06-11

kept over, and. are looking very
well. They are Reekshires, one SOW
being imported In one of the pas
lures we noticed some very hand
some horses and mules. Seveaty-
five of these animals are necessary
to do the work of the place.
In the way of fancy horses, Mai.
Crane has q thousand dollar span of
ponies, with which the distance be-
tween the park and Peabody can be
reduced to the lowest number of
miles possible by anything in the
country that wears hair, as we can
abundantly testify. -
In speaking of the herd of short
horns, we cannot be expected 10 de-
vote the space that would be proper
for an article in a stock Journal,
neither can we. pass il by without
occupying limited space in de-
scription of few of these noble an
imals therefore, we ask the inGlulg-
ence of our readers. asI
Lord Of The Lake Is a pure
"Booth," one of the only two in the
Uuited States, the other being in
Kentucky; is nearly four years old,
and weighs 200 lbs; valued at 81, :
600.
Lord abraham is six years old !;
was bred in Lincolnshire, England,
and imported in 1872 in color he is
q strawberry roam, and weighs g.
$50 lbs.
Lord Bates Cd is a pure "Bates, :"
eight months old, weighs 500 lbs,
was bred in Kentucky is pronoun-
ced by everybody a perfect beauty.
There are number of others, no.
ted prize takers in illinois and Ken
lucky. There are nine imported
time to speak of one or two.
j. B. Booth, Yorkshire, is GER
tainly one of the very finest
of her species. Her large shape
ly form, symmetrical neck and
head, silken hair, and lustrous, al
most human, eyes; together with
her docile disposition, are marks
of excellence that would make her
conspicuous in any herd.
Duchess Of York, 9th, is a re-
markable fine cow, strawberry
roam, weighs 1900 pounds.
In addition to the Booths" and
''Bates" mentioned; the following
we'll known tribes and families are
represented, Louans g head }
"Young Marys" .'Susans" Brides"
"Jubilees" "Gwynnes" "Carolines"
etc.
Cali very well for those who
have the money and leisure to
spare, but too expensive for COM
mon farmers to buy" we remarked,
as the Major finished showing us
his herd.
"There is a grand mistake"
said he, "the common farmers can
buy, if they wish to, and at figures
very reasonable; the trouble is
they don't investigate the thing
they don't inquire the prices
they don't come to see for them
selves" "Now," continued the
major enthusiastically, elf a buyer
comes who is disposed to be ca
PRECIOUS, and must have the very
choicest strains of blood-is par
ticular about the exact shade of a
color, the shape of the horns, or
the color of the points, or the set
of the tail, or any of these fine
points, he must pay price for his
animal, while a farmer who may
be less fastidious in his fancies,
can buy an animal of the same
breed-just as serviceable in every
respect, for q very low price-he
may be little old, or there may
be some trivial blemish about him,
but what of that, the stock will be
just as good" We had intended
to go into the argument with the
major on the relative merits of
thoroughbreas and natives; but
we had reached the house when
he concluded, and dinner being
announced, we sat down to tile ia
BILE almost before we realized that
he was having it all his own way
Somehow, under the influence
of roast thoroughbred beef, gilt
edged butter, delicious cream, etc,
our "best hold'' on native cattle
weakened, and being somewhat
demoraliZed in our ideas, we con-
cluded to postpone any encounter
with our host. After dinner we
went on the balcony, and enjoyed
magnificent sunset view. OBJ
jects eighteen miles distant were
plainly visible by the aid of q
field glass, while the gentle swells
of prairie intervening were bathed
in the mellow light of the depart
ing day. One cannot fully COM
prehend the extent and admirable
arrangement of Durham park I'M
til he views it with a glass, from
the point were we stood. When
we came down the major took the
glass. and instantly exclaimed,
"the lenses are out of this instru-
ment." 1t was too thick to be a
very good Joke. OF course he
had adroitly slipped them out in
to his pocket, but we left him
solemnly declaring that they
hadn't been tempered with.
In the Ii brary we noticed COM
plete sets of American herd book,
fourteen volumes. Canadian herd
book, two Volumes kentucky herd
book, four volumes, and English
herd book, twenty-five volumes,
also copies of nearly all the well
known stock journals in this coun-
try and Europe.
When Major Crane sent his car
rlrge to Peabody, with an invita-
ton to US to visit Durham park,
we accepted with the feeling that
it was with considerable sacrifice
of personal comfert-these rides
of thirty miles over the prairie
are not usually very desirable.
We were aggreeably disappointed
however, less than four hours had
passed when we landed, and so de-
lightful was the ride that We could
scarcely believe the time so long.
When the time of our departure
came, we were rapidly driven back
to the depot. We shall always
cherish the memories of orr visit
to Durham park. G.
Of the sixty.four medical oradu-