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at 180 guineas and Duchess 69th at 400 guineas 

 were bought by Mr. Tanqueray; Mr. Gunter pur- 

 chasing Duchess 67th, by Usurer, af 350 guineas, 

 and Duchess 70th at 310 guineas. The Earl of 

 Burlington bought Oxford 15th at 200 guineas, 

 and the Earl of Feversham took 5th Duke of 

 Oxford (12762) at 300 guineas. The 4th Duke 

 of York (10167) was bought by Gen. Cadwalla- 

 der and Mr. Vail of New York at 500 guineas, 

 but did not live to reach America, his neck hav- 

 ing been broken during a storm at sea. 



Thorndale and the Duchesses. Mr. Becar 

 having died in 1854 Col. Morris purchased his 

 interest in the partnership herd, and after sell- 

 ing quite a number of young bulls to various 

 breeders in different States disposed of the en- 

 tire holding to Mr. Samuel Thorne of Thorn- 

 dale Farm, Duchess Co., N. Y. Mr. Thome's 

 father, Jonathan Thorne of New York City, 

 owned an extensive farm at Millbrook, which 

 is still in the possession of the family. This 

 was in 1857. In the year 1850 Mr. Thorne Sr. 

 had sent an order to his son Edwin, who was 

 then in England, for a Short-horn bull. A pair 

 of cows had previously been purchased from 

 Mr. Vail of Troy. Tho order was filled by the 

 purchase and forwarding of the bull St. Law- 

 rence (12037), bred by Capt. Pelham. This bull 

 was afterward sold to Dr. E. Warfield and taken 

 to Kentucky in the autumn of 1853. In 1852 



