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6th Duke of Airdrie (19602). These all repre- 

 sented outcrosses upon the Duchess tribe. The 

 2d Duke was a roan sired by the Duchess- 

 crossed Booth 'bull imp. El Hakim (15984). He 

 was calved in the fall of 1856 and in 1859 was 

 awarded a $1,000 championship at the St. Louis 

 Fair. He was a bull of marked excellence, and 

 became the property in England of Messrs. C. 

 Howard of Biddenham and J. Robinson of Clif- 

 ton Pastures. The 5th Duke was also a roan, 

 calved in the spring of 1859. He was sired by 

 a bull called Lord Languish (20188), that had 

 been bred at Woodburn from imp. 2d Duke of 

 Athol and imp. Lydia Languish, by Duke of 

 Gloster (11382); a cow that traced in the ma- 

 ternal line to the herd of Mr. Robertson of 

 Lady kirk. The 5th Duke was used by Mr. T. 

 Barber of Sproatley Rise. The 6th Duke of 

 Airdrie was a red, dropped in the spring of 

 1860 by 2d Duchess of Airdrie to a service by 

 the white bull imp. Albion, son of imp. Grand 

 Turk (12969) and Fawkes' Frances Fairfax. The 

 breeding of these bulls and the fact of their ex- 

 portation shows that the fashion for cattle bred 

 strictly in the Bates line did not receive the 

 countenance of the broad-minded proprietor 

 of Woodburn, and that fresh blood in Mr. Bates' 

 favorite family was not deemed an objection in 

 the minds of at least a portion of the English 

 Short-horn breeding public at that date. Imp. 



