534 A HISTORY OF SHORT-HOEN CATTLE. 



valuation of about $22,500; Duchess of Under- 

 lay 2d, a granddaughter of 10th Duchess of 

 Geneva, at a valuation of $15,000, and a Red 

 Rose valued at $5,000. Simon Beattie shipped 

 during this season to England for account of 

 Mr. Albert Crane the 27th Duke of Airdrie and 

 some Bates and Booth females; for Avery & 

 Murphy, Airdrie Duchess 3d and heifer calf 

 Airdrie Duchess 9th, 4th Forclham Duke of Ox- 

 ford and Grand Airdrie; and for Pickrell & 

 Kissinger the Booth-bred Bright Lady of the 

 Realm, an own sister to the famous Breast- 

 plate.* The 27th Duke of " Airdrie fetched 

 $2,225 at the sale of A. Brogden, being bought 

 by Mr. A. H. Lloyd. 



The Duke of Devonshire had meantime be- 

 come one of the great Short-horn powers of 

 Great Britain. His herd was specially dis- 

 tinguished for the excellence of its Oxfords, 

 and under the skillful management of Mr. 

 Drewry, one of the most intelligent of all those 

 who have contributed to Short-horn prestige 

 abroad, the Holker Hall Short-horns gained 

 international fame. Drewry was probably one 

 of the best judges of his time, and, while par- 

 tial to Bates blood, gave careful consideration 

 fco the individual character and quality of the 

 herd under his charge. At the Holker sale of 

 1878 Baroness Oxford 5th, by 5th Duke of 



*Mr. T. C. Booth of Warlaby died in 1878 



