The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-02
FINE CATTLE
WERE SOLD
Were From Finest Shorthorn
Herds in America.
BUYERS WERE PLEASED
Col. Groom Said They Sold too
Cheap.

The adjourned sale of Shorthorn cattle
consigned by B. B. and II. T. Groom. OF
Groom. Texas. was brought to a close at
the Union stockyard yesterday. when the
last OF the cattle were sold. The sixty
five head were all heifers. aged from Is
months to three years. and they brought
$500, making an average OF less than
500 a head.
Among the purchasers were: w. r. Du-
laney. of this city; NJ. NJ. Tullis. of In
gersoli, Oklahoma; Frank Hill. of Pan
handle City; Oscar Taylor. of Ponca City;
Z II. Green, CT Leon: c. II. Wight. OF
Antelope; \. Gorges. Of Colwich; C. ~
Seaman, OF Sedgwick; o. r. Smith, or
Bell Plain; B. Story, of Mulvane; B. l.
Yagley, of Marion; W. j. Hustblor, OF
Moline; d. c. Yagley, of Marion; w r.
Neal. of Caldwell; W. Z. Bolton, OF
Woodward. o. T.
Col r. E. Edmonscn, of Kansas City,
was the auctioneer, and he is always pop
uiar with Wichita crowd He is the
man who sold the famous horse. Bell
Boy, at public auction for $1,000 He has
a reputation for making big sales. h T.
Groom said yesterday that he considered
Colonel Edmonson the best salesman IN
this country, when you give him some
thing good to sell
The best pleased people at the sale were
the ones who bought the cattle. Cattle
men knew when they were getting cattle
from such famous families as the Young
Mary. Young Phi.hs. Rose of Sharon.
n.
Goodness. Desdemona. and Loudon
Duches. that they were getting cattle
bred in the purple. They were the de-
scendents from the herds of such famous
breeders at Renick. Bedford. Alexander.
Vanmeter and other world-renowned
breeders. It is fortunate that Kansas
and Oklahoma are getting such cattle.
The breeder of fine stock ought 10 make
money because he is a benefactor to his
country.
OF course the reputation of the breeder
helps to sell the stock as much as their
pedigree and the word of Col. n. t.
Groom is law among the stock men Of
the west Groom &, Son are the oldest
breeders of Shorthorn cattle in this coun-
try, and have contributed perhaps more
than any other breeder to make the Short
horn famous. Their Vineland herd at
Winchester. Kentucky, was known all
over the world where the Shorthorn is
raised The importations made from En-
gland to enrich this herd stand even
now unexcelled. AS early as 1876 the show
herd sent out from this farm made rep
utation that no breeder has ever been
able to surpass. When at the Centennial
at Philadelphia IL met the herds sent
| sbere by Queen Victoria, of England. Sir
| John B. Akers and the finest herds in
| PENNSYLVANIA, Iowa and New York, and
/ sent them all down TO defeat. At their
sale at v.neland in 1875. seventy-two head
from their herd sold at an average price
| OF 81. $50. 1t was the second largest total
| sale of cattle ever made in America, and
| the fourth largest average.
! When seen at the Carey last night, Col
| Groom said that his cattle did not sell
| for over 30 per cent of their actual value
! but that the Eagle and the stockyards
people. as well as the business men OF
| the city. had treated him so royalty thai
| he would go away feeling kindly toward
| this city, and perhaps he would come
back some time ana sell more cattle. and
he thought next time he would get better
| prices.