Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1899 — Big Prices for Animals. [ARTICLE]

Big Prices for Animals.

The biggest price ever given for a horse was $150,000, when Ormende, once the property of the Duke of Westminster, was bought for that sum by a California millionaire. Tbe famous winner of tbe Derby, St Leger, and the Two Thousand Guineas, In one year was recently sold for slos,ooo—Galtee More. The most valuable collie dog known Is owned by Mr. Megson, of Manchester, who gave $6,500 for him. He is the finest dog of his kind that has ever been reared, and has taken*fortyelght prizes at various shows. Perhaps the most expensive fowl ever heard of is a gamecock named Peter Jackson, "belonging to a gentleman in Plymouth. This bird has been known to fight under a bet of $200,000 to a pinch of snuff. Needless to say he won It. His owner has refused $2,500 for him.—Tld-Blts.