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comparative lack of appreciation of the Booth- 

 bred lots. Mr. De Graff resold Baron Hubback 

 2d after the sale to B. Sumner of Connecticut. 



Other Western events. At Cambridge City, 

 Ind., on the day following this exciting event 

 Gen. Meredith & Son sold fifty-three head at 

 an average of $454, the thirty-nine females 

 bringing $20,985, an average of $515. For imp. 

 Royal Duchess 2d Hon. T. C. Jones and G. J. 

 Hagerty of Ohio gave $2,000, and Avery & 

 Murphy took Joan of Arc at the same price. 



J. H. Spears & Sons held a sale at Tallula, 

 111., on May 27, at which Gen. Lippincott paid 

 $5,800 for Cherub 2d and $1,600 for Duchess of 

 Sutherland 4th. Several Sanspareils then a 

 new sort in the West sold at high prices, 

 Messrs. James N. Brown's Sons of Berlin, 111., 

 paying $2,250 for two females of that family. 

 Gen. Meredith gave $1,000 for Mazurka 20th 

 and J. H. Kissinger $1,025 for Rosettie 4th. 

 The thirty-four females sold averaged $630 

 and eleven bulls $950. About this date Mr. S. 

 F. Lockridge of Indiana bought the Booth- 

 crossed Scotch bull Lord Strathallan from Mr. 

 John Miller of Canada for $2,500. J. H. Kis- 

 singer disposed of forty head at auction at an 

 average of $427.50, Mr. Pickrell paying $1,675 

 for Bride 15th. Messrs. J. H. Potts & Son 

 made liberal purchases upon this occasion. 

 W. R. Duncan's sale made an average of $525 



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