5'26 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE. 



Duchess of Airdrie for $15,000, and the 21st 

 Duke of Airdrie was knocked down to William 

 Babcock of Canton, 111., at $8,000. On June' 6 

 the 22d Duke of Airdrie was sold by Richard 

 Gibson at London, Ont., to Col. Le G. B. Cannon 

 of Vermont for $4,900; Rosy Princess 2d to 

 Winslow & Wadsworth for $1,250; Rosy Prin- 

 cess 5th to A. L. Stebbins of Detroit for $1,225; 

 Ursuline 3d at $1,500 and Constance of Lyndale 

 6th at $1,000 to Col. Cannon; thirty-nine head 

 averaging $591. On the same day John Hope 

 sold Kirklevington Duchess 8th to U. J. Harris 

 of Webster, Mass., for $2,300, and Duchess of 

 Clarence 12th at $1,500 and Docile at $1,225 to 

 Hon. George Brown of Bow Park. At the same 

 sale T. L. Harison of New York sold the Prin- 

 cess Lady Gertrude to Winslow & Wadsworth 

 for $4,000. Shortly after this sale Mr. Hope 

 took charge of the herd at Bow Park. During 

 the summer Messrs. Winslow sold six young 

 Princess bulls at an average price of $1,000 

 each, the 19th Duke of Airdrie being in service 

 in their herd at the time. 



At S. Meredith & Sons' summer sale the 

 Messrs. Hamilton of Mount Sterling, Ky., 

 bought the 20th Duke of Airdrie for $6,975. In 

 their Flat Creek Herd this bull afterward left 

 a very valuable set of heifers; many of which 

 were introduced into prominent Western herds. 

 He seemed to " nick " particularly well with the 



