A GOLDEN AGE. 497 



Fuchsia 14th, roan, calved March 19, 1874; got by Duke of 



Albany (25931) Mr. Lister $2,152 



Wild Rose, red-and-white, calved Feb. 2, 18T2 ; got by 6th 



Duke of Geneva (30959) Col. Kingscote 2,092 



Sparkling Eyes, red-and-white, calved Nov. 18, 1873; got by 



6th Duke of Geneva (30959) Lord Feversha m 2,092 



BULLS. 



Duke of Connaught (33C04), roan, calved Aug. 10, 1873; got 

 by Duke of Hillhurst (28401) out of Duchess 108th by 8th 

 Duke of York (28480) Started at $10,000 and sold to 

 Lord Fitzhardinge 26,904 



3d Duke of Hillhurst (30975), red, calved Dec. 2, 1871; got 

 by 6th Duke of Geneva (30959) out of Duchess 101st by 

 4th Duke of Thorndale (17750) Started at f 5,000 and 

 sold to J. W. Larking 17,936 



30 females sold for $98,457.28 ; aa average of $3,281.91 



9 bulls sold for 50,878.73 ; an average of 5,653.19 



39 animals sold for 149,236.01 ; an average of 3,829.13 



Torr's Triumph. While the Bates flag flut- 

 tered thfs defiance from its stronghold in the 

 North, the broad pennant of the Booths was 

 spread upon the autumn breeze from a moated 

 manor house in Lincolnshire, where, under the 

 guidance of the squire of Warlaby in person, 

 the challenge met with a response that re- 

 verberated throughout the Short-horn cattle- 

 breeding world. 



Torr of Aylesby was dead. Warlaby had 

 been passing through the fiery furnace of epi- 

 demic foot-and-mouth, and now leaned for sup- 

 port upon the great herd which the genius of 

 "the first farmer of England" had builded by 

 thirty years of unwavering devotion to Booth 

 bulls. "The well-knit frame, the cheery sun- 

 at-noonday smile, the organizing head, the 



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