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from noted English herds were Zoe, bred by 

 Mr. Tanqueray, and Miss Belleville, bred by 

 Mason Hopper and sired by the "never-beaten" 

 Belleville (6778). The former was the earliest 

 representative of the " J" branch of the Prin- 

 cess sort imported. 



The Earl Ducie sale in England. While 

 Messrs. Morris and Becar were making these 

 purchases an event that was destined to exer- 

 cise an extraordinary influence upon Short-horn 

 breeding on both sides of the water occurred 

 in England. This was the closing-out sale of 

 the herd of Earl Ducie, at Tortworth, which 

 took place Aug. 24, 1853, as a consequence of 

 the Earl's decease. It will be remembered that 

 at the Bates dispersion sale Ducie had bought 

 the 4th Duke of York, Duchess 55th, Oxford 

 6th, Duchess 59th, Duchess 64th and Oxford 

 llth. He bred Duchess 59th to Usurer (9763) 

 the Mason-bred bull for which he paid 400 

 guineas at the sale of the Earl Spencer cattle 

 in 1848. The white Duchess 67th resulted, but 

 she seemed so unpromising that Lord Ducie is 

 said to have considered that the cross was a 

 failure and stated that he would never again 

 " outcross " the Duchesses and Oxfords. At the 

 Tortworth sale Messrs. Becar and Morris were 

 represented and secured Duchess 66th and the 

 red three-year-old bull Duke of Gloster (11382), 

 by Grand Duke (10284). For Duchess 66th 



