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block that for many years his descendants in 

 the hands of Messrs. Potts and their contempo- 

 raries figured conspicuously in the prize lists of 

 all the leading State fairs and fat-stock shows. 

 While the Duke of Richmond was backed up in 

 the herd by the' Marr-bred Emmas, the Sans- 

 pareils, and later by capital Cruickshank cows 

 and bulls, the creation of the Fannie Airdries 

 by the "nick" of Richmond blood upon a 

 Young Mary cow bred at James N. Brown's 

 Sons' Grove Park Farm, supplied sweeping proof 

 of the value of the "beefy" Scotch-bred bull as 

 a cross upon the native tribes. These Fannies 

 were thick-meated, wide-backed, fine-boned, 

 low-legged Short-horns, quite the equal of the 

 best Scotch sorts ^s individuals, and possessed 

 the faculty of breeding on satisfactorily from 

 one generation to another. The red bull Proud 

 Duke 36660, got by the imported bull out of old 

 Fannie Airdrie, the matron of the family, not 

 only won many first and championship prizes 

 but was successfully crossed upon the Sittyton 

 Lavenders at Oakland, one branch of which has 

 proved such a valuable sort in the Hill Farm 

 herd of Messrs. Dustin. 



Frederick William and "the twins." An- 

 other famous son of the Duke of Richmond was 

 the massive red Frederick William 23195, out 

 of Sanspareil 25th. He was the sire of the far- 

 famed twin show cows Emma 4th and Emma 



