Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-02-20
TIE LARGEST STEER IN rat WORLD

Mr.. Jason sexton, Springhouse, Ps..
send. Ia the Bfcspi.r'. CARTE th. foI.
Low Ing history aud description of the
mammoth steer. the largest known In
III. world. which has been attracting at
t.ntion the last year or two:
s'with your permission vii give
few of the most Interesting facts con-
nected With the life aud death of thu.
great animal, the largest aud heaviest of
which ~e can nnd sny record, either
living or dead. Prince Victor VAS br-d
aud raI.cd at Ionls, Mich, aud "a.
seven year. old last April. Tie ~ss =
cro..-bred Durham aud ilolsisin, .ire
and dam both rrgi.i.red snim'l.. lie
al. shipped To Hun 10 In February.
l>gO, to b. sold .. h-ef. and ~ss pur.
chs. ed ther. by Mr. John Ridley, Who
for years hs. beeo Que % Philadelphia.
Iarge.t butcher. of I'm. cattle. seeing,
.. h- thoughi, q great future for this fine
animal, aud having an ambition Ia rH.
u.Tim.ut, I was asked to t.ke . half
,nt.r-.t aud undertake his f-eilng snd
care. aud .-. ~hat could h~ done.
Through the kindn--. of Mr.. willi,m VI.
>ing-rly Ne w.r. sllosei to bring HIM
al Que. Ia the sprinzh"u.s Farm, where
h- fir.t landed on P-nnsylvsna .cil
M,rh g, ls9O Weighing When hs
r,a.hei the farm ALSO pounds, hls In
cr.... In s.lghi fa the two following
y-.r. ~s. n surprise to hi. osner. ..
IA. .nlm.l When purchased wss h,
mauy good judges considered ALREADY
tat. Gu Msrch II, 1884. hi. weight ~ss
3,125 pounds. aud on April ), lssj. he
tipp-d the scales AZ J,sS5 pounds, hi.
greatest weight. On that day he wss
.hlpp~d to Philsdelphis, aud after helns
oa .ihlbl,ion there for four weeks. and
then taking u trip to Chicago, aud r--
turn, csm. home In hne SHAPE about the
middle of Nav, showing = shrink,g- ~
hut lGO pounds. on q Journey Of nearly
2 .OOO miles. Gu reaching home he took
uobly 10 his nations sud even through
the hot weather and bad hv-,ime csme
~ell-nigh making up the loss by the
time Ne were ready To move him out
again Ia September for = four weeks'
exhibition at th. fall fairs. which sg,ln,
a. "a. expected, caused him to lose mu"h
In weight, .nd from which lo.s be never
r,o,eresi, although he never up to the
a eek Of slaughter lost = ration. lie MS
.hlplsI frpu tHf tsfui. Wuu "u "ah''
~orid'. fair prire-s inning Fat steers, Ia
th. North Philadelphia Drove Iards.
sh-rr h- ~s. slaughtered at noon, DC
l3, ls9j, in the pr-..nc- of ."m- Jvo
l.opIe. M. live s~isbt on the dsy oi
hi. al ughier wss $3.50 pounds. zDd his
dr--.~d ~-isht, after hanging on The
s.mhrrls for over four days, Was 2.c0t
Is.uDd.,-a frssfion less than .-veut,-
so pounds p-r 100 10 live weight III.
au ,rt-rs w-igh.,i ~ --I,-sti,-lv as f"lloss |;
ib- for qu,rt-r. 'G IL AMI .55 IL
pound.; the hind-qu ,rters weighing
$50 Ia sni 5il Ia pounis. The hide
aust horn. s-ighs-i lGJ p"unds, sud hi.
rough tllos 3l5 p"ands. A. 'o th"
au ,lity of hl. be~f, the snss~r M doubt
aill cone from the thousand throat.
aos a ~hi,h II ~ill pass during the n"xi
t.u DAYS, and shouii .li survive ~e ex-
I~,t Ia b..r from zach. And nov to the
~i.- os@- l~t m- .sy that u there eS-r
Us. . fat .t--r. living ar dead, of grrstrr
weight than Princ~ Victor. hi. record,
or an account 10 him, cannot be found /;
aud n there are any living In thi. broad
Land or any other, who can or could
equal him, we have failed to hnd ~h"rr
they are"