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ever obtained for a bull of any breed was paid, 

 to-wit.r 4,500 gs., which reduced to American 

 gold at that date was the equivalent of $26,904, 

 the bull being Duke of Connaught (33604) of 

 the Bates Duchess tribe. 



It is of special interest to American breeders 

 to note that the best price made at this sale by 

 a female was by a representative of the Renick 

 Rose of Sharon family, and that the sire of 

 Duke of Connaught was the American-bred 

 Duke of Hillhurst (28401), that was bred by 

 Hon. M. H. Cochrane from the 14th Duke of 

 Thorndale (28459). Furthermore, the high- 

 priced Oxford females sold were the produce 

 of the 8th and llth Maids of Oxford, bred in 

 New York and exported in 1871. In addition 

 to this the second highest-priced bull of the 

 sale and the sire of a number of the most val- 

 uable heifers offered was the American-bred 

 3d Duke of Hillhurst (30975), by 6th Duke of 

 Geneva (30959). 



The case of Duke of Connaught is unique in 

 the annals of stock-breeding for the reason that 

 he proved to be one of the most successful sires 

 of high-class Short-horns ever used in Great 

 Britain, and so great was the demand for jtock 

 of his get on account of their conceded excel- 

 lence that the buyer of the bull, Lord Fitzhar- 

 dinge of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, re- 

 ceived in stud fees and for Connaught calves 



