TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XV THE SENSATION OF SEVENTY-THREE. 



Spring sales of 1873 Dunmore's big deal Summer sales New 

 York Mills dispersion Kello's mistake Sources of deteriora- 

 tion 4th Duke of Geneva English sales of 1873 434-458 



CHAPTER XVI A GOLDEN AGE. 



Spring sales of 1 874 Lyndale sale at Dexter Park Other Western 

 events Kentucky summer sales Closing events of 1874 The 

 sales of 1875 Glen Flora dispersion Kissinger's sale - Elliott 

 & Kent Spears and the Nelly Blys Pickrell's great sale 

 Jacobs' sale at West Liberty Dexter Park auctions The 

 Avery & Murphy sale Long prices at Meredith's Airdrie 

 Duchesses at $18,000 each Big sales in the Blue Grass Push- 

 ing the Princesses The Trans-Mississippi trade $3,500 fora 

 Scotch heifer Groom importations and sale Other important- 

 transactions All records broken at Dunmore Torr's Triumph 



Additional importations Another Renick exportation 

 North Elkhorn (Ky.) importation Closing events of 1875. . . 459-509 



CHAPTER XVII THE TURN OF THE TIDE. 



Hon. George Brown and Bow Park 4th Duke cf Clarence Opening 

 sales of 1876 Potts buys imp. Duke of Richmond Col. Hol- 

 loway's big average Albert Crane pays $23,600 for an Airdrie 

 Duchess $17,900 for 14th Duke of Thorndale Closing events 

 of 1876 Pickrell & Kissenger Spring sales of 1877 Cochrane 

 at Windermere Sale summary for 1877 A falling market 

 Top prices in England for 1878 Dark days of 1879 The rally 

 of 1880 The Vaile and Rumsey importations Sales of 1881 A 

 new era at hand Injudicious breeding Evils of speculation 



The spur of opposition Scotch cattle to the fore. .. . 510-548 



CHAPTER XVIII SCOTLAND'S SEARCHING TEST. 



"Caledonia stern and wild " Science, "roots" and Short-horns 

 Feed-lot considerations paramount Crossing the border 

 Robertson of Ladykirk Rennie of Phantassie Barclay of 

 Ury Hutcheson of Monyruy Grant Duff of Eden Brawith 

 Bud Simpson and Buchan Hero Hay of Shethin 549-575 



CHAPTER XIX AMOS CRUICKSHANK OF SITTYTON. 



A new type sought The brothers Cruickshank The farm at Sit- 

 ty ton General plan pursued The first of the Violets Venus 

 tribe The family of Mimulus Picotee and her progeny The 

 Matchless sort The Broadhooks Origin of the Lady tribe 

 The Nonpareils Sittyton Butterflys Orange Blossoms Ad- 

 mah, Kilmeny 3d, and Eliza by Brutus Clipper tribe The 



