. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . ay 23d.—Blue Girl, as a two-year-year-old, took the record for a mile and asi.\teenth in 1:44% at Morris Park, N. Y. 1901, May 30th.—.At Coopersburg, Pa., Cooper sold 108 head Jersey cattle at anaverage of $ The bull Golden MonPllaisir, 59,936, son of Golden Lad, sold toH. N. Higginbotham at $3,500. The cow,Golden Rosebay, 157,333, sold to BiltmoreFarms for $2,775. 1901, June 4th.—At the combination saleGeorge E. Ward, of Hawarden, Iowa, soldthe Shorthorn Duchess of
. Hale's history of agriculture by dates. A simple record of historical events and victories of peaceful industries . ay 23d.—Blue Girl, as a two-year-year-old, took the record for a mile and asi.\teenth in 1:44% at Morris Park, N. Y. 1901, May 30th.—.At Coopersburg, Pa., Cooper sold 108 head Jersey cattle at anaverage of $ The bull Golden MonPllaisir, 59,936, son of Golden Lad, sold toH. N. Higginbotham at $3,500. The cow,Golden Rosebay, 157,333, sold to BiltmoreFarms for $2,775. 1901, June 4th.—At the combination saleGeorge E. Ward, of Hawarden, Iowa, soldthe Shorthorn Duchess of Gloucester, withbull calf at side, for $2,500 to Brown .&Randolph, of Indianola, Iowa. Average ofsixty Shorthorns at this sale, $ 1901, June 12th.—Sale of Red Polled cattleat Fairfleld, Neb., by S. McKelvie & cow, Prairie Blossom, 12,803, sold to Coleman, of Webster City, Iowa, for$1,005. Average for thirty-seven head,$ 1901, June.—The mile running record overa circular track was broken by Brigadier atISheepshead Bay, N. Y., the distance beingnegotiated in 1:37 CRESCEUS, 2:0214. 1901.—On July 26th, Cresceus took thetrotting record at 2:02% at Cleveland, Ohi>,and on August 22d further reduced thismark to 2:0214 • This was at Columbus,Ohio. The first quarter was in 29%; thehalf, 59%; three-quarters in 1:30%. at the time the worlds trotting record;at this time—in 1906—it is the stallionrecord. Cresceus is a chestnut horse by thegreat Robert McGregor, dam by MambrinoHoward, and in all his record-breaking per-formance was dti\en by his owner, Geo. 1901, August 7th.—At Chicago, Geo, Har-ding & Sons, of Waukesha, W^is., sold forty-three Shorthorns at an average of $ 1901, August loth.—^Cresceus defeats TheAbbot in a famous trotting contest atBrighton Beach. The time was 2:0:!i,making worlds mile trotting record in arace. 1901, August 22d.—At Columbus, Ohio,Cresceus lowered the trotting record to2:
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