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== World's Columbian Exposition ==
[[File:LilyFlaggBookOfTheFairPhoto.jpg|left|thumb|"Many people who visit the stock exhibits at the World's Fair inquire for the '$15,000 Jersey beauty,'"<ref name="storm">{{cite wikisource|Filescan=Page:1893-09-23 Chicago Tribune p. 14 Storm Damage Along the Midway/1.djvu|plaintitle=Chicago Tribune|wslink=Chicago Tribune/1893/September/23/Admiring Lily Flagg|chapter=Admiring Lily Flagg|date=September 23, 1893}}</ref>]]Being an especially famous bovine on account of having won the Jersey champion cup, Lily Flagg was highly sought after for her calves, and for public appearances at top-notch events such as the [[World's Columbian Exposition]], also known as the [[Chicago]] World's Fair. Her trip was delayed due to an injury until sometime after mid-June 1893,<ref name="dairy"/> but she made her appearance to the delight of many a dairy man by October.<ref>{{cite book |title=Valley leaves, Volumes 35-36 |year=2000 |publisher=Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society |page=163 |url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=fFhuTPaDDoP6lweLjM33Dg&ct=result&id=s2BhAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22lily+flagg%22+matthews&q=matthews+chute#search_anchor&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA |accessdate=2010-08-20}}</ref>
The ''Chicago Times'' reports:
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Her competition record at the fair was deliberately brief. Because she was recognized as one of four "queens in Jersey history, … Signal's Lily Flagg was barred from competition there as she was acknowledged to be unapproachable." <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levering |first1=Mortimer |month=August |year=1898 |title=A Western Banker's Opinion |journal=Hood Farm |publisher=C.I. Hood & Co |volume=1 |issue=5 |page=5}}</ref>
At the fair, Lily Flagg was sold to [[C. I. Hood]] of [[Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell]], [[Massachusetts]] for $1250 just before September 23, 1893.<ref name="storm"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DhcsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KcgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2601,1488398&dq=lily-flag&hl=en |title=Alabama News: Brief points from all parts of the State |date=1893-09-30 |work=The Florence Times |publisher=The Florence Times |accessdate=August 21, 2010}}</ref><ref name="storm"/> She joined his herd of prize-winning Jerseys on 1200 acres (486 hectares).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://choyt48.home.comcast.net/~choyt48/cihood_run.htm |title=C.I. Hood and Co., Lowell, Mass, makers of Hood’s Sarsaparilla, Vegetable Pills, TusSano Cure, Medicated Soap, Tooth Powder, Olive Ointment, Peptiron, plus veterinary products under the label of “Hood’s Farm” |last1=Hoyt |first1=Cliff |last2=Hoyt |first2=Linda |date=2009-03-02 |accessdate=August 22, 2010}}</ref> For price comparison, thirteen years later, Hood auctioned 59 dairy cows, many with calf, at prices ranging $40 to $525, averaging $186. These prices were probably still significantly higher than the average cow considering the fine stock at Hood Farm.<ref name="HoodAuction">{{cite|last=Hoyt|first=Cliff|date=2010-08-23|title=personal correspondence regarding ''Catalogue of Auction Sale at Hood Farm'', Lowell, Mass, June 13, 1906}}</ref>
Lily Flagg did not play a significant role in Hood's breeding program after 1898. A 1906 auction catalog listed 59 cows, none of which included Lily in the pedigree.<ref name="HoodAuction"/>
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