458 A HISTORY OP SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



State he was taken May 1, 1873. He was let 

 to forty cows from other herds at a service fee 

 of $150 each within a year. Cows were turned 

 away during the following year after services 

 for twenty had been arranged at $250 each. 

 After the New York Mills sale Lord Skelmers- 

 dale (afterward Earl of Latham) visited Ken- 

 tucky and endeavored to buy the 4th Duke of 

 Geneva, but could get no price upon him, al- 

 though intimating that he was willing to give 

 $16,000. 



English sales of 1873. At Cheney's sale in 

 July thirty-five head averaged 294, 14th Lady 

 of Oxford making 905 guineas from Earl Bec- 

 tive, 12th Duchess of Geneva 935 guineas from 

 Sir Wilfred Lawson, 3d Duke of Gloster 820 

 guineas from Earl Bective, the Gwynne heifer 

 Geneva's Minstrel 600 guineas from J. P. Fos- 

 ter, and an American-bred Princess cow (Lady 

 Sale of Putney) 470 guineas from Earl Bective. 

 At Lord Penrhyn's sale in May forty-one head 

 averaged 210, the highest prices being 755 

 guineas for Cherry Duchess 14th to Earl Bec- 

 tive, 550 guineas for Waterloo 33d to Lord 

 Skelmersdale, 500 guineas for Waterloo 30th 

 to F. Leney, and 505 guineas for Cherry Duch- 

 ess 20th to C. A. Barnes. At the dispersion of 

 the famous herd of Col. Towneley forty head 

 averaged 126, the top being 800 guineas for 

 6th Maid of Oxford. 



