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Gwynne cow, and her roan heifer Lady Sher- 

 wood, by 5th Duke of York. 



In addition to the Bates bulls 2d Duke of 

 Athol and Duke of Airdrie Mr. Alexander im- 

 ported the Booth-bred Dr. Buckingham (14405), 

 bred by Ambler, sired by Hopewell (10332); El 

 Hakim (15984), a red-roan bred by Bolden from 

 the Duchess bull Grand Duke (10284) and the 

 Booth cow Fame, by Raspberry; The Priest 

 (6246), a roan sired by The Prior (13870) out of 

 the Mason-bred cow Graceful 2d by Earl of 

 Dublin (10178); Baron Martin (12444), roan, 

 bred by Holmes of Ireland, sired by the Booth 

 bull Baron Warlaby (7813) out of a Mason Vic- 

 toria dam; and several others. 



As will appear from the reports of the sales 

 made by the Northern Kentucky and Scott 

 County companies, Mr. Alexander added to his 

 own extensive importations, by purchase, the 

 grand cows Mazurka, Maid of Melrose and 

 Equity and such bulls as Orontes 2d and Sirius. 

 After breeding from this extraordinary array 

 of cattle for several years the Woodburn herd 

 numbered something like 200 head and was 

 beyond all question the best collection of Short- 

 horns then in North America. Indeed it is doubt- 

 ful if its superior, size considered, existed at that 

 time in either England or the United States. 

 The leading Kentucky breeders of that period 

 were not slow to take advantage of this valu- 



