The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-07
WICHITA is The
FAVORED PLACE
Breeders of Fine Stock Salts
fed on That Point.
BIG COMBINATION SALE
Hundreds of Registered Cattle,
Horses and Hogs Coming

Wichita has become the recognized cen
ter of the great southwest for fine stocs.
and it is here that breeders in the future
will bring their registered cattle. horses
and hogs for sale to supply the south
and the west.
In addition to the sale of shorthorn
cattle here on the 18th day of this month
BY the Groorns. there will be another big
sale OF registered horses. cattle and hogs
on the md way OF next February and
continue for four days It is expected
that this VIII be the finest display of fine
stock ever seen west OF the Missouri
river.
J. c. Robson. Of Eldoralo. was in the
city yesterday and rented both the o'g
barns on the Big river. just north of
Douglas avenue. He stated TO a reporter
for the Eagle that it would be COM
bination sale and the breeders interested
in it would bring some of the finest
stock IT. the west TO this sale.
on the 2nd day OF February there viii
be fifty head of registered Percheron
horses sold; on the Sd. fifty head of regis
tered shorthorn cattle; on the 4th. fifty
head of Herefords. and on the 5th hfsy
head of Poland China hogs. all registered.
NJ. Robson said he was trying TO make
arrangements for one fare for the round
trip with all the railroads and he felt
pretty confident that the roads leading
into this city would grant it,
This win be the second combination sale
of fine stock held in this city. and the
breeders interested We're all pleased with
the experiment and they are going TO
make these public sales an annual affair
They say that Wichita is the most conve-
nient point to reach the country south
and west. and it is from this place that
they expect to distribute their registered
stock to the great stock sections of the
west
It seems a little bit out &c place that
these men have to come here and rent
their own barns, instead of going TO the
Union stockyards. Superintendent Dula-
ney said yesterday that some of the
breeders of fine stock have told him that
they would rather go to the stockyards
if it We're not for two drawbacks. One
was that they had no good barns at the
yards and they could not take the
chances of taking fine horses that cost
thousands of dollars where there we.e
no good barns.
Another drawback was that the street
cars do not run 10 the stockyards. One
man could hold a sale there and manage
with some expense to get the people from
the end Of the street car line to the yards
but q big combination sale would make
too many people to handle that way.
The commission men saiked the matter
over two years ago. ana said they would
raise the money and build the necessary
barns to have these sales at the stock
yards. but they finally concluded that the
street cars We're not going to be extended
to the yards, and they let the matter
drop.
Some are talking that II the fair
grounds are purchased by a Wichita com
pany. that they will be greatly improved
and that there viii be the place to hold
the combination sales OF fine stock. Then.
it is urged if that is done that all the
barns VIII be taken for the entire win
ter by people who win come here to train
horses and the men with the sale stock
would not be able to get the good barns
The stockyards seems to be the most
desirable place il it were not for the
two objections mentioned. Some OF tn,
stockyards people hope that when the In
terurban line is built that it will want %
run through the city ard their idea is
to have it come in on some Of the
streets west Of Main and run 10 the
stockyards. Then they say the sale barns
viii he hnilt N The var1e