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E. H. Cheney had sold at Gaddesby the 13tli 

 Duchess of Airdrie to R. Loder for $11,000; 

 13th Lady of Oxford to H. Allsopp for $9,500; 

 10th Maid of Oxford to Earl Bective for $8,025; 

 llth Maid of Oxford to H. Lovatt for $7,000, 

 and the 7th Duke of Gloster (397-35) to the 

 Duke of Devonshire for $9,250. On the follow- 

 ing day Capt. R. E. Oliver sold Grand Duch- 

 esses at Sholebroke Lodge, receiving $13,750 

 from Earl Bective for Grand Duchess 23d; $12,- 

 250 from the wealthy brewer H. Allsopp for 

 Grand Duchess 29th; $9,000 from Lord Skel- 

 mersdale for Cherry Grand Duchess 4th; $7,550 

 from Earl Bective for Grand Duke 31st (38374); 

 $5,000 from Sir G. R. Phillips for Grand Duke 

 29th (38372), and $4,500 from Mr. Allsopp for 

 Cherry Grand Duchess 8th. On July 5 George 

 Fox made a sale at Elmhurst Hall, at which 

 Allsopp gave $5,500 for 2d Cambridge Lady and 

 $3,500 for Geneva's Kirklevington Duchess. At 

 William Ashburner's sale at Conishead Grange 

 Mr. Allsopp gave $3,900 for Bright Eyes 6th, 

 $3,050 for Mild Eyes 4th, and $3,050 foi Conis- 

 head Wild Eyes, by 24th Duke of Airdrie. Mr. 

 Albert Crane sold during this season a pair of 

 Airdrie Duchess heifers to Mr. Holford of Eng- 

 land for $28,000. 



Notwithstanding these fancy figures abroad 

 the year's business closed in America in bad 

 condition. Two of the leading speculators of 



