330 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



whose career in the hands of William R. Dun- 

 can in Illinois will presently be mentioned. 



Another noted show bull that served to prove 

 to the minds of Kentucky breeders the efficacy 

 of Duchess blood for crossing purposes at this 

 period was Burnside 4618, a red bred by H. 

 Clay Jr. of Bourbon County, dropped in 1861 

 by the Duke of Athol (10150) cow imp. Brace- 

 let to a service by Duke John 2741, he a roan 

 bull by imp. Duke of Airdrie (12730) out of the 

 Gwynne cow Lady Sherwood by 5th Duke of 

 York. Burnside was shown with much success 

 and died in November, 1873. 



While Woodburn made no apparent effort to 

 concentrate the Duke of Airdrie's blood, Abram 

 Renick and George M. Bedford did not hesitate 

 to double it up at every opportunity. Messrs. 

 Vanmeter were also inclined to the belief that 

 the "more of the old Duke's blood the better." 

 The pronounced success of such bulls as Dun- 

 can's Duke 2743, Airdrie 2478, Sweepstakes 

 6230, Joe Johnson 10294, Airdrie Duke 5306, 

 Dick Taylor 5508 and of the Loudon Duchesses, 

 etc., established thoroughly the popularity of 

 Bates sires in Kentucky; and Mr. Renick's 

 skillful concentration of Airdrie and Rose of 

 Sharon blood rooted the idea firmly in the 

 minds of most of the Kentucky breeders that 

 by a system of in-and-in or line breeding based 

 on the use of Bates bulls the best Short-horns 



