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for 10th Duchess of Barrington, and Hon. John 

 Wentworth took the 8th Duke of Kirkleving- 

 ton at $1,760. As indicating the magnitude of 

 the business being transacted at West Liberty, 

 la., it may be mentioned that in the spring of 

 this year the late Robert Miller and others sold 

 about 250 head at auction, the average price 

 received on the lot being $123.50. 



On May 18 and 19 at Port Huron, Mich., 

 Messrs. Avery & Murphy and John P. Sanborn 

 sold 122 head at an average of $950. The 

 Messrs. Hamilton of Kentucky bought Airdrie 

 Duchess 2d at $7,000 and Airdrie Duchess 5th 

 at $3,000. Mitchell Bros, of Detroit bid off 

 Airdrie Duchess llth at $5,055. T. C. Anderson 

 of Kentucky paid $2,900 for Wild Eyes of Vine- 

 wood and $2,000 for Wild Eyes of Vinewood 2d. 

 G. J. Hagerty of Ohio gave $1,500 for Marquis 

 of Oxford 39861, and J. S. Berry of Kentucky 

 took imp. Kirklevington Princess 2d at $2,010. 



At the Hamilton sale in Kentucky, in Au- 

 gust, sixty-one head averaged $489.25; top 

 prices being $1,705 paid by E. L. Chrisman, In- 

 dependence, Mo., for Kirklevington Lady Ox- 

 ford 2d; $1,515, $1,500 and $1,025 by Gen. John 

 .S. Williams of Kentucky for three Kirkleving- 

 tons; $1,510 by J. M. Bigstaff of Kentucky for 

 Barrington Place, and $1,225 by T. C. Ander- 

 son for Peach Blossom 9th. Mr. Ben. F. Van- 

 fneter was at this time in partnership with the 



