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to stand, so that nearly fifty calves were se- 

 cured during the year he was on hire from 

 Woodburn. His get from the earlier service at 

 Woodburn proved of extraordinary merit, but 

 his work while at Mr. Bedford's was even more 

 remarkable. While in Bourbon County he was 

 permitted to serve some cows for Abram Ren- 

 ick and Maj. Jere Duncan, and it was for years 

 asserted that these services from the Duke of 

 Airdrie fairly made the reputation of the three 

 breeders named. 



Individually Duke of Airdrie was perhaps not 

 the equal of hi-s sire, Duke of Gloster (11382), 

 that was imported by Morris & Becar into New 

 York. He inherited from the Duke a lot of 

 quality in addition to long, level hind quarters 

 and the fault of prominent hips; but, like old 

 Gloster, he proved a wonderfully successful sire 

 of good bulls. He was probably not above the 

 average in size, with a short, well-carried head, 

 rather strong horns and smoother shoulders 

 than his sire, with an exceptionally straight and 

 level top. He would probably be considered at 

 the present time as rather too high from the 

 ground, a characteristic, by the way, that has 

 not been held to be so objectionable by many 

 of the Kentucky breeders as by their brethren 

 of the North and West.* He was never kept in 



*The late Gen. Sol. Meredith of Indiana once visited Kentucky to see 

 among- other noted animals the $4,850 bull imp. Challenger (14252), of Ducie's 

 breeding, a son of the 4th Duke of York (10167), owned by the Vanmetera 



