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flesh and unfortunately was allowed to become 

 so fat that she stopped breeding. From her de- 

 scended such famous bulls as Dick Taylor 5508, 

 Airdrie Duke 5306, Clarendon 2634, Mr. Pick- 

 rell's $3,000 Baron Lewis and many other old- 

 time celebrities. 



Dick Taylor 5508 was one of the best stock- 

 getters produced by the Phyllis family. He 

 was a red, bred by Dr. J. J. Taylor and Abram 

 Vanmeter, and represented a peculiarly rich 

 combination of the best blood introduced into 

 the Ohio Valley up to the time of his produc- 

 tion in 1863. Sired by the Duke of Airdrie- 

 crossed Rose of Sharon bull Airdrie 2478, he 

 had for darn Ruth by the $4,850 bull imp. Chal- 

 lenger (14252); second dam Maria Edgeworth 

 by Arthur Watts' Prince Albert 2d 857, carry- 

 ing much of the best of the Ohio Importing 

 Co.'s blood; and his third dam, Susan Turley, 

 was by Cossack (3503), son of the richly-bred 

 Booth bull Cossack (1880), that will be remem- 

 bered as the sire of Abram Renick's Buena 

 Vista 299. Dick Taylor proved particularly suc- 

 cessful when mated with the descendants of 

 imp. Young Mary. Indeed one branch of that 

 tribe became so celebrated throughout the West 

 that it was given (and still bears) his name. He 

 was repeatedly shown with success, and upon 

 one occasion gained a $100 sweepstake against 

 several of the most noted sires of the day for 



