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ess 64th was left in England until the following 

 year, and in the meantime dropped to a service 

 by 4th Duke of York the bull calf 2d Grand 

 Duke (12961), which under an arrangement pre- 

 viously entered into became the property of Mr. 

 Bolden. This shipment of 1853 had cost Mr. 

 Thome the snug sum of $18,000, thus making 

 it the highest-priced lot of Short-horns im- 

 ported to America up to that date. The vessel 

 upon which they were shipped in October of 

 that year had a tempestuous passage. Duchess 

 68th was killed outright by the falling of a mast 

 and Peri had a hip knocked down, two ribs 

 broken and lost one horn. She nevertheless 

 bred successfully and gave rise to a family bear- 

 ing her name that afterward commanded long 

 prices. 



In 1854 Mr. Thorne imported nine females, 

 including Agnes, Cypress, Cherry and Constan- 

 tia all by B. Wilson's Lord of Brawith (10465) 

 Lady Millicent (from Fawkes), by Laudable; 

 Diana Gwynne, Dinah Gwynne and (from Tan- 

 queray's) the Bates Barrington heifer Lady of 

 Athol. In the fall of 1855 the bull 2d Grand 

 Duke (12961), above mentioned, was bought 

 from Bolden for $5,000 to succeed Grand Duke 

 (10284). An accident had rendered the latter 

 practically useless, bat he was not slaughtered 

 until 1857. With 2d Grand Duke was shipped 

 in 1855 the Killerby-bred Booth bull Neptune 



