The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-06-07
TRIBUTE PAID
CHAS. SAUNDERS
Fifty Head Of shorthorn cattle Sci
for $3.50, Setting q Record
~ for Single Breeder.
MANY TO SOUTH AMERICA
From Small Beginning Mr.. Saunders
Now Tops tas SWorid in Sales
Rjna, After Ninekeen YearsH r

MaHNlA, JuAo y gNoPS~'s'4 ~ :. -,TtyfI!F-s
view)-The American Shorthorn breed
ers paid a great tribute to Mr. Z. A,
Saunders and his Cumberland short.
horns when they paid him an average
price OF $1O46.2O on fifty individuals lE
at the big sale which was held last
Thursday: It was the most success
full pure bred stock sale ever neia ~
the United States by a single breeder
and it was a great distinction TO Cram
ford county to have within its borders
herd of cattle from which MY heae
were taken which sold for $3.50
setting a new. record for an auction Iqc9l 81
sale held by q single breeder. Mr.
Saunders has sold twenty-three heaa
of Shorthorns OF his own raising
sired by his Cumberland type, none OF
which was over two years OF age, 81
an average price Of $1O23 per head
This only goes to show that the Cum
berland herd of Mr. Saunders stands
among the very best. The assemblage
of breeders from all over the tinted
States and the. i, presence or SCUM
American buyers will long be :remem EN-
bersd tby those who attended the sale
Vast throngs of people arrived on the
early morning train and many nun"
dreds drove to the Saunders farm -
automobiles and by noon, there were
fully fifteen hundred people at tne
Cumberland farm and the specqlatll4y9ee
interest as to the possible average
became most interesting as the hour
for the. opening of the sale approached
The crowd filled the big sale tent one
hour before the sale was scheduled to
begin, When Col. Jones mounted the
rostrum and the undefeated Cumber'
land Aype with seven of his get enter
ed the arena an uproar Of applause
burst forth. The opening remarks OF
Col Jones we're very brief. He $eulo'
eized the work in the northwest; by
the tate James ]. Hill and expressed
the sentiment Of everyone when ne
stated that it was distinct loss not
to be- able to hear o personal message
from the great empire builder. An
other great disappointment was the
absence of Col. F.. NJ. Woods, who had
previously sold Mr.. Saunders stock
He had ofiiciated at so many OF me
Cumberland stock farm sales tnat y
seemed queer that he was not present
to participate in the crowning eVent
OF the Cumberlands. Col. WOODS, a.
ways in admirer, OF ShOrthorns, TOOK
nSrticnlar interest in Mr.. Saunders
sales and it. was largely through MS
infiuence that the Saunders hero WAS
eSfabHshed. Others who spoke briet
" a{tthss opening Of the sale ware y
w Harding. Dean Curtiss and - t.3s ~
ThOmSon. ~ II t<g5stf ~ n ~.
,sThrou shout the sale the ;get 81 GuM3
berland.s Type and the cows that were
bred TO this great bull were given the 4
diatinct preference by the; buyers al
the ring side. The sale Was opened
with d Cumberland Type heifer tnat
sold very quickly for $ll6e; ten. 1oln'
ers followed her In quick succession
and the eleven head averaged SseSs
These Cumberland heifers were 1ol
lowed by Gypsy Cumberland Ill. the
champion show heifer and full SIS
ter To Cumberland Type, which 4 Was
exnected would top the sale. There
we're many opening bids on this grand l!5.
COW with q nice bull calf at foot, but
thh4 final contest was between Leslie
smith & Son and iFrancisco y. Maisisat
Of SBuenoss Aires; Argentine; South
America. She was finally sold to the
South American buyer for S3O3O. I'm
mediately after the sale Of this fine
COW Aiaht Cumberland Type bulls we're
lad into the ring. The first to DC.
sold; was that grand bull, Royal Type
II asiwonderful red calf that was 90
mich admired by everybody in attend y
ances At the sale. He was seven
months calf and sold for $1,000 to ~. A.
Hasss of Council Bluffs. The princi'
nal bidder against Mr.. Hess on TINS
animal. was buyer from the state q
Alabama. Bellows Bros. topped the
MIR Sale on Types Lord. for whom itII1
they paid $4,000. Many considered this Us
eight months. calf worthy successor
ia his undefeated sire. The eight
Cumberland Type bulls sold for an
evarage of $1159.35. Gypsy Countess
the dam of Gypsy Cumberland III. and
Cumberland Type, sold to Leslie
smith & Sons at st. Cloud, Mimi, for
5000. A bull cali, sfull brother to Cum
herland Type, sold with this COW. SIX
team out Of nineteen OF the cows sell
IN with calf at foot, most OF these
nv Cumberland TypeN and rebred 10
this bull, sold for an average OF
$1453.44. <
More than q dozen states were rep
resented at the sale and one buyer
came all the way from Buenos Aires
South America, to attend the sale
This was Francisco v Maissa, a
wealthy land owner and Iranchman
who III establishing herd. He came
"a Iowa and to the Saunders sale be
cause he was convinced that he could
fnd31,o better stock anywhere on the
globe. The South American bought
heavily at the sale. Other states rep
resented at the sale were Illinois, Ne,
braaka, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nils
souri, Colorado. California and Ala
mama. David Warwick & Son. of Love
land, Colo, who purchased the junior
champion Cumberland Type bull OF
Mr. Saunders last January At the DEM
yer show. purchased some good COWS
at this sale. -.
4 The crowd in attendance at the sale
was so much larger than had been an.
ticipated that 1t was necessary for the
residents Of Manila to throw open
their homes to accommodate the visit
ors. The church people had charge
of the feeding Of the multitude and
right we'll did they perform the task
More than fifteen hundred people were