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at home whenever representatives of their fa- 

 vorite blood were offered at auction. 



In July, 1883, Mr. J. V. Grigsby sold a fam- 

 ily of pure Bates-Craggs breeding, a sort origi- 

 nated by the Messrs. Bell, tenants of Mr. Bates, 

 for one of which, 12th Duchess of Crethmere, 

 the Messrs. Hamilton of Mount Sterling gave 

 $1,350. For 1st Duchess of Crethmere Mr. T. 

 Corwin Anderson of Side View Farm gave 

 $1,000, and for 10th Duchess of Springwood 

 Hon. A. M. Bowman of Virginia gave a like 

 amount. A number of others were taken by 

 Southern breeders at figures but slightly below 

 those mentioned, the sixteen females averaging 

 $855.93. At a sale made about the same date 

 by Messrs. Estill & Hamilton the Rose of Sharon 

 heifer Sharon Rose 2d Geneva fetched $1,000 

 from James C. Hamilton of Flat Creek. 



During this same season an important sale 

 was made from the herd of Abram Renick. 

 The cattle represented exclusively his cele- 

 brated Rose of Sharon sort, and were taken 

 mainly by Kentucky breeders, the seventy head 

 bringing an average of $369.64. The top price 

 was $1,050 for Poppy 21st. 



Sale of the Holford Duchesses. In the 

 summer of 1883 Mr. T. Holford of Castle Hill, 

 Eng., sold thirty-eight head of Bates -bred 

 Short-horns at an average of $1,000; Lord Fitz- 

 hardinge paying $4,500 for the 3d Duke of Lei- 



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