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of Richmond had been imported by Mr. lies of 

 Springfield in 1874 as a yearling, and was shown 

 for him by J. H. Pickrell at the fall fairs of that 

 year. He was a youngster of such unusual 

 promise that Messrs. 'Kissinger and Spears both 

 wanted him. for their show herds. He had cost 

 Mr. lies $800, but the competition for his pos- 

 session in the fall of 1875 was so keen that Mr. 

 Kissinger was compelled to pay $4,500 for him, 

 in addition to giving six services valued at 150 

 each. In the spring of 1876 Mr. Kissinger de- 

 cided to disperse his show stock, and it was 

 then that Messrs. Potts acquired the bull at 

 $2,250, besides the show cow Mattie Richardson 

 and other noted animals. Duke of Richmond 

 was of medium size, but carried a rare wealth 

 of thick flesh in compact form. He had breadth 

 and depth without superfluous height, and dur- 

 ing the campaigns of 1876 and 1877 proved 

 fairly invincible. Mr. Potts had purchased in 

 1875 the imported Scotch-bred heifer Priscilla 

 7th, also bred by Bruce of Burnside and got by 

 Lord St. Leonards the sire of Duke of Rich- 

 mond, and had also acquired the imported 

 Cruickshank cow Red Lady. 



At the Illinois State Fair of 1877 Mr. C. M. 

 Culbertson exhibited the strongest herd of 

 Herefords yet seen in the United States, with 

 the famous bull Anxiety at its head. Grave 

 fears were entertained in the Short-horn camp 



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