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$1,425 for Roan Duchess 12th, and H. C. Smith 

 of Kentucky $2,750 for Cambridge Rose 5th. 

 A pair of Valley Princesses brought $2,300 from 

 Corbin & Patterson. At Leslie Combs' sale 

 Hon. George Brown and Maj. Gregg paid $1,400 

 for Moss Rose 2d. At Walter Handy's Ware 

 & McGoodwin of Kentucky bought 4th Mazurka 

 of Chesterfield for $1,740. On Aug. 17 at Chil- 

 licothe, 0., George Grimes and others sold fifty- 

 three cattle for $17,680. At this sale John 

 Montgomery of Granville, 0., paid $1,000 each 

 for Oxford Gwynnes 2d and 6th and Rose of 

 Cashmere. J. S. Kirk of Washington C.-H. 

 gave the same for Elsie. 



Closing events of 1876. In the autumn of 

 this year Ware & McGoodwin of Kentucky sold 

 the 3d Duke of Oneida at public sale for $6,800 

 to Ayres, Barton & Hutchcraft of same State. 

 At a sale by H. P. Thomson in Kentucky forty- 

 one head averaged $977. Quite a lot of Prin- 

 cesses were included and a determined effort 

 was made to secure long prices for them. 

 Winslow Bros, of Illinois took 4th Princess of 

 the Valley at $2,200; Col. J. B. Taylor of Canada 

 Princess of the Valley at $2,450; Hon. M. H. 

 Cochrane 2d Princess of the Valley at $2,500, 

 and CoL Simms of Kentucky Highland Maid 

 6th at $1,650. For the Bates-bred 2d Duchess 

 of Kirklevington F. J. Barbee gave $2,000 and 

 Belle Duchess was bid off by Joseph Julian of 



