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Show RECORD-BREAKING UTAH SHEEP. Mr. W. H Hansen of Colllnslon. Utnh, has some of tho best Itamboulllet sheep In tho world and breeders throughout America nre fast learning this fact, Mr. Hansen recentl) sold nfty head of IiIb sheep nt public auction nt tho Union stock )arda ln Chicago, nnd tho Ameilcan Sheep 111 idler, tho leading Journal ot Its class, speaks of tha sheep und the sale us follows ' The 1 ublle sale or Ilamboulllets from the famous Oninltr flock of W. H. Hansen ot Colllnston, Utah, nt the Union Stock 'iards on December Cth, attracted n hood sized tompan) of bleeders from all ports of tho countr), nifd was n pronounced success Tlfty animals wire offered, embracing ten )eirllng cnci, twenty ewe lambs, and twent) rum lambs, all typlcil Uarnlers, showing the rtmirkable size, compact nnd symmetrical form, evenness and density of Ilctie. und flno toverlng characteristic of tho Hansen sheep. The animals offered wero only In field condition, con-dition, none of them showing special feeding or trimming for the occasion, nnd sold on Intrinsic Individual mirlt The Imprint ot alkali dust and sagebrush sage-brush range on every sheep In the collection col-lection evidently had little influence on the bidders, who were mostly connoisseurs con-noisseurs in Itamboulllet breeding nnd leadlly retognlzed In tho )oung and Immature offerings biforo tjiem the product ot the purest nnd best blood line briellug ln their ravorlte late of sheep Tho Hansen Hock neided no Introduction In-troduction tn tho assembled onlookers, for Its heraldr) truied through nearly halt a icntuiy of expeit brccllng to the I'nttcrson Imi ortntlons, and its Inter )oars had tho sanctions of thu memorable Omaha and Halt Lake City sales, In which tiiord prices woro re-iwvtedly re-iwvtedly made and brokiii JIvery Udder Ud-der knew the history of the Colllnston flllocU, und tlio ewes and nibs on salo easily Introduced themse ,cs Of lhe t uty rain lambs, which were veiy large for their nht, three went tu Mr 1'. A Jnekson of Dayton, Washington Wash-ington at 525. 3i and 133 respectlvel) Mr Walsh bid off fourteen ot flicm ut prices ranging from iJ to 3l eath Mr. J W Montgomery or Ohla got n pair or them nt 3'. path und Mr O I) Wordeu ot Leonldas, Mich i ot the other one nt S3.' 'Of the twenty una lambs, Mr Jackson Jack-son secured nlno ut fiom IJ5 to $35 Mr Krccinn.li of Freeman &, Cllley Chandl'r, Mich, boukht eight at JJ7 to tiS each, I. T, Htrough of Vlcksburg Mich , got one at J30, Mr. O I). Warden one at J2t, and Mr Wulsh ono at 'While Mi Hansen has mido r ier avenges at homi thW )cnr fr tho sum classes of sheep nnd lamh-e than tl oso ubove tecoided, thc breeders pre 1- ent almost without exception, regard the sale, under existing conditions, as a ver) sueressful one, nnd will nveo with us that Mr. Hansen is entitled to congratulations on Its happ) lsue. It was certainly the most successful public sale of pure bred sheep et made nt the Union stock yatels, nnd ns such may be taken as n hopeful augury for future and kindred sheep sales pending the great International shows ' |