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best five calves the get of one bull. We can- 

 not in the space at our command make detailed 

 reference to the many distinguished animals 

 sired by Dick Taylor. We should, however, per- 

 haps mention his two sons, Washington 9284 

 and Dick Taylor 2d 16637, bred by the Messrs. 

 Sudduth. The former belonged to the Leslie 

 branch of the Marys, tracing from the show cow 

 Hannah More, and won a great many first and 

 sweepstakes prizes at the Kentucky shows from 

 1869 to 1871. Dick Taylor 2d, a few years later, 

 was one of the ruling show-yard champions of 

 Kentucky and was sold for $1,100. 



Airdrie Duke 5306, like Dick Taylor, was a 

 red son of Mr. Renick's Airdrie 2478. His dam, 

 the Phyllis cow Ruth 2d, was by Mr. Alexander's 

 famous prize bull exp. 2d Duke of Airdrie 2744, 

 so that he represented a double cross of the Air- 

 drie-Duchess blood. Airdrie Duke was bred by 

 Abram Vanmefcer, and was one of the great 

 heifer-getters of Kentucky in the later sixties. 

 Like Dick Taylor, he made a pronounced "hit" 

 when mated with the Marys. His greatest 

 daughter was probably Ben F. Vanmeter's re- 

 nowned Young Mary show cow Red Rose 8th, 

 the best Short-horn cow Mr. Vanmeter ever 

 bred. Another celebrated show cow got by Air- 

 drie Duke was the roan Phoebe Taylor of the 

 Pomona family, that gained prizes all over the 

 Western country from 1871 to 1874 in the herd 



